Brazil Ranks Last in CNI's Industrial Competitiveness Ranking, Raising Alerts About the Future of the Industry

Brazil Ranks Last in CNI’s Industrial Competitiveness Ranking, Raising Alerts About the Future of the Industry

Written by Paulo Nogueira

Published on 16/04/2025 at 14:36

Updated on 16/04/2025 at 14:40

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National Confederation of Industry Study Exposes Brazil’s Critical Performance Against 17 Competing Powers in the International Market

The Brazil ranks last among 18 countries in the Brazil Competitiveness Ranking 2023-2024, released this Tuesday (16) by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI). The survey compares the performance of the Brazilian industry in eight crucial competitiveness factors in the international context, revealing a worrying situation.

The Netherlands lead the list, followed by the United States, South Korea, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Brazil, however, occupies the 18th position, falling behind economies like Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and Chile.

Economic Environment, Education, and Human Development Pull Brazil to the Bottom

The three worst Brazilian performances were recorded in the factors Economic Environment, Human Development and Labor, and Education — precisely where the pillars of long-term productivity support lie.

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Innovation, Low Carbon, and Natural Resources Show Positive Breaths

Despite the overall critical panorama, some positive points stand out. Brazil ranked 9th in research and development investments and 2nd in industrial decarbonization, thanks to the intensive use of renewable energy sources.

However, these isolated victories were not enough to prevent the country from being in the last positions in almost all other macro-indicators, such as infrastructure, foreign trade, business environment, and industrial productivity.

Precarious Infrastructure is a Historical Bottleneck for Competitiveness

Brazilian infrastructure remains one of the biggest obstacles to industrial competitiveness. According to CNI, Brazil ranked 15th in this factor, suffering from poorly maintained highways, inefficient ports, insufficient railway network, and low digital infrastructure penetration.

These logistical bottlenecks, in addition to raising production and export costs, deter investments and hinder the integration of the national industry into international trade.

CNI Advocates Urgent Action to Curb the Deterioration of National Competitiveness

The president of the CNI, Ricardo Alban, emphasized that the problems of Brazil Cost, combined with low educational quality and macroeconomic bottlenecks, need to be addressed with long-term public policies. According to him, investments in infrastructure, innovation, transportation, and education are crucial to change the course of the Brazilian industry.

The CNI’s Industrial Policy Superintendent, Fabrício Silveira, stated that the new format of the ranking allows for more accurately monitoring Brazil’s performance against its direct competitors and serves as a tool for devising industrial development and reindustrialization strategies for the country.

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Brazil Ranks Last in CNI’s Industrial Competitiveness Ranking, Raising Alerts About the Future of the Industry

National Confederation of Industry Study Exposes Brazil’s Critical Performance Against 17 Competing Powers in the International Market

Economic Environment, Education, and Human Development Pull Brazil to the Bottom

Innovation, Low Carbon, and Natural Resources Show Positive Breaths

Precarious Infrastructure is a Historical Bottleneck for Competitiveness

CNI Advocates Urgent Action to Curb the Deterioration of National Competitiveness

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Brazil Ranks Last in CNI’s Industrial Competitiveness Ranking, Raising Alerts About the Future of the Industry

National Confederation of Industry Study Exposes Brazil’s Critical Performance Against 17 Competing Powers in the International Market

Economic Environment, Education, and Human Development Pull Brazil to the Bottom

Innovation, Low Carbon, and Natural Resources Show Positive Breaths

Precarious Infrastructure is a Historical Bottleneck for Competitiveness

CNI Advocates Urgent Action to Curb the Deterioration of National Competitiveness

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

The James Webb telescope spotted a planet 700 light-years from Earth with mornings full of sand clouds and nights with clear skies, the temperature difference between the two hemispheres reaches an impressive 170 degrees.

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