BRICS is the group of leading emerging economies consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The National Statistics Offices of the BRICS produce an annual report to disseminate statistical data about the member countries.

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BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2022.

The present publication was brought out by China as the 2022 issue of the joint annual statistical publication. Owning to the Covid-19 pandemic situation and the Population Census, all processes and arrangements took more time and effort to finalize the publication. The National Bureau of Statistics of China thanks all BRICS national statistical offices for their continuous contributions and support.

The content of the publication is divided into fifteen chapters: 1) General Information, Economic and Social Indicators; 2) Population; 3) Labour Force; 4) National Accounts; 5) Price Indices; 6) People’s Living Standards; 7) Resources and Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Energy; 10) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery; 11) Transport; 12) Information and Communication Technology; 13) Finance; 14) External Economic Relations; 15) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

Snapshot BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2022.

The present publication was brought out by China as a snapshot of the 2022 issue of the joint annual statistical publication.

The snapshot is a shorter version of the joint annual statistical publication for the engagement of a wide range of users. On this basis, China has made some updates and improvements to compile the BRICS Snapshot Joint Statistical Publication 2022 for the reference of these users.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2021.

The present publication was brought out by India as the 2021 joint annual statistical publication issue. Owning to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, all processes and arrangements took more time and effort to finalize the publication this year. The National Statistic Office India thanks all BRICS national statistical offices for their contributions and continuous support.

The content of the publication is divided into fifteen chapters: 1) General Information, Economic and Social Indicators; 2) Population; 3) Labour Force; 4) National Accounts; 5) Price Indices; 6) People’s Living Standards; 7) Resources and Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Energy; 10) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery; 11) Transport; 12) Information and Communication Technology; 13) Finance; 14) External Economic Relations; 15) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

Snapshot BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2021.

The present publication was brought out by India as a snapshot of the 2021 issue of the joint annual statistical publication.

The snapshot is a shorter version of the joint annual statistical publication for the engagement of a wide range of users, as per the agreement by the member countries during the 12th Meeting of Heads of BRICS national statistics offices organized by Rosstat, Russia, in December 2020.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2020.

The present publication was brought out by Russia as the 2020 issue of the joint annual statistical publication. This year, all processes and arrangements took more time and effort than usual. This was also due to the global challenges that all countries had to face and handle. Nevertheless, thanks to joint efforts, Rosstat prepared the new issue of the BRICS Joint Statistical Publication and is happy to present it here.

The content of the publication is divided into fifteen chapters: 1) General Information, Economic and Social Indicators; 2) Population; 3) Labour Force; 4) National Accounts; 5) Price Indices; 6) People’s Living Standards; 7) Resources and Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Energy; 10) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery; 11) Transport; 12) Information and Communication Technology; 13) Finance; 14) External Economic Relations; 15) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2018.

The present publication was brought out by South Africa as the ninth issue of the joint annual statistical publication.

The content of the publication is divided into fifteen chapters: 1) General Information, Economic and Social Indicators; 2) Population; 3) Labour Force; 4) National Accounts; 5) Price Indices; 6) People’s Living Standards; 7) Resources and Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Energy; 10) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery; 11) Transport; 12) Information and Communication Technology; 13) Finance; 14) External Economic Relations; 15) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2017.

At the Foreign Ministers meeting of Brazil, Russia, India and China during the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations, held in New York in September 2009, a strong need was felt to put on a single platform all the essential data of all these 4 Countries and then disseminate the same for the mutual benefit of all these countries. As such, the first edition of BRIC Joint Statistical Publication (JSP) was borne in 2010. From then on, one of these BRICS countries annually brings out this publication. At the end of 2010, South Africa joined this association called BRICS, i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The present publication was brought out by China as the eighth issue of the joint annual statistical publication. This edition adds some sustainable development indicators from the Indicators and Monitoring Framework for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The content of the publication is divided again into fifteen chapters: 1) General Information, Economic and Social Indicators; 2) Population; 3) Labour Force; 4) National Accounts; 5) Price Indices; 6) People’s Living Standards; 7) Resources and Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Energy; 10) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishing; 11) Transport; 12) Information and Communication Technology; 13) Finance; 14) External Economic Relations; 15) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2016.

The present publication was brought out by India as the seventh issue of the joint annual statistical publication.

The content of the publication is divided into fifteen chapters: 1) General Information, Economic and Social Indicators; 2) Population; 3) Labour Force; 4) National Accounts; 5) Price Indices; 6) People’s Living Standards; 7) Resources and Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Energy; 10) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishing; 11) Transport; 12) Information and Communication Technology; 13) Finance; 14) External Economic Relations; 15) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2015.

The creation of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) initiated in 2006 has been one of the most significant geopolitical events at the start of the new century. In a short while, the association managed to become an important factor of world politics.

