Bahia ranks 15th in social mobility among the states, below the national average and far from the South and Midwest

On Saturday (May 23, 2026), the analysis of the municipal indicators of the Atlas of Social Mobility Brazil, based on data from the Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS), shows that Bahia occupies the 15th position among the units of the federation (UF) when considering the simple average of municipalities in the probability of a child born in the lower half of the income distribution reaching, as an adult, the group of the richest 10%. The state registers a municipal average of 1.37%, a result lower than the national simple average of valid municipalities, of 2.16%, and far from the highest rates observed in Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, Santa Catarina and Goiás.