Study shows that Minas Gerais lifted 1.4 million people from the poverty line

The news is already being published in some of the state’s main media outlets. According to a study released by the Jones dos Santos Neves Institute (IJSN), Minas Gerais suffered a reduction in poverty and extreme poverty rates last year. In short, 1.4 million individuals from different areas of Minas Gerais left the poverty line and more than 205 thousand left the ‘extremely poor’ range. The drop in Minas follows a national trend.

Also, it was recorded in the state of Minas Gerais that the population’s average monthly income was R$2,753 in the year 2023. To carry out the analysis, the World Bank’s poverty and extreme poverty lines were used, whose references are US$ 6.85 per capita (per person) per day and US$ 2.15 per capita per day, respectively. Converted using Purchasing Power Parity criteria, the monthly values ​​were R$664.02 for poverty and R$208.42 for extreme poverty, as reported by the Estado de Minas newspaper.

The only Brazilian state that presented an increase in the rate in question was Acre. According to the study, which is based on data from Pnad Contínua (Continuous National Household Sample Survey), Minas Gerais is a strategic region, presenting different scenarios of social inequality in its various regions. In Minas Gerais, there are still areas with high levels of social vulnerability, such as the Vale do Jequitinhonha region.