Income share held by the richest 10% in Brazil

The richest 10% of people in Brazil received 39.3% of total income or consumption in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1981.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 39.3% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2023 −1.4percentage points 2023: 40.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2024 31.2% Middle value of 5 countries

Income share held by the richest 10% in Brazil over time

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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2001 to 2024
Period Brazil
2024 39.3%
2023 40.7%
2022 40.8%
2021 41.5%
2020 39.4%
2019 41.9%
2018 42.5%
2017 41.9%
2016 42.0%
2015 40.9%
2014 41.1%
2013 41.8%
2012 42.4%
2011 41.7%
2009 42.2%
2008 42.5%
2007 43.2%
2006 44.1%
2005 44.6%
2004 44.5%
2003 45.4%
2002 46.1%
2001 46.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.4 percentage points from 40.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 41.1%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2024 for Brazil
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform