In 2024, the monthly household income per person in Brazil varied considerably across the different federal units. The Distrito Federal, where the country's federal capital is located, had the highest per capita income, at 3,444 Brazilian reals per month. This figure was more than three times that of the state of Maranhão. The national average was 2,069 reals per capita per month.

Key information about Brazil Household Income per Capita

• Brazil Annual Household Income per Capita reached 4,779.705 USD in Dec 2017, compared with the previous value of 4,272.395 USD in Dec 2016.
• Brazil Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2016 to Dec 2017, with an averaged value of 4,526.050 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 4,779.705 USD in Dec 2017 and a record low of 4,272.395 USD in Dec 2016.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of Brazil dropped 2.265 % YoY in May 2023.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from Monthly Household Income per Capita multiplied by 12 and converts it into USD. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics provides Monthly Household Income per Capita in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

The poorest 5 percent of the population in Brazil received a monthly income of merely 239 reals in 2023, with their jobs as their only source of income. By contrast, the average income of workers who fall within the 40 percent to 50 percent percentile, and from 50 percent to 60 percent are 1,639 and 1,970 Brazilian reals, respectively.

Brazil Average Real Monthly Household Income: Actual Earning: Per Capita: Southeast: Rio de Janeiro data was reported at 1,449.000 BRL in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,439.000 BRL for 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Household Income: Actual Earning: Per Capita: Southeast: Rio de Janeiro data is updated yearly, averaging 1,444.000 BRL from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,449.000 BRL in 2017 and a record low of 1,439.000 BRL in 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Household Income: Actual Earning: Per Capita: Southeast: Rio de Janeiro data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HF049: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Actual Earning: Per Capita.

In 2023, the national gross income per capita in Brazil amounted to around 9,070 U.S. dollars, an increase from 8,240 dollars per person in the previous year. Gross national income (GNI) is the aggregated sum of the value added by residents in an economy, plus net taxes (minus subsidies) and net receipts of primary income from abroad. Excluding countries and territories in the Caribbean, Uruguay and Chile were the Latin American countries with the highest national income per capita. Demographic elements and income There are many factors that may influence the income level, such as gender, academic attainment, location, ethnicity, etc. The gender pay gap, for example, is significant in Brazil. As of 2023, the monthly income per capita of men was 3,271 Brazilian reals, while the figure was 2,588 reals in the case of women. Additionally, monthly per capita household income varies greatly from state to state; the figures registered in Distrito Federal and São Paulo more than double the income of federative units like Acre, Alagoas or Maranhão. A high degree of inequality The Gini coefficient measures the degree of income inequality on a scale from 0 (total equality of incomes) to 100 (total inequality). Between 2010 and 2022, Brazil's degree of inequality in wealth distribution based on the Gini coefficient reached 52.9. That year, Brazil was deemed one of the most unequal countries in Latin America. Although the latest result represented one of the worst values in recent years, the Gini index is projected to improve slightly in the near future.

Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Southeast: Rio de Janeiro: 25 to 29 Years data was reported at 1,912.000 BRL in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,816.000 BRL for 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Southeast: Rio de Janeiro: 25 to 29 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 1,864.000 BRL from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,912.000 BRL in 2017 and a record low of 1,816.000 BRL in 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Southeast: Rio de Janeiro: 25 to 29 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HF054: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Usual Earning: by Age: Southeast.

The average monthly income per person in Brazil is higher for male workers than for their female counterparts. In 2022, the gap was of 617 Brazilian reals per month. Overall, that year the monthly income per capita for the working population in Brazil was 2,659 reals, the lowest income since, at least, 2018.

Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Bahia data was reported at 1,546.000 BRL in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,329.000 BRL for 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Bahia data is updated yearly, averaging 1,437.500 BRL from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,546.000 BRL in 2017 and a record low of 1,329.000 BRL in 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Bahia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HF050: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Usual Earning.

