A economia brasileira é mesmo a mais fechada do mundo? Uma nota sobre o grau de abertura do Brasil ao comércio exterior
Abstract
Based on data for the period 1988-2020, the Brazilian economy's degree of openness to foreign trade is comparatively examined. The most comprehensive indicator unveils that the most closed economy in the world is not the Brazilian one. Indeed, the trade flow coefficient doubled over those 33 years and increased additionally in the 2021-2022 biennium. In addition, exposure to trade in Brazil does not differ from that observed in the four largest economies in the world. Finally, the Brazilian economy has been relatively less open to imports than to exports and, above all, more closed to trade in services than in goods.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Global trade and economics
Economic Theory and Policy
Globalization
Economics
and Policies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Revista Brasileira de Inovação
- Volume
- 24
- Pages
- e025014–e025014
- Publication date
- 30 January 2026
- Language
- PT