Brazil country brief - bilateral fact sheet

Bilateral relations

Australia and Brazil established diplomatic relations in 1945. In 1946, Brazil opened a legation in Canberra and Australia opened an Embassy in Rio De Janeiro, its first in Latin America. Australia now has an Embassy in Brasilia, a Consulate-General in São Paulo and an Honorary Consul in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has an Embassy in Canberra, a Consulate-General in Sydney, and Honorary Consuls in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, and Perth.

Australia and Brazil cooperate on a range of issues of mutual interest, including trade and investment, education and research, the environment, and human rights. People-to-people links are growing rapidly, with Brazilians now forming the largest migrant group from Latin America resident in Australia.

Australia and Brazil cooperate multilaterally in numerous forums, including the United Nations and its organisations, the G20 (which Brazil will host in 2024), the World Trade Organization (WTO) - including through the Cairns Group of agricultural fair-trading countries - the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and as Parties to the Antarctic Treaty.

The Australian Embassy in Brasilia manages a Direct Aid Program in Brazil.

Further economic and trade information can be found in our Brazil trade/economic fact sheet [PDF203KB].

Fast Facts

Brazilian visitors to Australia (2023-24 Dept of Home Affairs) #: 61,393
Resident Australian population born in Brazil (2021 Census): 46,720
Australian residents of Brazilian descent (2021 Census): 36,697
Brazil students in Australia (2024 Dept of Education)**: 19,688

# This financial year data is owned by Home Affairs. It provides quarterly updates to this data on its website

** This Jan-May 2024 data is owned by the Department of Education. It provides updates to these numbers on its website

High level engagement

2024 February – Minister for Trade and Tourism, Don Farrell met Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira at the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi
2024 February – Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service, Katy Gallagher attended the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting and met with Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira in Rio de Janeiro
2023 October – Foreign Minister Penny Wong spoke with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira by phone
2023 August - Assistant Minister for Trade Tim Ayres met Brazil's Vice Minister for Development, Industry, Trade and Services Márcio Rosa at the G20 Trade and Investment Ministers' Meeting in Jaipur
2023 July – Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt met Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development Paulo Teixeira at the FAO Conference in Rome
2023 July – Brazil's Sports Minister Ana Moser visited Australia
2023 June – Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy met Brazil's G20 Sherpa Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio at the G20 Development Ministers' Meeting in Varanasi
2023 June – Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell met Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira at the OECD/WTO MCM meeting in Paris
2023 May – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima
2023 January – Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts met Brazil's Secretary of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs Sarquis José Buainain Sarquis at the World Economic Forum in Davos
2022 October – Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts met the Secretary General of Brazil's MFA at the OAS in Lima