Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Brazil

20.6% of people in Brazil lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1981.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 20.6% % of population
Change from 2023 −2.7percentage points 2023: 23.3%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 20.6% Middle value of 5 countries

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Brazil over time

View
Places
2 selected
Brazil World ×

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

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 20.6% 46.2%
2023 23.3% 47.1%
2022 25.3% 48.3%
2021 30.6% 48.7%
2020 20.8% 50.4%
2019 28.0% –
2018 28.7% 50.4%
2017 29.3% 51.5%
2016 29.1% 52.4%
2015 27.4% 53.5%
2014 26.4% 54.7%
2013 27.9% 55.8%
2012 30.4% 57.5%
2011 32.2% 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 36.3% 61.7%
2008 38.2% 62.5%
2007 41.2% 63.6%
2006 43.7% 65.0%
2005 47.5% 66.2%
2004 49.5% 67.4%
2003 50.9% 68.7%
2002 49.8% 69.3%
2001 50.3% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 23.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.4%, the figure has changed by −5.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.

Source and dates

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