IBGE launches portrait of inequalities in G20 countries

A study by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) maps out information on poverty, education, violence, work and income and reveals inequalities in the world's largest economies. The analysis uses the global indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to point out the urgency of combating inequalities in the member countries.

Even with different levels of development, inequality can be found in all the G20 countries, as revealed by study Creating Synergies between the 2030 Agenda and the G20 - Inequality Booklet, prepared by IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) and launched this Friday in Rio de Janeiro. Based on seven global indicators of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the study maps out inequalities in the world's largest economies presenting data on access to income and poverty; completion of secondary education; proportion of women in parliament; informality, unemployment and violence. 

According to the publication, the study consolidates IBGE's efforts to produce information for monitoring the 2030 Agenda in Brasil, in partnership with institutions that produce official data and international groups on the subject. Some of the data on the forum's member countries is disaggregated by sex, refers to the years 2021 and 2022, and sourced from organizations such as UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), the World Bank and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 

Inequalities in the G20

Among other information, the study reveals that India, Brasil and Indonesia had the highest proportions of people living below the poverty line in 2022, or on US$2.15 a day. In 2021, none of the forum's member countries had achieved universal coverage of secondary school completion or equivalent. Mexico, South Africa and Argentina are the G20 countries with the highest representation of women in national parliaments. 

Also in 2022, in India, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey and Germany, women are the majority in informality rates, while in the other countries, informality is higher among men. In 2022, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Italy and Turkey had the highest unemployment rates among the 15-24 population. Among the 15 G20 countries with information on the number of homicide victims, South Africa, Mexico and Brasil had the highest figures in 2021. Males were the majority of victims in these countries. 

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