StatsGuru: BRICS- A bouquet of variation

A look at how the the economic fortunes of the five BRICS countries vary widely

The five BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - are hardly similar in most respects. Even their recent economic fortunes vary widely.

As Table 1 shows, growth in Brazil, Russia and South Africa has been very weak. China has had high growth and low inflation;



As Table 2 shows, all the others have had problems with inflation, especially recently.



Interest rates are also widely divergent, as Table 3 reveals.



Nobody has a major debt problem, but the gap between Russia and China and the others in Table 4 is nevertheless wide.

4: NO ONE HAS A DEBT PROBLEM, BUT DEBT LEVEL VARIES | Create Infographics

When it comes to setting up something like the BRICS Bank, Table 5 reveals clearly who has the deep pockets.

5: CHINA LEAVES EVERYONE BEHIND IN TERMS OF FOREX | Create Infographics

Even the total market capitalisation of the various national stock markets tells the same story, in Table 6.

6: CHINA HAS THE HIGHEST MARKET CAP AS WELL | Create Infographics

The only place where China does not dominate is in recent stock price moves, as shown in Table 7.