Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Brazil
Brazil: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) was 0.4527 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Brazil, 1981–2022
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 0.4527 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Brazil peaked at 0.5877 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.4445, in 2014.
That places Brazil 4th out of 48 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.5335 | — |
| 1982 | 0.5393 | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5446 | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5273 | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.5376 | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.5351 | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.541 | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.5711 | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 0.5877 | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5694 | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.5398 | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 0.562 | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.5685 | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.564 | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.5615 | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.5572 | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.5488 | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5364 | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5289 | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5202 | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.513 | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.5009 | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4933 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.484 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4766 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.472 | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4624 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4521 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.4532 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4445 | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.446 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4632 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4752 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4755 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4773 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4497 | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4715 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4527 | -4.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.4527 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4106, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.4527 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4495, 1.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5464 | 0.5273 | 0.5877 | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5589 | 0.5398 | 0.5694 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.5028 | 0.472 | 0.5364 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.461 | 0.4445 | 0.4773 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.458 | 0.4497 | 0.4715 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More poverty & inequality data for Brazil
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,003 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 32.73 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.7% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Brazil?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Brazil was 0.4527 in 2022, according to Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5877 in 1989.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4445 in 2014.
- How does Brazil rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Brazil ranks 4th out of 48 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.