Household income per capita: upper limit of percentile 95 (Continuous PNAD)
Definition
Monthly household income per capita, in current reais, below which 95% of the population falls when ordered from lowest to highest income. Computed by IBGE from the annual Continuous PNAD.
- Formula
- Percentile 95 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 95 (Continuous PNAD)
- Household income per capita: upper limit of percentile 95 (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 | 2,693 (2,582–2,804) |
| 2013 | 2,990 (2,908–3,072) |
| 2014 | 3,235 (3,108–3,362) |
| 2015 | 3,344 (3,226–3,462) |
| 2016 | 3,706 (3,546–3,866) |
| 2017 | 3,801 (3,622–3,980) |
| 2018 | 4,061 (3,902–4,220) |
| 2019 | 4,190 (4,059–4,321) |
| 2020 | 4,054 (3,903–4,205) † |
| 2021 | 4,249 (4,074–4,424) |
| 2022 | 4,929 (4,794–5,064) † |
| 2023 | 5,656 (5,423–5,889) |
| 2024 | 6,027 (5,885–6,169) |
| 2025 | 6,900 (6,711–7,089) |
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