Jabuticaba Index®

Categorizing Brazilian singularities. From the capybara to the precatório.

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Residential building doorman

Receives packages, controls the entrance, knows everything about every resident. A job that in many countries became an intercom.

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Jabuticaba Index®

77%

Plausibility range: 77%

77%, plausibility range 77% to 77%0255075100
A

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

Staff member who controls access to residential buildings full time.

02Context

The job exists in few countries with the same frequency [1].

03Where else it exists

Projection
Argentina: WidespreadBrazilSpain: RegionalFrance: MarginalUnited States: RegionalUruguay: Widespread
Argentina: WidespreadBrazilSpain: RegionalFrance: MarginalUnited States: RegionalUruguay: Widespread
  • 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 (5)
PlacePresenceWeightSources
ArgentinaWidespread1[1]
UruguayWidespread1[1]
SpainRegional0.5[1]
United StatesRegional0.5[1]
FranceMarginal0.1[1]
Presence abroad3.1

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.

3.1
Exclusivity E

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

0.69
Intensity I

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

Present in most middle-class buildings in big cities (fictional data). [1]

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Rarity coefficient R

R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E)

R = 0.69 + 0.5 × (2 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.69) = 0.77

0.77
Jabuticaba Index®
77%

Not part of the score

AwarenessHidden jabuticaba

How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.

Rarely perceived as unusual. editorial judgment

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05Sources

  1. [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