The need to begin the dissemination of information about these countries, mainly through a publication with selected data, was an issue agreed on in the BRIC (became BRICS after the inclusion of South Africa in 2010) Foreign Ministers Meeting during the 64th General Assembly of UN, held in New York in September 2009. Earlier that year, on 16th of June, the First Leaders Meeting was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication is one of the channels to disseminate statistical data about the member countries and it is aimed at harmonizing BRICS statistical information.

Publication 2015 is the sixth issue of annual publication series and therefore is another important achievement jointly made with common efforts and close cooperation by the national statistical offices of the five countries.

Publication 2015 includes 15 chapters: The first chapter is a summary of the entire publication, presenting general information with comparable statistics of the five countries, while the other 14 chapters reflect the different aspects of the past development and current status of the individual countries. In each of the last 14 chapters, there are two components, a summary table with graphs followed by country tables. The summary table and graphs present the most comparable information among the five countries while the country tables are showing more detailed information as received from the individual countries.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2014.

The Fifth Joint Statistical Publication of the BRICS Countries 2014 is the result of annual joint efforts of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa since 2010 to disseminate several social and economic data statistics about these countries.

The select data was an issue agreed on the BRICS Leaders Meeting, held in Pretoria, in November 2013 and in the 6th Technical Meeting of NSOs in Rio de Janeiro, in February 2014.

Brazil is the host nation of the Sixth Summit of the BRICS Countries in 2014; hence Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) has assumed the role of compiling, printing and distribution of this fifth statistical report.

The content of publication is divided in fifteen chapters: 1) General Information, Economic and Social Indicators Comparison of BRICS Countries; 2) Population; 3) Economically Active Population; 4) National Accounts; 5) Price Indices; 6) People's Living Standard; 7) Resources and Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Energy; 10) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery; 11) Transport; 12) Information Society; 13) Finance; 14) External Economic Relations; 15) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2013.

This statistical report is the fourth joint statistical publication by the National Statistics Offices of the BRICS Group.

South Africa is the host nation of the Fifth Summit of the BRICS Countries in 2013; hence Statistics South Africa has assumed the role of compiling, printing and distribution of this fourth statistical report.

A meeting of technical experts was held in South Africa from 4 to 7 February 2013 with statisticians coming from BRICS countries and maintained close communication.

The content of publication is divided in sixteen chapters: 1) Economic and Social Indicators Comparison of BRICS Countries; 2) General Information; 3) Population; 4) Economically Active Population; 5) National Accounts; 6) Price Indices; 7) People's Living Standard; 8) Resources and Environment; 9) Industry; 10) Energy; 11) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery; 12) Transport; 13) Information Society; 14) Finance; 15) External Economic Relations; 16) Tourism; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2011.

Publication 2011 is the second issue in this series jointly organized by the National Statistics Offices of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The Second Meeting of the heads of the National Statistical Offices of Brazil, China, India and Russia took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 29 to December 1st, 2010, and decided the general framework and guiding principles of Publication 2011. With the participation of South Africa in December 2010, the BRIC group expanded to BRlCS. Statistics South Africa agreed to join the publication’s general framework and guiding principles and participated in the compilation efforts.

As China was the host nation of the Third Summit of the BRICS Countries in 2011, the National Bureau of Statistics of China assumed the organization of the publication. A meeting of technical experts was held in Beijing from January 19 to 21, 2011.

The content of the publication is divided into fifteen chapters: 1) Economic and Social Indicators; 2) General Information; 3) Population; 4) Economically Active Population; 5) National Accounts; 6) Price Indices; 7) People’s Living Standards; 8) Resources and Environment; 9) Industry; 10) Energy; 11) Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishing; 12) Transport; 13) Information Society; 14) Finance; 15) External Economic Relations.

BRICS Joint Statistical Publication 2010.

The present publication results from the joint efforts of the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Brazil, Russia, India and China. These emerging countries have become known worldwide as the BRIC group.

The need to begin disseminating information about these countries, mainly through a publication with selected data, was an issue agreed on in the BRIC Leaders Meeting held in New York in September 2009. To carry out this project, and considering the presence of heads of NSOs in the 41st Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, BRIC countries sent representatives to the First Meeting of BRIC Countries NSOs, held at the office of Brazil’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, on February 22nd, 2010, a date on which the main directives for the publication were established.

Brazil hosted the Second Summit of Heads of State of the BRIC Countries in 2010. The date of April 16, when the Summit was held, was chosen to release the first volume of the “Joint Statistical Publication by BRIC Countries. Hence, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) organized the first edition of this publication.

In the first volume, the NSOs of the BRIC countries present statistical information shared by the four member states. This publication is the first step towards a joint project of harmonization of BRIC statistical information. Therefore, it consists of a new vehicle for integrating participating countries.

The content of the publication is divided into thirteen chapters: 1) General Information; 2) Consumer Price Index; 3) Population; 4) Economy Activity of the Population; 5) Gross Domestic Product; 6) Living Standards; 7) Environment; 8) Industry; 9) Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; 10) Transport; 11) Information Society; 12) Finance; 13) External Economic Relations; and presents a brief overview of the Statistical System of each country.

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