Sergipe is the fifth Brazilian state with the highest number of poor

Sergipe is the fifth Brazilian state with the highest number of poor people. The Map of the New Poverty line, released by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, reveals that 48.17% of the Sergipe population, therefore almost half, have a per capita household income of up to R$497.00 per month. In this sad championship of the empty plate, Sergipe only loses to Maranhão (57.90%), Amazonas (51.42%), Alagoas (50.36%) and Pernambuco (50.32%). Moreover, according to a study made by the Institute for Mobility and Social Development, Sergipe was the state with the highest increase in the number of poor families. Poverty advanced 12.5% among Sergipanos, almost three times the national average, which was 5%.