This is a list of Brazilian states by poverty rate as of 2021. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The estimates can therefore differ from other estimates, like the national poverty rate. The national poverty rate was estimated to be 29.6% in 2021 (monthly per capita income of under 497 Brazilian real).
List
Percent of population living on less than $2.15, $3.65 and $6.85 a day, international dollars (2017 PPP) as per the World Bank.
| State | $2.15 | $3.65 | $6.85 | daily income per capita (2017 PPP $) |
Gini coefficient | Year of estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil
|
5.8% | 11.3% | 28.4% | 19.18 | 0.530 | 2021 |
 Maranhão
|
14.6% | 27.3% | 54.0% | 9.72 | 0.502 | 2021 |
 Paraíba
|
12.2% | 21.5% | 46.1% | 12.49 | 0.541 | 2021 |
 Pernambuco
|
12.4% | 23.2% | 48.0% | 12.24 | 0.551 | 2021 |
 Alagoas
|
11.5% | 21.8% | 49.8% | 10.98 | 0.509 | 2021 |
 Acre
|
11.2% | 20.0% | 43.7% | 13.16 | 0.520 | 2021 |
 Ceará
|
11.0% | 20.7% | 44.3% | 12.69 | 0.527 | 2021 |
 Bahia
|
10.6% | 20.1% | 44.4% | 12.62 | 0.522 | 2021 |
 Piauí
|
10.2% | 19.9% | 41.1% | 12.66 | 0.499 | 2021 |
 Amazonas
|
10.0% | 22.3% | 48.7% | 11.73 | 0.521 | 2021 |
 Sergipe
|
9.9% | 19.7% | 46.0% | 13.21 | 0.545 | 2021 |
 Pará
|
9.5% | 19.6% | 44.5% | 12.19 | 0.509 | 2021 |
 Rio Grande do Norte
|
8.4% | 18.5% | 41.1% | 15.67 | 0.564 | 2021 |
 Roraima
|
8.1% | 20.6% | 47.2% | 14.26 | 0.577 | 2021 |
 Amapá
|
7.1% | 15.7% | 48.3% | 12.40 | 0.519 | 2021 |
 Rondônia
|
5.8% | 9.7% | 30.3% | 14.70 | 0.446 | 2021 |
 Espírito Santo
|
4.9% | 9.4% | 26.2% | 18.30 | 0.498 | 2021 |
 Rio de Janeiro
|
4.8% | 8.5% | 22.0% | 24.00 | 0.549 | 2021 |
 Tocantins
|
4.6% | 9.3% | 32.0% | 15.27 | 0.495 | 2021 |
 Distrito Federal
|
3.6% | 6.2% | 18.0% | 32.47 | 0.560 | 2021 |
 Minas Gerais
|
3.5% | 7.0% | 22.9% | 18.72 | 0.477 | 2021 |
 São Paulo
|
2.9% | 5.6% | 17.8% | 25.01 | 0.523 | 2021 |
 Mato Grosso do Sul
|
2.8% | 5.6% | 22.4% | 20.07 | 0.492 | 2021 |
 Paraná
|
2.4% | 4.5% | 16.6% | 21.67 | 0.467 | 2021 |
 Goiás
|
2.2% | 6.1% | 23.1% | 17.90 | 0.457 | 2021 |
 Mato Grosso
|
2.2% | 5.6% | 20.7% | 18.49 | 0.455 | 2021 |
 Rio Grande do Sul
|
1.7% | 3.1% | 11.4% | 25.83 | 0.461 | 2021 |
 Santa Catarina
|
1.5% | 3.1% | 9.8% | 23.95 | 0.422 | 2021 |
References
- "New poverty map: study reveals that 29.6% of Brazilians have monthly income of up to R$497". Portal FGV. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- "Geospatial Poverty Portal: Interactive Maps". World Bank. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
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