Brazil Poverty Rate 1981-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Brazil poverty rate for 2022 was 23.50%, a 4.9% decline from 2021.
  • Brazil poverty rate for 2021 was 28.40%, a 9.7% increase from 2020.
  • Brazil poverty rate for 2020 was 18.70%, a 7.5% decline from 2019.
  • Brazil poverty rate for 2019 was 26.20%, a 0.5% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Peru 32.20%
Ecuador 29.90%
Brazil 23.50%
Iran 21.90%
Mexico 21.80%
Dominican Republic 21.50%
Paraguay 19.90%
Suriname 17.50%
Costa Rica 14.10%
Brazil Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 23.50% -4.90%
2021 28.40% 9.70%
2020 18.70% -7.50%
2019 26.20% -0.50%
2018 26.70% -0.40%
2017 27.10% 0.10%
2016 27.00% 1.70%
2015 25.30% 1.00%
2014 24.30% -1.40%
2013 25.70% -2.50%
2012 28.20% -1.70%
2011 29.90% -3.90%
2009 33.80% -2.00%
2008 35.80% -3.20%
2007 39.00% -2.40%
2006 41.40% -3.60%
2005 45.00% -2.30%
2004 47.30% -1.40%
2003 48.70% 1.40%
2002 47.30% -0.70%
2001 48.00% -5.80%
1999 53.80% 1.80%
1998 52.00% -1.00%
1997 53.00% 0.40%
1996 52.60% 0.00%
1995 52.60% -11.70%
1993 64.30% -1.10%
1992 65.40% 1.70%
1990 63.70% 5.40%
1989 58.30% -3.10%
1988 61.40% 2.20%
1987 59.20% 9.70%
1986 49.50% -18.50%
1985 68.00% -4.20%
1984 72.20% 0.10%
1983 72.10% 5.70%
1982 66.40% -0.60%
1981 67.00% -0.60%