Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Brazil

6.2% of people in Brazil lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 6.2% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.2percentage points 2023: 7.4%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 4.1% Middle value of 5 countries

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 6.2% 18.2%
2023 7.4% 19.3%
2022 8.5% 20.5%
2021 11.5% 21.4%
2020 5.4% 22.1%
2019 10.9% –
2018 11.1% 22.3%
2017 11.2% 23.6%
2016 10.8% 24.9%
2015 9.4% 26.3%
2014 8.7% 27.9%
2013 9.7% 29.3%
2012 10.7% 32.0%
2011 12.2% 33.6%
2010 – 35.8%
2009 14.8% 38.1%
2008 15.9% 39.3%
2007 18.2% 40.5%
2006 19.6% 42.2%
2005 22.7% 43.7%
2004 24.7% 45.4%
2003 26.3% 47.2%
2002 25.5% 48.6%
2001 26.5% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 7.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 8.7%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

Source and dates

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