How many AI researchers are there in Brazil?

5 124, as of October 2026, counting every indexed researcher with an institution in Brazil. That is 0.7% of the profiles with a known country.

Where do you find AI researchers in Brazil?

Universidade de São Paulo, 456, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 324, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 259. Together they hold 20% of the country's indexed researchers.

What is Brazil strongest in?

Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, at 5.9 times the world share.

Is the pool of AI researchers in Brazil growing?

Yes, slower than the world. Between 2023 and 2025, 555 people in Brazil published for the first time, against 666 over the three years before, a ratio of 0.8 where the world sits at 1.1.

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The short answer

Brazil is the 18th country by indexed AI researchers, 5 124 of them.

Software Engineering Techniques and Practices is where Brazil stands apart. 137 researchers, 1.3% of the country's total, against a world share of 0.2%.

Brazil counts 24 indexed AI researchers per million inhabitants, 27% of the world rate of 89.

What stands out

Industry employs 2.1% of Brazil's indexed AI researchers; worldwide the share is 8.9%, so the country runs at 24% of the average.

Brazil holds 0.7% of the researchers with a known country and 2.7% of the world's population, 27% of its demographic weight.

Subjects

The single most common subject is Topic Modeling, on which 5.5% of Brazil's subject assignments fall.

Subject reports: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Neural Networks and Applications, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI).

Subjects of 5 124 indexed researchers in Brazil, OpenAlex taxonomy, one person can carry several subjects.
Subject	Researchers	Share here	Share worldwide
Topic Modeling	567	5.5%	7.9%
Natural Language Processing Techniques	388	3.8%	4.3%
Advanced Neural Network Applications	344	3.3%	4.4%
Neural Networks and Applications	208	2.0%	1.2%
Software Engineering Research	188	1.8%	1.0%
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing	166	1.6%	0.8%
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)	138	1.3%	1.5%
Software Engineering Techniques and Practices	137	1.3%	0.2%

Newcomers by year

Newcomers between 2023 and 2025 number 555 in Brazil, against 666 between 2020 and 2022: a ratio of 0.8, where the world sits at 1.1.

In 2025, the last full year, Brazil gained 0.8 times as many new researchers as in an average year of the three before; the world figure is 0.8.

Among people who started between 2023 and 2025, the subject gaining fastest in Brazil is Advanced Neural Network Applications: its share of newcomers is 1.1 times what it was over the three previous years, with 47 people starting on it.

Researchers by year of first publication, up to 2025, the last full year indexed.
First publication	New in Brazil	Share of the world's newcomers
2019	185	0.9%
2020	180	0.9%
2021	227	0.9%
2022	259	0.8%
2023	189	0.6%
2024	191	0.6%
2025	175	0.7%

Institutions

20% of the country's researchers sit in three institutions, led by Universidade de São Paulo.

Universidade de São Paulo is the largest, with 456 indexed researchers, barely ahead of Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) at 324. No single place dominates here.

Largest institutions by indexed researchers, named from twenty people.
Institution	Researchers	Share of the country
Universidade de São Paulo	456	8.9%
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)	324	6.3%
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	259	5.1%

Compared with its peers

Read against Russia and Sweden, the two nearest countries by headcount, the differences are in the rates, not the totals. The gap that stands out is the researchers per million inhabitants: 24 here, below the 245 of those two. Reports: AI researchers in Russia.

Same measures, three countries of similar size.
	Brazil	Russia	Sweden
Researchers	5 124	5 078	4 819
Per million inhabitants	24	35	455
In a company	2.1%	2.8%	21%
Early career	45%	58%	46%
Newcomers, recent against previous window	0.8	0.9	1.1

Common questions

How many AI researchers are there in Brazil?: 5 124, as of October 2026, counting every indexed researcher with an institution in Brazil. That is 0.7% of the profiles with a known country.
Where do you find AI researchers in Brazil?: Universidade de São Paulo, 456, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 324, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 259. Together they hold 20% of the country's indexed researchers.
What is Brazil strongest in?: Software Engineering Techniques and Practices, at 5.9 times the world share.
Is the pool of AI researchers in Brazil growing?: Yes, slower than the world. Between 2023 and 2025, 555 people in Brazil published for the first time, against 666 over the three years before, a ratio of 0.8 where the world sits at 1.1.