This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news about Brazil. A selection of numbers that help explain what is going on in Brazil. This week: Brazilians less prone to taking a coronavirus vaccine; Chile votes for a new constitution; public debt hits record highs; emergency aid for companies; and benchmark interest rates remain stable.
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Support for coronavirus vaccine drops 22 points
Since President Jair Bolsonaro began to criticize mandatory vaccination, Brazilians eagerness for inoculation dropped from 85 percent in July to 63 percent on October 28. At the same time, the rate of those who intend to refuse vaccination outright has increased from 8 percent to 22 percent in just four months. Furthermore, those who rank the Bolsonaro government as “good” or “great” are more likely to reject a vaccine. Women, young adults, residents of rural states, and people with no steady income are also the...
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