Latin America: wealth inequality based on income concentration by country 2019

Brazil is one of the most unequal countries in terms of income in Latin America. In 2019, it was estimated that almost 58 percent of the income generated in Brazil was held by the richest 20 percent of its population. Among the Latin American countries with available data included in this graph, Colombia came in second, as the wealthiest 20 percent of the Colombian population held over 56 percent of the country's total income.