This page contains a graphical analysis of increasing levels of poverty in Brazil. † It uses the Google chart API.

Population Below Poverty Line
YearBelow poverty line in %
200017
200117
200222
200322
200422
200522
200622
200731
200831
200931

Source for call to google chart API to create a line graph. 

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† Data were obtained at indexmundi.com which cites CIA World Factbook.