In 2022, the headcount poverty rate at 3.65 U.S. dollars per day in Brazil was 8.42 percent, meaning the share of the Brazilian population living on less than 3.65 dollars per day. The poverty rate increased steadily from 2014 to 2019 when this percentage was 10.75.

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Brazil BR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 26.500 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 25.700 % for 2016. Brazil BR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 26.100 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2017, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.500 % in 2017 and a record low of 25.700 % in 2016. Brazil BR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.;;This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

In 2023, the state of Maranhão had the highest poverty rate in Brazil, with 51.6 percent of the population living in poverty. Santa Catarina, on the other hand, had the lowest poverty rate at 11.6 percent.

Brazil Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 27.200 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 28.900 % for 2021. Brazil Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 34.450 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2022, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.400 % in 1983 and a record low of 23.500 % in 2020. Brazil Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Poverty rate at $3.2 a day of Brazil dropped by 11.76% from 8.50 % in 2022 to 7.50 % in 2023. Since the 112.96% jump in 2021, poverty rate at $3.2 a day plummeted by 34.78% in 2023. Population below $3.1 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.1 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data was reported at 2.040 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.030 % for 2008. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 2.030 % from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2017, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.040 % in 2017 and a record low of 1.920 % in 1996. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the 60% median consumption but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).;Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection);Weighted average;This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Brazil: Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 1.90 USD a day: The latest value from 2022 is 3.5 percent, a decline from 5.8 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 5.84 percent, based on data from 28 countries. Historically, the average for Brazil from 1981 to 2022 is 13.02 percent. The minimum value, 2 percent, was reached in 2020 while the maximum of 30.6 percent was recorded in 1983.

In 2023, the state of Acre had the highest extreme poverty rate in Brazil, with over 13 percent of the population living in extreme poverty. Rio Grande do Sul had the lowest extreme poverty rate at 1.3 percent.

Poverty rate at $1.9 a day of Brazil plummeted by 22.45% from 4.90 % in 2022 to 3.80 % in 2023. Since the 167.86% surge in 2021, poverty rate at $1.9 a day sank by 49.33% in 2023. Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data was reported at 3.800 % in 2015. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 3.800 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2015, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.800 % in 2015 and a record low of 3.800 % in 2015. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (UNDP) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to UNDPs multidimensional poverty index. The index includes three dimensions -- health, education, and living standards.;Alkire, S., Kanagaratnam, U., and Suppa, N. (2023). ‘The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2023 country results and methodological note’, OPHI MPI Methodological Note 55, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. (https://ophi.org.uk/mpi-methodological-note-55-2/);;

In 2023, the share of indigenous population in Brazil that had an average per capita income below the poverty line reached 30 percent. In comparison to the previous year, this represents a decrease of 3.9 percentage points. Overall, in Latin America in 2022, Colombia had the highest share of indigenous population living in extreme poverty.

Poverty ratio at $1.9 a day of Brazil increased by 4.55% from 4.4 % in 2018 to 4.6 % in 2019. Since the 12.90% drop in 2014, poverty ratio at $1.9 a day shot up by 70.37% in 2019. Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

BR: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: % data was reported at 2.184 % in 2008. BR: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 2.184 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2008, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.184 % in 2008 and a record low of 2.184 % in 2008. BR: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Proportion of population pushed below the 50% median consumption poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed as a percentage of a total population of a country; ; Wagstaff et al. Progress on Impoverishing Health Spending: Results for 122 Countries. A Retrospective Observational Study, Lancet Global Health 2017; Weighted Average;

BR: Number of People Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure data was reported at 4,214,000.000 Person in 2008. BR: Number of People Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure data is updated yearly, averaging 4,214,000.000 Person from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2008, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,214,000.000 Person in 2008 and a record low of 4,214,000.000 Person in 2008. BR: Number of People Pushed Below the 50% Median Consumption Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Number of people pushed below the 50% median consumption poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure; ; Wagstaff et al. Progress on Impoverishing Health Spending: Results for 122 Countries. A Retrospective Observational Study, Lancet Global Health 2017; Sum;

9.1 (%) in 2019. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Brazil BR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 4.300 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.500 % for 2019. Brazil BR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 23.250 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2020, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.100 % in 1983 and a record low of 4.300 % in 2020. Brazil BR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.20 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from around 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

This paper maps poverty profile of Brazilian Northeast regarding the lack of consumption and housing services, and contrasting them with income insufficiency, which is the most consolidated criterion to measured poverty in the international literature.We used data from the Nacional Survey for Housing Sample (PNAD, in Portuguese), in 2009. Among the main results, we found that the Northeast region has a huge percentage of households without access to housing services and consumer items comparatively to other regions and, moreover, this region is the worst in absolute terms. In the dimension of housing items, the scarcest item in all five macro regions is piped water, followed by sanitation (sewage) and electricity. Regarding consumption items, refrigerator is the most lacking item for Brazilian households. We also show that many families below the poverty line present no insufficiency in terms of housing and consumption dimensions.

Regardless of the employment status, the percentage of the population of Brazil whose average per capita income was below the poverty line experienced a downward trend between 2001 and 2014. In the case of the unemployed population, the share fell from 51.6 to 31.6 percent. However, the percentage of people in unemployment living under the poverty line has been oscillating since that year, and in 2023 the share stood at 38 percent. Furthermore, less than six percent of employees in Brazil were living under the poverty line that year.

In 2023, the prevalence of extreme poverty among black men and women in Brazil was higher than that observed in other demographic groups. In particular, the rate of extreme poverty among black men reached two percent, which was the highest among all demographic groups.