Number of Brazilians Living in Poverty Rises 2 Million in a Year
- 54.8 million Brazilians defined as poor by World Bank criteria
- Extreme poverty also rose to reach 7.4% of total population
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Almost 55 million Brazilians were living in poverty in 2017, an increase of two million on 2016, according to data released on Wednesday by IBGE, the official statistics institute.
The number is equivalent to 26.5 percent of Brazil’s total population and marks a 4 percent rise in one year. The proportion of Brazilian children and adolescents aged from 0 to 14 living in poverty reached 43.4 percent in 2017. IBGE defines poverty as $5.5 per day or 406 reais per month in accordance with World Bank criteria.