Economy · #23 of 26 · Since 1962
13th salary
An extra month's pay at the end of the year, guaranteed by law. We regret to report that Portugal pays fourteen.
Jabuticaba Index®
51%
Plausibility range: 51%
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
Mandatory annual bonus equal to one monthly salary, paid at the end of the year.
02Context
Equivalent benefits exist in more than a dozen 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 (14)
| Place | Presence | Weight | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Austria | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Colombia | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Ecuador | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Mexico | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Paraguay | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Peru | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Philippines | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Portugal | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Spain | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Uruguay | Widespread | 1 | [1] |
| Chile | Regional | 0.5 | [1] |
| Germany | Regional | 0.5 | [1] |
| Italy | Regional | 0.5 | [1] |
| Presence abroad | 12.5 | ||
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.
- 12.5
- Exclusivity E
From 0 (exists everywhere) to 1 (only in Brazil), on a log scale.
- 0.44
- Intensity I
How much more common it is in Brazil than in the other places where it exists.
Rule similar to that of several countries (fictional data). [2]
- 1 of 4
- Rarity coefficient R
R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E)
R = 0.44 + 0.5 × (1 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.44) = 0.51
- 0.51
- Jabuticaba Index®
- 51%
Not part of the score
How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.
Many think it is exclusively Brazilian. editorial judgment
3 of 4
05Sources
- [1]
Brazilians Surprised Again
The Example Gazette · Jan 15, 2026 · News
example.org/fictional-gazette · accessed Sep 25, 2026
- [2]
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
Last reviewed Sep 25, 2026 · Methodology v0.2