Tax revenues vs income inequality in Brazil
Brazil: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 32.73 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
32.73
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
33rd
of 186 countries
All-time high
33.57
in 2007
All-time low
23.35
in 1991
Years of data
33
1990–2022
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Brazil, 1990–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 32.73 for tax revenues vs income inequality in 2022.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality in Brazil peaked at 33.57 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 23.35, in 1991.
That places Brazil 33rd out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 29.23 | — |
| 1991 | 23.35 | -20.1% |
| 1992 | 24.28 | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 25.75 | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 29.09 | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 26.77 | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 25.92 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 26.08 | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 26.64 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 27.92 | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 29.39 | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 30.45 | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 31.99 | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 31.31 | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 32.27 | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 33.46 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 33.22 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 33.57 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 33.44 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 31.99 | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 32.4 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 33.27 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 32.54 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 32.47 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 31.76 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 32.01 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 32.19 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 32.25 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 32.64 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 31.93 | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 30.45 | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 32.1 | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 32.73 | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.5 | 23.35 | 29.23 | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.11 | 29.39 | 33.57 | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.35 | 31.76 | 33.27 | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.76 | 30.45 | 32.73 | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Brazil
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 9 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.62 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 5,003 (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 revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.39 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 16.99 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Brazil?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Brazil was 32.73 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 33.57 in 2007.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.35 in 1991.
- How does Brazil rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Brazil ranks 33rd out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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