A social indicator that shows a good HDI is the per capita income. In Brazil, there is great inequality in the distribution of income between social classes, gender and ethnic groups.
A country's income is expressed in per capita income, which corresponds to a country's wealth divided by the number of inhabitants. However, a high per capita income does not confirm or does not reflect the reality, as, in general, income is poorly distributed.
Some IBGE data reveal that Brazil achieved a reasonable increase in social indicators, but there was no progress in income distribution, as the minority of Brazilians have high salaries and the majority earn little or nothing.
THE per capita income it is the result of the sum of everything that is produced in a nation in the year. In general, countries express per capita income in dollars, which in this case is the reference currency in the world, for comparisons between countries. To conceive the per capita income of a country, it is necessary to divide the GDP by the number of inhabitants, the result is the per capita income, which corresponds to the amount of wealth that each individual would have.
Today, in Brazil, about 49 million people receive up to half the minimum wage per capita and about 54 million Brazilians have no income, they are considered poor. Disparities are explicit between Brazilian regions and states. In the Northeast, 51% of the population lives with up to half the minimum wage, in contrast to the Southeast region, which has only 18%. Another inequality is between men and women, as women are on average poorer than men. Currently, Brazilian per capita income is US$8,020, almost half that of Argentina with US$12,460, according to IMF and World Bank data.
Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
Brazil School Team
