Brazil Poverty Rate 1981-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Brazil poverty rate for 2021 was 28.40%, a 9.7% increase from 2020.
- Brazil poverty rate for 2020 was 18.70%, a 7.5% decline from 2019.
- Brazil poverty rate for 2019 was 26.20%, a 0.5% decline from 2018.
- Brazil poverty rate for 2018 was 26.70%, a 0.4% decline from 2017.
| Brazil Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
28.40% |
9.70% |
| 2020 |
18.70% |
-7.50% |
| 2019 |
26.20% |
-0.50% |
| 2018 |
26.70% |
-0.40% |
| 2017 |
27.10% |
0.10% |
| 2016 |
27.00% |
1.70% |
| 2015 |
25.30% |
1.00% |
| 2014 |
24.30% |
-1.40% |
| 2013 |
25.70% |
-2.50% |
| 2012 |
28.20% |
-1.70% |
| 2011 |
29.90% |
-3.90% |
| 2009 |
33.80% |
-2.00% |
| 2008 |
35.80% |
-3.20% |
| 2007 |
39.00% |
-2.40% |
| 2006 |
41.40% |
-3.60% |
| 2005 |
45.00% |
-2.30% |
| 2004 |
47.30% |
-1.40% |
| 2003 |
48.70% |
1.40% |
| 2002 |
47.30% |
-0.70% |
| 2001 |
48.00% |
-5.80% |
| 1999 |
53.80% |
1.80% |
| 1998 |
52.00% |
-1.00% |
| 1997 |
53.00% |
0.40% |
| 1996 |
52.60% |
0.00% |
| 1995 |
52.60% |
-11.70% |
| 1993 |
64.30% |
-1.10% |
| 1992 |
65.40% |
1.70% |
| 1990 |
63.70% |
5.40% |
| 1989 |
58.30% |
-3.10% |
| 1988 |
61.40% |
2.20% |
| 1987 |
59.20% |
9.70% |
| 1986 |
49.50% |
-18.50% |
| 1985 |
68.00% |
-4.20% |
| 1984 |
72.20% |
0.10% |
| 1983 |
72.10% |
5.70% |
| 1982 |
66.40% |
-0.60% |
| 1981 |
67.00% |
-0.60% |
