Brazil
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Version 1.0 (Oct 2025)
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How to cite this report: Circle Economy. (2025). The circularity gap report Brazil. Amsterdam: Circle Economy.
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How Brazil's circularity baseline is measured
In Brazil, understanding how materials flow through the economy can offer valuable, actionable information for decision-makers—from local and national government actors to industry organisations—seeking to enable circular transitions. Evaluating the current state of material use and emissions can inform policy development, strategic planning, targeted investments and public-private collaboration to advance circularity across sectors.
This analysis uses 2023 data as the baseline year to explore Brazil’s socioeconomic metabolism. It examines how materials move through the economy—from production to consumption—and quantifies both material and carbon footprints. The Sankey diagram in Figure one visualises these flows, providing a high-level overview of Brazil’s material throughput. We also introduce headline circularity indicators and include a breakdown of Brazil’s labour market using a methodology developed for measuring jobs involved in circular economy activities across sectors by Circle Economy, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) under their joint initiative: Jobs in the Circular Economy. The result is a comprehensive picture of Brazil’s current position in the shift toward circularity. All figures that are not explicitly referenced in the report are derived from Circle Economy’s own analysis based on the processing of several data sources. Full details on the methodology, sources, and analytical approach can be found in the accompanying Methodology Document and Annexes.
Acknowledgements
Circle Economy would like to thank the funders, authors, contributors and interviewees for their contribution to the preparation of this edition of the Circularity Gap Report. Authors, contributors and interviewees have contributed to the report in their individual capacities. Their affiliations are only mentioned for identification purposes.
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