Poorer administrative region has per capita household income that is 6% of home income from the richest
Brasilia turns 65 this year (21.br.2025) with economic disparities between the administrative regions. Lake Sul has per capita home income of R $ 10,979, similar to European countries, such as Spain. The structural income is $ 695, comparable to countries like Bangladesh.
The data are from PDAD (District Household Sample Research) from the former Codeplan (Federal District Planning Company), which went into liquidation and transferred the operations to the Federal District Research and Statistics Institute).
The latest data are 2021, according to the institute.
The 2024 income data is in the production process and must be published in the 2nd semester of 2025.
If it were a country, South Lake would be ahead of South Korea. Already the structural is at the level similar to that of India and Bangladesh.
Social inequality
According to data from PNAD (National Household Sample Survey) of 2021, the Gini Index – as close to 1, less equality – from the Federal District (1) is 0.566. It is the 4th most unequal federative unit in the country.
The scenario in the federal capital can be explained by the term “Belíndia”, Formulated by Brazilian economist Edmar Bacha in Fable “The King of Belíndia”, published in 1974, to explain social and economic contrast in Brazil: “An island of prosperity the size of Belgium in a sea of poverty similar to India”.
Black population
One of the (Institute of Socioeconomic Studies), with support from Oxfam Brazil, showed that the richest territories are those who have less than 50% of their self -declared black or brown inhabitants. Learn below which are:
- South Lake;
- ParkWay;
- Southwest/octagonal;
- Pilot plane;
- North Lake;
- Botanical garden;
- Cruise;
- Clear waters;
- Guará.
On the other hand, the black or brown self -declared population is located in poorer regions with less infrastructure.
“Black territories are those who have the largest population in the classes D and E, with the highest number of informal workers and with higher unemployment rates”The study said. Inec also stated that inequality aggravates if considered the reality of women.
“Black women are most of the unemployed population. Data on the use of home work corroborates the racialized and gender character of inequalities in the DF. They are white and wealthy regions – Park Way, South Lake, North Lake – which most hiring monthly and diarists service. These are mostly black women living in the most impoverished regions.“, These.
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