Brazil’s Inequality Drop in 2024 Stands Out, But Still Trails Regional Peers

Brazil’s Inequality Drop in 2024 Stands Out, But Still Trails Regional Peers

Brazil’s income inequality fell to its lowest point in history in 2024, according to the national statistics agency IBGE. The Gini index, a standard measure of income disparity, dropped to 0.506. This figure reflects a clear improvement from previous years and signals that the poorest Brazilians saw faster income growth than the wealthiest. However, when […]

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In 2024, the Gini index of the real monthly per capita income of households in Brazil was 0.506, the lowest value since the beginning of the historical series, according to data disseminated by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).The state agency reported that this indicator, which measures inequality in income distribution, had reached its peak in 2018 with a value of 0.545.The ratio between income of the richest 1% and t…

The North and Northeast regions, the poorest in the country, showed the greatest positive variations compared to 2019.

With Lula da Silva in power, Brazil reached its lowest level of income inequality in 2024, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). “Gini’s index of the real monthly income per capita of households reached its lowest level in the historical series: 0.506. The highest Gini in the series (0.545) is ...

The North and Northeast regions, the poorest in the country, showed the greatest positive variations compared to 2019.