Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Brazil
Brazil: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4512 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
0.4512
Change on year
down 3.9%
World rank
2nd
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.4757
in 2019
All-time low
0.4483
in 2020
Years of data
7
2016–2022
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 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 in Brazil is 0.4512, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Brazil ranks 2nd of 39 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.4623 | — |
| 2017 | 0.4747 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.474 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4757 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4483 | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4694 | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4512 | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4717 | 0.4623 | 0.4757 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4563 | 0.4483 | 0.4694 | 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 0.4512 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 recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4757 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4483 in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Brazil ranks 2nd out of 39 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 down 2.4%. 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. 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.