Household income per capita: upper limit of percentile 30 (Continuous PNAD)
Definition
Monthly household income per capita, in current reais, below which 30% of the population falls when ordered from lowest to highest income. Computed by IBGE from the annual Continuous PNAD.
- Formula
- Percentile 30 of the household income per capita distribution, using survey weights.
- Unit
- R$ per month
- Uncertainty
- 95% interval computed from the coefficient of variation published by IBGE: value ± 1.96 × value × CV.
- License
- LicenseRef-IBGE-reuse-with-attribution
Household income per capita: upper limit of percentile 30 (Continuous PNAD)
- Household income per capita: upper limit of percentile 30 (Continuous PNAD)
- Source: IBGE — SIDRA (Continuous PNAD) · Source version: 2026-05-08 · Collected on: 2026-10-26 · License: LicenseRef-IBGE-reuse-with-attribution
Uncertainty: 95% interval computed from the coefficient of variation published by IBGE: value ± 1.96 × value × CV.
Series breaks: 2020: Income from the Continuous PNAD 5th visit in 2020–2021 (pandemic). 2022: Return to the Continuous PNAD 1st visit.
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| Year | Brazil |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 311 (309–313) |
| 2013 | 347 (344–350) |
| 2014 | 386 (381–391) |
| 2015 | 410 (406–414) |
| 2016 | 433 (430–436) |
| 2017 | 450 (444–456) |
| 2018 | 473 (471–475) |
| 2019 | 498 (497–499) |
| 2020 | 527 (525–529) † |
| 2021 | 496 (489–503) |
| 2022 | 612 (606–618) † |
| 2023 | 708 (700–716) |
| 2024 | 815 (805–825) |
| 2025 | 906 (897–915) |
Criticisms of the metric
- Household surveys underestimate top incomes, which mainly affects the highest percentiles; values may be too low at the top of the distribution.
- In 2020 and 2021 income comes from the 5th visit (pandemic); other editions use the 1st.
Series breaks
- 2020: Income from the Continuous PNAD 5th visit in 2020–2021 (pandemic).
- 2022: Return to the Continuous PNAD 1st visit.
References
- IBGE. PNAD Contínua — notas metodológicas. https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/sociais/trabalho/9171-pesquisa-nacional-por-amostra-de-domicilios-continua-mensal.html