Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Brazil
Brazil: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.4451 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
0.4451
Change on year
down 4.1%
World rank
3rd
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.4669
in 2017
All-time low
0.4427
in 2020
Years of data
7
2016–2022
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Brazil, 2016–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Brazil is 0.4451, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
That places Brazil 3rd out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.4551 | — |
| 2017 | 0.4669 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4665 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4666 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4427 | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4643 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4451 | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4638 | 0.4551 | 0.4669 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4507 | 0.4427 | 0.4643 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 1 Chile 0.4514 compare
- 2 Costa Rica 0.4486 compare
- 4 Türkiye 0.4196 compare
- 5 Mexico 0.3981 compare
- 6 United States of America 0.3863 compare
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 among working age population in Brazil?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Brazil was 0.4451 in 2022, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4669 in 2017.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4427 in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. 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.