Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Brazil

Brazil: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st was 55.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
55.6%
Change on year
up 20.3%
World rank
17th
of 36 countries
All-time high
68.2%
in 2020
All-time low
46.3%
in 2021
Years of data
12
2006–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Brazil, 2006–2022

02040602006201420222006: 482009: 52.12011: 53.62012: 55.12015: 57.42016: 49.12017: 48.92018: 49.72019: 48.52020: 68.22021: 46.32022: 55.6

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Brazil stood at 55.6%.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.3% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Brazil peaked at 68.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 46.3%, in 2021.

Brazil ranks 17th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Brazil, 2006 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2006 48.0%
2009 52.1% +8.6%
2011 53.6% +2.8%
2012 55.1% +2.9%
2015 57.4% +4.2%
2016 49.1% -14.4%
2017 48.9% -0.6%
2018 49.7% +1.7%
2019 48.5% -2.5%
2020 68.2% +40.7%
2021 46.3% -32.1%
2022 55.6% +20.3%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 55.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.9%, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 55.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 29.8%, 1.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 50.1% 48.0% 52.1% 2
2010s 51.7% 48.5% 57.4% 7
2020s 56.7% 46.3% 68.2% 3

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 14 Chile 60.1% compare
  2. 15 Kosovo 60.0% compare
  3. 15 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 60.0% compare
  4. 18 Argentina 51.3% compare
  5. 19 Viet Nam 48.6% compare
  6. 20 Panama 46.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Brazil?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st in Brazil was 55.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 68.2% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 46.3% in 2021.
How does Brazil rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st?
Brazil ranks 17th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social protection and labor - 1st rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 367 data points, 2002–2023
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