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

Brazil: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile was 6.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
6.0%
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
36th
of 36 countries
All-time high
7.4%
in 2016
All-time low
2.2%
in 2012
Years of data
12
2006–2022

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

24682006201420222006: 6.32009: 3.72011: 2.22012: 2.22015: 2.62016: 7.42017: 7.32018: 7.22019: 6.52020: 4.42021: 5.82022: 6

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 6.0% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 171.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile in Brazil peaked at 7.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2012.

Brazil ranks 36th of 36 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) -urban in Brazil, 2006 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2006 6.3%
2009 3.7% -41.0%
2011 2.2% -40.3%
2012 2.2% -1.4%
2015 2.6% +16.8%
2016 7.4% +188.2%
2017 7.3% -1.1%
2018 7.2% -1.1%
2019 6.5% -10.0%
2020 4.4% -32.2%
2021 5.8% +32.4%
2022 6.0% +2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 5.0% 3.7% 6.3% 2
2010s 5.1% 2.2% 7.4% 7
2020s 5.4% 4.4% 6.0% 3

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 33 Vietnam 12.4% compare
  2. 34 Argentina 10.7% compare
  3. 35 Burkina Faso 9.7% 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 6.0% 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 7.4% in 2016.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2012.
How does Brazil rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers - 1st quintile?
Brazil ranks 36th out of 36 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 up 171.2%. 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) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 350 data points, 2002–2023
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