Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Brazil
Brazil: Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality was 6.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Brazil, 1993–2022
Source: Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 6.5% for interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in 2022.
The figure is down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Brazil peaked at 9.2% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 1998.
That places Brazil 38th out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.7% | 2.8% | 6.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 7.1% | 9.2% | 2 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 1 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 32.7% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.39 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1007 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1007 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1341 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4373 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Brazil?
- Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in Brazil was 6.5% in 2022, according to Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest interpersonal trust vs. income inequality recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2010.
- What is the lowest interpersonal trust vs. income inequality recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 1998.
- How does Brazil rank for interpersonal trust vs. income inequality?
- Brazil ranks 38th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interpersonal trust vs. income inequality rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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% of respondents replying "Most people can be trusted" when asked "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?" Possible answers include "Most people can be trusted", "Do not know" and "Need to be very careful".