Is Brazil a good place to live for remote workers?

Brazil scores 58/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 302.9 Mbps, safety 0, healthcare 84, air quality 64, english 40) — rank 94 of 167. Fiber surprisingly fast and cheap; big-city security awareness required.

How fast is the internet in Brazil?

Median fixed broadband is around 302.9 Mbps. Fiber surprisingly fast and cheap; big-city security awareness required.

What does $3,000/month get you in Brazil?

Single-person essentials run about $925/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.2× essentials).

Livability · rank 94/167

Is 🇧🇷 Brazil (São Paulo) a good place to live?

Quality score 58/100 against essentials of $925/month. Fiber surprisingly fast and cheap; big-city security awareness required.

The five metrics

Internet 100 302.9 Mbps median broadband, 84.5% online

Safety 0 19.3 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 84 UHC service coverage 84/100 (2023)

Air quality 64 PM2.5 21.3 µg/m³ (2023)

English 40 day-to-day usability

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: weak; World Bank WGI estimate -0.45 · corruption control -0.41 · stability -0.52 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $17.09 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $4.96/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($925)	Verdict
$2,000	2.2×	very comfortable
$3,000	3.2×	like royalty
$5,000	5.4×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

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Similar value-for-money

🇪🇹 Ethiopia — quality 40.2, essentials $646/mo
🇿🇦 South Africa — quality 51.2, essentials $821/mo
🇬🇦 Gabon — quality 44.9, essentials $720/mo
🇨🇿 Czechia — quality 78.5, essentials $1,266/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Brazil a good place to live for remote workers?: Brazil scores 58/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 302.9 Mbps, safety 0, healthcare 84, air quality 64, english 40) — rank 94 of 167. Fiber surprisingly fast and cheap; big-city security awareness required.
How fast is the internet in Brazil?: Median fixed broadband is around 302.9 Mbps. Fiber surprisingly fast and cheap; big-city security awareness required.
What does $3,000/month get you in Brazil?: Single-person essentials run about $925/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.2× essentials).