Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Brazil

Brazil: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile was 3.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
3.4%
Change on year
up 8.2%
World rank
35th
of 35 countries
All-time high
6.1%
in 2016
All-time low
1.5%
in 2015
Years of data
12
2006–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Brazil, 2006–2022

1234562006201420222006: 3.82009: 32011: 2.42012: 4.12015: 1.52016: 6.12017: 5.82018: 5.42019: 5.32020: 2.42021: 3.12022: 3.4

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Brazil stood at 3.4%.

That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Brazil peaked at 6.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2015.

Brazil ranks 35th of 35 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Brazil, 2006 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2006 3.8%
2009 3.0% -21.9%
2011 2.4% -18.4%
2012 4.1% +70.0%
2015 1.5% -64.3%
2016 6.1% +316.2%
2017 5.8% -4.6%
2018 5.4% -6.7%
2019 5.3% -2.6%
2020 2.4% -54.9%
2021 3.1% +30.3%
2022 3.4% +8.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 3.4% 3.0% 3.8% 2
2010s 4.4% 1.5% 6.1% 7
2020s 3.0% 2.4% 3.4% 3

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 32 Panama 11.1% compare
  2. 33 Kazakhstan 11.0% compare
  3. 34 Peru 8.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Brazil?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Brazil was 3.4% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 6.1% in 2016.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2015.
How does Brazil rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile?
Brazil ranks 35th out of 35 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 334 data points, 2002–2023
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