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Motoboy (motorcycle courier)
Motorcycle delivery rider. Sounds Brazilian, has an English name, and exists in almost all of the developing world.
Jabuticaba Index®
31%
Plausibility range: 31%
Evidence grade. Computed from source types: from A (official and academic data) to D (editorial judgment). It does not change the index.
01What exactly is being measured
Professional courier who works with their own motorcycle.
02Context
The job is common in dozens of countries [1].
03Where else it exists
- Local presence(Marginal → Widespread)
- Exported from Brazil(Marginal → Widespread)
- Brazil
- Absent (checked)
- No data
Equal Earth projection. Places with uncertain presence take the color of the highest possible level; the table shows the full range.
Place (38)
| Place | Presence | Weight | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Finland (Åland Islands) | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Albania | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| United States (American Samoa) | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Andorra | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Angola | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| United Kingdom (Anguilla) | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Antarctica | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Argentina | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Armenia | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Netherlands (Aruba) | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Australia | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Austria | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Azerbaijan | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Bahamas | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Bahrain | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Bangladesh | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Barbados | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Belarus | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Belgium | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Belize | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Benin | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| United Kingdom (Bermuda) | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Bhutan | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Bolivia | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Botswana | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Brunei | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Bulgaria | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Burkina Faso | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Burundi | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Canada | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Netherlands (Caribbean Netherlands) | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Central African Republic | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Congo - Kinshasa | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| France (St. Barthélemy) | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| United Arab Emirates | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Presence abroad | 38 | ||
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.
- 38
- Exclusivity E
From 0 (exists everywhere) to 1 (only in Brazil), on a log scale.
- 0.21
- Intensity I
How much more common it is in Brazil than in the other places where it exists.
Slightly more common in Brazil (fictional data). [1]
- 1 of 4
- Rarity coefficient R
R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E)
R = 0.21 + 0.5 × (1 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.21) = 0.31
- 0.31
- Jabuticaba Index®
- 31%
Not part of the score
How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.
The name is misleading: many think it is a national invention. editorial judgment
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05Sources
- [1]
A. Nonymous, P. Laceholder. A Global Survey of Allegedly Unique Things
University of Nowhere Press · Jun 2024 · Academic
example.org/fictional-survey · accessed Sep 25, 2026
Last reviewed Sep 25, 2026 · Methodology v0.2