Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 110V or 220V, 60Hz
- Notes
- 110V in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Paraná, Minas Gerais; 220V elsewhere.
Phone dialing
- Code to call Brazil
- +55
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 1800
What every visitor should know about Brazil:
- Money
- The currency is the Brazilian real (BRL). 1 BRL is worth about US$0.58, or €0.39.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 1.5 out of 5 (High-risk)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is frequent
- Carjacking
- Car theft
- Capital
- Brasilia
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Brazil facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 198,739,269
- Language
- Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages
- Ethnicity
- White 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7%
Economy
- GDP
- US$10,300 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Low