Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Brazil
Brazil: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 83.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Brazil, 1981–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 83.2% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Brazil peaked at 97.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 83.2%, in 2022.
That places Brazil 76th out of 119 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 95.4% | — |
| 1982 | 95.3% | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 96.4% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 96.5% | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 96.3% | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 90.6% | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 93.4% | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 93.3% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 91.8% | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 94.2% | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 97.0% | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 94.5% | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 91.2% | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 91.2% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 91.4% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 91.2% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 91.9% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 90.4% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 90.3% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 90.9% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 91.0% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 90.6% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 89.7% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 89.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 88.5% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 88.0% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 87.0% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 85.5% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 84.6% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 83.8% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 84.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 84.5% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 84.6% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 83.8% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 83.6% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 84.7% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 85.9% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 83.2% | -3.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 83.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 87% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 83.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 90% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94.3% | 90.6% | 96.5% | 9 |
| 1990s | 92.8% | 91.2% | 97.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 89.9% | 88.0% | 91.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 84.7% | 83.6% | 87.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 84.6% | 83.2% | 85.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More poverty & inequality data for Brazil
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Brazil?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Brazil was 83.2% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.2% in 2022.
- How does Brazil rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Brazil ranks 76th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.