Extreme poverty rate in Brazil

3.0% of people in Brazil lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 3.0% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.8percentage points 2023: 3.8%
World, 2024 10.1% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 1.6% Middle value of 5 countries

Extreme poverty rate in Brazil over time

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

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 3.0% 10.1%
2023 3.8% 10.5%
2022 4.9% 10.9%
2021 7.5% 11.3%
2020 2.8% 11.4%
2019 7.0% –
2018 6.9% 11.1%
2017 7.0% 11.8%
2016 6.5% 12.6%
2015 5.4% 13.4%
2014 4.8% 14.5%
2013 5.4% 15.5%
2012 6.4% 17.8%
2011 7.1% 19.1%
2010 – 21.0%
2009 8.4% 23.1%
2008 9.1% 24.1%
2007 10.8% 25.3%
2006 11.4% 27.0%
2005 13.7% 28.3%
2004 15.3% 30.3%
2003 17.1% 32.2%
2002 16.2% 33.7%
2001 17.5% 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 3.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · 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