Real GDP per person during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how real GDP per person changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 1 Jan 2003 – 1 Jan 2011 | +25.4% Q4 2002 → Q4 2010 | +2.9%/yr | |
| 2 | PL Jair Bolsonaro | 1 Jan 2019 – 1 Jan 2023 | +8.2% Q4 2018 → Q4 2022 | +2.0%/yr | |
| 3 | PT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +5.1% Q4 2022 → Q2 2026 | +1.4%/yr | |
| 4 | MDB Michel Temer | 31 Aug 2016 – 1 Jan 2019 | +0.6% Q2 2016 → Q4 2018 | +0.3%/yr | |
| 5 | PDT Dilma Rousseff | 1 Jan 2011 – 31 Aug 2016 | −3.6% Q4 2010 → Q2 2016 | −0.7%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. R$ per person, 1995 prices, last four quarters · IBGE quarterly national accounts (SIDRA 6613) summed over the trailing four quarters, over the population estimate (SIDRA 6579) · Brazil data · as of Sep 2026.