According to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in 2019 Brazil ranked 16th in the list of economies with the worst investment rates in proportion to the GDP, of a total of 170 countries analysed. 91% of the world has invested more than Brazil. The Brazilian investment rate, which reached 20.9% of GDP in 2013, was severely impacted by the recession in the following years, falling to only 15.4% of GDP in 2019.