Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Brazil
Brazil: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 27.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Brazil, 1981–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Brazil is 27.2%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.7% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Brazil peaked at 79.1% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 27.2%, in 2024.
Brazil ranks 64th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 71.5% | 58.8% | 79.1% | 9 |
| 1990s | 65.8% | 60.9% | 74.2% | 8 |
| 2000s | 52.6% | 43.9% | 57.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 35.8% | 33.5% | 39.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 31.3% | 27.2% | 37.9% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Brazil?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Brazil was 27.2% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 79.1% in 1984.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.2% in 2024.
- How does Brazil rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Brazil ranks 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.