Rising incomes in recent years enabled about 13.7 million Brazilians to escape extreme poverty between 2021 and 2025. The share of the population living in extreme poverty fell from 11.2% to 4.6% ...

The calculation of the MPI takes into account health indicators (nourishment and child mortality), education (school years and enrollment) and housing (LP gas, bathrooms, water, electricity, flooring, ...

Brazil concluded 2023 with the lowest poverty and extreme poverty levels recorded since the Synthesis of Social Indicators survey began in 2012, conducted by the government´s statistics agency IBGE.

Average per capita household income rose in every Brazilian state between 2022 and 2025. However, income growth alone does not explain the decline in poverty and extreme poverty over the period, ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Latin American poverty levels in 2023 fell to a 33-year low, led by progress in Brazil, the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in ...

Speaking in an interview on Voz do Brasil, in content published by Agência Gov, Dias said Brazil is moving toward "the lowest level of extreme poverty and poverty in all of history" and "the lowest ...

This report presents statistical information on poverty and inequality in Brazil. It provides an overview of Latin America before going into detail on poverty, food insecurity, and income and welfare.

In 2023, the state of Acre had the highest extreme poverty rate in Brazil, with over 13 percent of the population living in extreme poverty. Rio Grande do Sul had the lowest extreme poverty rate at ...