Jabuticaba Index®

Categorizing Brazilian singularities. From the capybara to the precatório.

Economy#7 of 26Hidden jabuticabaFictional data

Tax ID on receipts

The question that ends every purchase in Brazil. Abroad, they ask if you want a bag.

01Where else it exists

Projection
BrazilPortugal: Widespread
BrazilPortugal: Widespread
  • 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 (1)
PlacePresenceWeightSources
PortugalWidespread1[2]
Presence abroad1

02What exactly is being measured

Routine request for the customer's CPF (taxpayer ID) to be printed on retail receipts.

03Context

The state program encourages the habit [1]. Portugal has a similar practice [2].

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.

1
Exclusivity E

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

0.85
Intensity I

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

Routine in almost all Brazilian retail (fictional data). [1]

2 of 4
Rarity coefficient R

R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E)

R = 0.85 + 0.5 × (2 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.85) = 0.89

0.89
Jabuticaba Index®
89%

Not part of the score

AwarenessHidden jabuticaba

How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.

Nobody notices it is unusual. editorial judgment

0 of 4

Evidence grade

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

A

05Sources

  1. [1]

    Decreto Fictício nº 0.000, de 1º de abril de 2020

    Diário Oficial Imaginário · Apr 1, 2020 · Official document · in Portuguese

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

  2. [2]

    Brazilians Surprised Again

    The Example Gazette · Jan 15, 2026 · News

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