Income share held by second 20% in Brazil
Brazil: Income share held by second 20% was 8.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Income share held by second 20% in Brazil, 1981–2024
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
In 2024, income share held by second 20% in Brazil stood at 8.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by second 20% in Brazil peaked at 8.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1989.
That places Brazil 118th out of 123 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Income share held by second 20% in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6.2% | — |
| 1982 | 6.0% | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 5.9% | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 6.0% | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 6.5% | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 6.0% | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 5.7% | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 5.3% | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 5.0% | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 5.5% | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 7.1% | +29.1% |
| 1993 | 5.8% | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5.7% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 5.7% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5.8% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 5.9% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 6.0% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 6.5% | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.7% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 6.9% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 7.4% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 7.7% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.4% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 7.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | +17.6% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 8.1% | +3.8% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 8.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.2%, 72% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 8.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9.7%, 84% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Income share held by second 20% in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +29.1% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.8% | 5.0% | 6.5% | 9 |
| 1990s | 5.9% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 6.6% | 6.0% | 7.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.5% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.6% | 8.7% | 5 |
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 share held by second 20% in Brazil?
- Income share held by second 20% in Brazil was 8.1% in 2024, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by second 20% recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 8.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest income share held by second 20% recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1989.
- How does Brazil rank for income share held by second 20%?
- Brazil ranks 118th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income share held by second 20% rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by second 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.