Poverty & Inequality in Brazil 103 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Brazil. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys 2025 unchanged 4th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 5.2% 119th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.0% 130th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.62 live births per woman 2023 down 8.1% 150th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,003 kg per hectare 2024 up 7.8% 45th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 21.1% 166th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -6.26 % change on previous year 2024 down 62.4% 146th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.73 2022 up 0.6% 33rd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.7% 2022 up 0.6% 33rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 up 27.0% 170th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year 2022 up 189.6% 93rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -10 % change on previous year 2025 — 65th Gender Inequality Index 0.39 2023 down 12.4% 75th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.0% 2023 up 3.8% 125th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1007 2023 down 6.7% 125th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1007 2023 down 6.7% 125th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1341 2023 down 9.6% 98th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 3.0% 2024 down 37.5% 49th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2024 down 37.5% 42nd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 6.2% 2024 down 28.7% 54th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 20.6% 2024 down 22.0% 61st Prosperity gap 2.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 15.6% 57th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4373 2023 up 24.2% 27th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.0% 2024 down 35.5% 50th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 26.2% 2024 down 5.4% 38th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 7.5% 2024 down 26.5% 55th Population living in slums 14.9% 2022 unchanged 89th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.594 2023 up 10.2% 91st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.594 2023 up 10.2% 91st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.594 2023 up 10.2% 91st Proportion of population below international poverty line 3.0% 2024 down 37.5% 51st Three metrics of inequality 69.73 2022 up 2.7% 7th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6973 2022 up 2.7% 7th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 264.89 2023 down 5.4% 60th Income share held by second 20% 8.1% 2024 up 5.2% 118th Income share held by third 20% 12.8% 2024 up 4.1% 118th Income share held by fourth 20% 19.8% 2024 up 1.5% 118th Income share held by highest 20% 55.4% 2024 down 2.6% 6th Income share held by highest 10% 39.3% 2024 down 4.4% 5th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.3% 2024 up 8.3% 117th Income share held by lowest 20% 3.9% 2024 up 8.3% 117th Gini index 50.3 2024 down 3.5% 5th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 21.2% 2024 down 4.9% 5th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 2.37 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 33.5% 21st Poverty gap index at $3 a day 1.0% 2024 down 37.2% 41st Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0006 2024 up 1.8% 153rd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6497 2022 up 1.7% 5th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6497 2022 up 1.7% 5th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 — 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 13,952 2017 up 23.4% 68th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 59.4% 2022 up 1.4% 6th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 25.8% 2022 down 21.3% 5th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 36.1% 2024 up 6.0% 28th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 3.0% 2024 down 36.9% 47th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.5026 2024 down 3.4% 5th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 6.38 million people 2024 down 33.1% 22nd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 3.0% 2024 down 36.9% 47th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 3.0% 2024 down 36.9% 47th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 3.0% 2024 down 36.9% 47th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 154.34 million people 2024 up 16.1% 3rd Page 1 of 2 Next →