The statistic shows the monthly average household income and expenditure in Brazil from 2015 to 2017. In 2017, the monthly average household expenditure was 3,219 Brazilian reals, higher than the average income, which amounted to 3,149 Brazilian reals

In 2023, the Central West region had the highest monthly income per person in Brazil, at 3,418 Brazilian reals. In contrast, the Northeast region had the lowest income of all regions at 1,991 reals.

From 2018 to 2020, the average monthly income of the Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan area increased consistently. In 2023, the average income rose once again to over 3,600 Brazilian reals in the region. Nevertheless, when excluding the city of Rio de Janeiro, the metropolitan area saw the average monthly salary increase every year until 2022, year in which the figure dropped to 2,576 Brazilian reals.

Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: South: Rio Grande do Sul data was reported at 2,255.000 BRL in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,033.000 BRL for 2022. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: South: Rio Grande do Sul data is updated yearly, averaging 1,582.500 BRL from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2023, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,255.000 BRL in 2023 and a record low of 1,064.000 BRL in 2012. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: South: Rio Grande do Sul data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table BR.HAB042: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita.

Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Southeast: Minas Gerais: 50 to 59 Years data was reported at 2,162.000 BRL in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,092.000 BRL for 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Southeast: Minas Gerais: 50 to 59 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 2,127.000 BRL from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,162.000 BRL in 2017 and a record low of 2,092.000 BRL in 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Southeast: Minas Gerais: 50 to 59 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HF054: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Usual Earning: by Age: Southeast.

Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Northeast: Paraíba data was reported at 1,323.000 BRL in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,086.000 BRL for 2022. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Northeast: Paraíba data is updated yearly, averaging 855.000 BRL from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2023, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,323.000 BRL in 2023 and a record low of 511.000 BRL in 2012. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Northeast: Paraíba data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table BR.HAB042: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita.

Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: 14 to 17 Years data was reported at 339.000 BRL in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 439.000 BRL for 2016. Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: 14 to 17 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 389.000 BRL from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 439.000 BRL in 2016 and a record low of 339.000 BRL in 2017. Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Rio Grande do Norte: 14 to 17 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HF053: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Usual Earning: by Age: Northeast.

Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Bahia: 60 Years or More data was reported at 2,386.000 BRL in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,628.000 BRL for 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Bahia: 60 Years or More data is updated yearly, averaging 2,007.000 BRL from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,386.000 BRL in 2017 and a record low of 1,628.000 BRL in 2016. Brazil Average Real Monthly Income: Usual Earnings: Northeast: Bahia: 60 Years or More data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HF053: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Usual Earning: by Age: Northeast.

Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Southeast: São Paulo data was reported at 2,414.000 BRL in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,073.000 BRL for 2022. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Southeast: São Paulo data is updated yearly, averaging 1,697.500 BRL from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2023, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,414.000 BRL in 2023 and a record low of 1,168.000 BRL in 2012. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Southeast: São Paulo data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table BR.HAB042: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita.

Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: North data was reported at 1,302.000 BRL in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,096.000 BRL for 2022. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: North data is updated yearly, averaging 811.000 BRL from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2023, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,302.000 BRL in 2023 and a record low of 587.000 BRL in 2012. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: North data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table BR.HAB042: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita.

Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Northeast data was reported at 1,146.000 BRL in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,011.000 BRL for 2022. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Northeast data is updated yearly, averaging 780.500 BRL from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2023, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,146.000 BRL in 2023 and a record low of 522.000 BRL in 2012. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: Northeast data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table BR.HAB042: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita.

Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: South data was reported at 2,167.000 BRL in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,927.000 BRL for 2022. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: South data is updated yearly, averaging 1,528.000 BRL from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2023, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,167.000 BRL in 2023 and a record low of 1,035.000 BRL in 2012. Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita: South data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table BR.HAB042: Average Real Monthly Household Income: Per Capita.