Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Brazil
Brazil: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 75.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Brazil, 1981–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Brazil stood at 75.6%. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Brazil peaked at 95.6% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 75.6%, in 2024.
That places Brazil 74th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 94.1% | — |
| 1982 | 93.8% | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 95.2% | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 95.2% | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 94.9% | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 88.3% | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 91.7% | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 91.5% | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 89.6% | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 92.7% | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 95.6% | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 93.0% | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 89.1% | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 88.9% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 89.0% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 88.9% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 89.7% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 88.0% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 88.0% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 88.7% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 88.8% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 88.1% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 86.9% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 86.2% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 85.1% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 84.4% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 83.0% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 81.5% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 80.3% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 79.5% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 80.2% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 80.3% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 80.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 79.6% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 79.3% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 80.3% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 81.9% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 78.9% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 77.7% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 75.6% | -2.7% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 75.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 84% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 75.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 90% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 92.7% | 88.3% | 95.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 90.9% | 88.9% | 95.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 87.1% | 84.4% | 88.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 80.5% | 79.3% | 83.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 78.9% | 75.6% | 81.9% | 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Brazil?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Brazil was 75.6% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 95.6% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.6% in 2024.
- How does Brazil rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Brazil ranks 74th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.