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.
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)
- 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 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.