In other words, compared to East Africa, Brazil is at least thirty years behind. However, you cannot simply calculate it this way. After all, East Africa achieved a rapid leap during several rounds of world economic crises, through two five-year plans, and during World War I, a process that would take other normally developing countries over a hundred years.
Today, East Africa views Brazil as an industrial powerhouse observed against a backward agricultural nation. Although Brazil's industrial size is decent compared to other colonies or backward countries, it's merely picking a general among dwarfs.
Take Brazil's industry, for example. Most of it is light industry, with heavy industry mainly being mining. Furthermore, Brazil's economy is mostly controlled by foreign capital, so the lifeline of Brazilian industry is not in its own hands.
