Jabuticaba Index®

Categorizing Brazilian singularities. From the capybara to the precatório.

Food#16 of 26Fictional data

Feijoada

The unofficial national dish, with close relatives across the Lusophone world.

Machine translation, not yet reviewed.

01Where else it exists

Projection
Angola: WidespreadBrazilMozambique: RegionalPortugal: WidespreadCape Verde: RegionalMacao SAR China: Regional
Angola: WidespreadBrazilMozambique: RegionalPortugal: WidespreadCape Verde: RegionalMacao SAR China: Regional
  • Local presence(Marginal → Widespread)
  • Exported from Brazil(Marginal → Widespread)
  • Brazil
  • Absent (checked)
  • No data

Sovereign projection: Equal Earth centered on 60° W, south up, as on IBGE's world maps. Colonial projection: Equal Earth. Places with uncertain presence take the color of the highest possible level; the table shows the full range.

Place (5)
PlacePresenceWeightSources
AngolaWidespread1[1]
PortugalWidespread1[1]
Cape VerdeRegional0.5[1]
China (Macao SAR China)Regional0.5[1]
MozambiqueRegional0.5[1]
Presence abroad3.5

02What exactly is being measured

Black bean stew with salted and smoked pork, served with rice, collard greens and farofa.

03Context

Related versions exist in other Portuguese-speaking countries [1].

04How we got this number

Presence abroad

Sum of each place's weight: widespread = 1, regional = 0.5, marginal = 0.1. Where it only exists as a Brazilian export, the weight is multiplied by 0.5.

3.5
Exclusivity E

From 0 (exists everywhere) to 1 (only in Brazil), on a log scale.

0.67
Intensity I

How much more common it is in Brazil than in the other places where it exists.

Fictional prevalence ratio of 3.2 times that of Portugal. [2]

Prevalence ratio: 3.2×

2 of 4
Rarity coefficient R

R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E)

R = 0.67 + 0.5 × (2 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.67) = 0.76

0.76
Jabuticaba Index®
76%

Not part of the score

Awareness

How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.

Considered typically Brazilian. editorial judgment

3 of 4

Evidence grade

Computed from source types: from A (official and academic data) to D (editorial judgment). It does not change the index.

B

05Sources

  1. [1]

    Enciclopédia Hipotética, 3ª edição

    Editora Exemplo · 2019 · Reference work · in Portuguese

    example.org/fictional-encyclopedia · accessed Sep 25, 2026

  2. [2]

    Censo Imaginário de Coisas Brasileiras 2025

    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia Imaginária · 2025 · Statistical data · in Portuguese

    example.org/fictional-census · accessed Sep 25, 2026