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Debt

People buying fruit at a popular market
Photo: Neusa Cadore from Salvador, Brasil · CC BY 2.0

Left

Desenrola: 15 million people renegotiated R$ 53 billion in debt.

Far right

No national renegotiation program, and record household debt in 2022.

Why it matters

A bad credit record closes doors: loans, rentals, even jobs. In 2022, almost 8 in 10 families were in debt, a record since 2010. Renegotiating with discounts gives millions of families room to breathe.

Far right

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Sources

Where the data on this page comes from.

  1. Ministério da Fazenda

    Final figures: about 15 million people and R$ 53.2 billion renegotiated.

  2. Agência Brasil (dados da CNC)

    In 2022, 77.5% of families were in debt, a record since the series began in 2010.

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