Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Brazil
3.0075229704380035% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 40 years from 1981 to 2024 are below.
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.0075229704380035 |
| 2023 | 3.8030900061130524 |
| 2022 | 4.853658005595207 |
| 2021 | 7.458674907684326 |
| 2020 | 2.7663500979542732 |
| 2019 | 7.032903283834457 |
| 2018 | 6.910514086484909 |
| 2017 | 6.957946717739105 |
| 2016 | 6.493394076824188 |
| 2015 | 5.376676097512245 |
| 2014 | 4.765261709690094 |
| 2013 | 5.3765833377838135 |
| 2012 | 6.385301053524017 |
| 2011 | 7.118549942970276 |
| 2009 | 8.444493263959885 |
| 2008 | 9.121086448431015 |
| 2007 | 10.790479183197021 |
| 2006 | 11.369175463914871 |
| 2005 | 13.664847612380981 |
| 2004 | 15.330196917057037 |
| 2003 | 17.128704488277435 |
| 2002 | 16.19352102279663 |
| 2001 | 17.547114193439484 |
| 1999 | 20.020058751106262 |
| 1998 | 19.134345650672913 |
| 1997 | 20.380136370658875 |
| 1996 | 20.65027207136154 |
| 1995 | 19.514116644859314 |
| 1993 | 28.199797868728638 |
| 1992 | 29.40422296524048 |
| 1990 | 30.33752739429474 |
| 1989 | 25.65101981163025 |
| 1988 | 28.141427040100098 |
| 1987 | 25.50491988658905 |
| 1986 | 16.679659485816956 |
| 1985 | 32.41966366767883 |
| 1984 | 36.943432688713074 |
| 1983 | 37.73033320903778 |
| 1982 | 30.96664547920227 |
| 1981 | 30.694839358329773 |