Jabuticaba Index®

Categorizing Brazilian singularities. From the capybara to the precatório.

Economy#23 of 26Fictional data

13th salary

An extra month's pay at year's end. We regret to report Portugal pays fourteen.

01Where else it exists

Projection
Argentina: WidespreadAustria: WidespreadBrazilChile: RegionalColombia: WidespreadGermany: RegionalEcuador: WidespreadSpain: WidespreadItaly: RegionalMexico: WidespreadPeru: WidespreadPhilippines: WidespreadPortugal: WidespreadParaguay: WidespreadUruguay: Widespread
Argentina: WidespreadAustria: WidespreadBrazilChile: RegionalColombia: WidespreadGermany: RegionalEcuador: WidespreadSpain: WidespreadItaly: RegionalMexico: WidespreadPeru: WidespreadPhilippines: WidespreadPortugal: WidespreadParaguay: WidespreadUruguay: 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 (14)
PlacePresenceWeightSources
ArgentinaWidespread1[1]
AustriaWidespread1[1]
ColombiaWidespread1[1]
EcuadorWidespread1[1]
MexicoWidespread1[1]
ParaguayWidespread1[1]
PeruWidespread1[1]
PhilippinesWidespread1[1]
PortugalWidespread1[1]
SpainWidespread1[1]
UruguayWidespread1[1]
ChileRegional0.5[1]
GermanyRegional0.5[1]
ItalyRegional0.5[1]
Presence abroad12.5

02What exactly is being measured

Mandatory annual bonus equal to one monthly salary, paid at the end of the year.

03Context

Equivalent benefits exist in more than a dozen 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.

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]

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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

Awareness

How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.

Many think it is exclusively Brazilian. editorial judgment

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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]

    Brazilians Surprised Again

    The Example Gazette · Jan 15, 2026 · News

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

  2. [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