What they reported
Extreme poverty declined to 3.5% in 2024 and the Gini index reached 0.506, the lowest in the historical series.
Unemployment fell to 5.1%, its lowest since 2012, and Brazil was again removed from the FAO Hunger Map.
Priorities and asks
Leaving no one behind through equity and tax justice, climate and socio-environmental justice, and multilateralism.
What stands out
It proposes an “SDG 18” making ethnic-racial equality a foundational dimension of sustainable development.
The data angle
Highlights nationalizing SDG targets and updating indicators with a focus on disaggregation and evidence.
Read more
- Voluntary National Reviews 2026, the full brief with all 36 countries and the cross-cutting themes.
- Official VNR country database, home of Brazil’s full report and main messages.
- HLPF 2026 coverage, where the reviews are presented.
This summary is drawn from Brazil’s own 2026 main messages; figures are as the government reported them and were not independently verified. Edition is noted only where the country states its own.