Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Brazil
Brazil: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 20.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 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, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Brazil stood at 20.6%. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.4% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Brazil peaked at 74.0% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 20.6%, in 2024.
That places Brazil 59th 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.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 68.9% | — |
| 1982 | 68.4% | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 73.9% | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 74.0% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 70.0% | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 51.6% | -26.2% |
| 1987 | 61.3% | +18.7% |
| 1988 | 63.0% | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 60.3% | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 65.8% | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 67.9% | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 66.0% | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 54.8% | -17.0% |
| 1996 | 54.9% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 55.1% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 54.3% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 55.8% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 50.3% | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 49.8% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 50.9% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 49.5% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 47.5% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 43.7% | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 41.2% | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 38.2% | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 36.3% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 32.2% | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 30.4% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 27.9% | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 26.4% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 27.4% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 29.1% | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 29.3% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 28.7% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 28.0% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 20.8% | -25.7% |
| 2021 | 30.6% | +46.8% |
| 2022 | 25.3% | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 23.3% | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 20.6% | -11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 65.7% | 51.6% | 74.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 59.3% | 54.3% | 67.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 45.3% | 36.3% | 50.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.8% | 26.4% | 32.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 24.1% | 20.6% | 30.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More poverty & inequality data for Brazil
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Brazil?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Brazil was 20.6% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 74.0% in 1984.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.6% in 2024.
- How does Brazil rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Brazil ranks 59th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.