Household income per capita: upper limit of percentile 50 (Continuous PNAD)
Definition
Monthly household income per capita, in current reais, below which 50% of the population falls when ordered from lowest to highest income. Computed by IBGE from the annual Continuous PNAD.
- Formula
- Percentile 50 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 50 (Continuous PNAD)
- Household income per capita: upper limit of percentile 50 (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 | 507 (503–511) |
| 2013 | 569 (562–576) |
| 2014 | 633 (627–639) |
| 2015 | 671 (664–678) |
| 2016 | 694 (684–704) |
| 2017 | 727 (717–737) |
| 2018 | 770 (761–779) |
| 2019 | 824 (814–834) |
| 2020 | 834 (826–842) † |
| 2021 | 810 (799–821) |
| 2022 | 996 (990–1,002) † |
| 2023 | 1,178 (1,162–1,194) |
| 2024 | 1,328 (1,312–1,344) |
| 2025 | 1,490 (1,478–1,502) |
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