Income inequality: Atkinson index in Brazil
Brazil: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4373 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Brazil, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Brazil stood at 0.4373. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Brazil peaked at 0.4373 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3522, in 2013.
Brazil ranks 27th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3747 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3668 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3668 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3522 | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3522 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3522 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4107 | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4252 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 0.4302 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4269 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3977 | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4373 | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4373 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4373 | +0.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.4373 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.4373 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3858 | 0.3522 | 0.4302 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4274 | 0.3977 | 0.4373 | 4 |
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: atkinson index in Brazil?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Brazil was 0.4373 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4373 in 2021.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3522 in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Brazil ranks 27th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.