Brazil Poverty Rate 1981-2023
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 2020 was 13.10%, a 7.5% decline from 2019.
- Brazil poverty rate for 2019 was 20.60%, a 0.2% decline from 2018.
- Brazil poverty rate for 2018 was 20.80%, a 0.4% decline from 2017.
- Brazil poverty rate for 2017 was 21.20%, a 0.1% increase from 2016.
| Brazil Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
13.10% |
-7.50% |
| 2019 |
20.60% |
-0.20% |
| 2018 |
20.80% |
-0.40% |
| 2017 |
21.20% |
0.10% |
| 2016 |
21.10% |
1.60% |
| 2015 |
19.50% |
1.10% |
| 2014 |
18.40% |
-1.50% |
| 2013 |
19.90% |
-1.80% |
| 2012 |
21.70% |
-2.10% |
| 2011 |
23.80% |
-3.50% |
| 2009 |
27.30% |
-1.40% |
| 2008 |
28.70% |
-3.20% |
| 2007 |
31.90% |
-2.10% |
| 2006 |
34.00% |
-3.90% |
| 2005 |
37.90% |
-2.20% |
| 2004 |
40.10% |
-1.40% |
| 2003 |
41.50% |
1.20% |
| 2002 |
40.30% |
-0.80% |
| 2001 |
41.10% |
-4.70% |
| 1999 |
45.80% |
1.30% |
| 1998 |
44.50% |
-1.00% |
| 1997 |
45.50% |
0.00% |
| 1996 |
45.50% |
0.50% |
| 1995 |
45.00% |
-11.60% |
| 1993 |
56.60% |
-1.40% |
| 1992 |
58.00% |
0.40% |
| 1990 |
57.60% |
5.60% |
| 1989 |
52.00% |
-2.80% |
| 1988 |
54.80% |
2.10% |
| 1987 |
52.70% |
10.50% |
| 1986 |
42.20% |
-19.20% |
| 1985 |
61.40% |
-5.10% |
| 1984 |
66.50% |
0.10% |
| 1983 |
66.40% |
6.60% |
| 1982 |
59.80% |
-0.40% |
| 1981 |
60.20% |
-0.40% |
