Key Questions: Where are the richest in Brazil? How has the pandemic affected overall inequality and the geographic distribution of the nation's wealth?
Themes / Subthemes
Income and Welfare >
Inequality and Poverty, Inequality, wealth and opportunities
The contingent of people with household per capita income lower than 497 reais per month became 62.9 million Brazilians in 2021, about 29.6% of the country's total population.
Besides prosperity and equality, stability is a key attribute to social well-being. Like the first two dimensions, stability is missing in the Brazilian case.