Frei Gaspar is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.

[4] Frei Gaspar is located on at an elevation of 440 meters, 28 km southeast of Teófilo Otoni.

Neighboring municipalities are: Teófilo Otoni, Ouro Verde de Minas, Ataléia, São José do Divino, Pescador, Campanário and Itambacuri.

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568.

In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.