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International cooperation

Latin American countries seek resources for natural disaster management November 18, 2019

Brazil and 13 other Latin American countries that have already adopted the Geocentric Reference System for the Americas (SIRGAS) are prepared to...

System of Regional Accounts

GDP falls in three states in 2017; Rio de Janeiro has the sharpest drop November 14, 2019

Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe and Paraíba were the only states with a fall in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017 and accumulated the third negative consecutive...

Inequalities by color and race

Murder rate for blacks or browns is almost three times bigger than for whites November 13, 2019

Murder rates in the country did not fall from 2012 to 2017. On the contrary, among black and brown people, it increased from 37.2 to 43.4 deaths...

Desigualdades por cor ou raça

Less than a quarter of the elected representatives are blacks or browns November 13, 2019

Brazil has a lot to evolve in terms of visibility and representation of the black and brown population. In 2018, only 24.4% of the elected federal...

Agriculture

IBGE estimates a drop of 1% in 2020 grain crop November 13, 2019

The national grain crops should be of 238.5 million tonnes in 2020, according to the first forecast from the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production,...

Pesquisa Mensal de Comércio

Sales increase 0.7% in September, accrue five highs in a row November 13, 2019

With a widespread growth in seven out of the eight surveyed activities, the sales volume in the national retail trade grew 0.7% in September against...

Pesquisa Mensal de Serviços

Services sector grows 1.2% in September and leaves the negative level in the year November 12, 2019

The volume of services in the country grew 1.2% in September in comparison with August, when it fell 0.1%. This was the biggest high since August...

Pecuária

Cattle slaughter increases 4%, surpasses 8 million head in Q3 November 12, 2019

Cattle slaughter hit 8.35 million head in the third quarter this year, an increase of 4% over the previous quarter, when 8.08 million animals were...

Regional industry

Growth of industry pushed by Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul in September November 08, 2019

Ten of the 15 areas surveyed by the IBGE recorded positive rates for industrial output and were above the national average of August, having recorded...

IPCA

With energy prices dropping, inflation is lowest for October since 1998 November 07, 2019

The inflation in Brazil registered the lowest index for October since 1998. The prices rose 0.10% over September, when they deflated by 0.04%. The...

Sinapi

Civil construction costs increases 0.19% in October November 07, 2019

The National Index of Construction (Sinapi), released today by the IBGE, grew 0.19% in October, after standing at 0.37% in September. The share of...

Summary of Social Indicators

Extreme poverty affects 13.5 million persons and hits highest level in seven years November 06, 2019

In 2018, Brazil had 13.5 million persons with per capita average earnings below R$ 145, or U$S 1.9 per day, according to the criterion adopted by...

Summary of Social Indicators

School dropout is eight times bigger among youths from poor families November 06, 2019

Earnings define the percentages of school dropout and failure of youths aged 15 to 17. Considering school drop out, 11.8% of the poor youths had...

Summary of Social Indicators

Blacks or browns represent two-thirds of the underemployed in 2018 November 06, 2019

The labor market is still very uneven for blacks or browns, women and youngsters. In 2018, blacks or browns were about two-thirds (66%) of the 6.9...

Producer Price Index

Industry prices grow 0.45% in September and record the second high in a row November 05, 2019

The increase in diesel, gasoline and fuel oil prices drove the industry inflation to rise 0.45% in September, compared to August. The 1.06% increase...

Transparency

Tomorrow, Producer Price Index will start to provide more detailed information November 04, 2019

The IBGE will release tomorrow (05/11) a new edition of the Producer Price Index (IPP), this time relative to September. That will be the first release...

IBGE in schools

IBGE conducts seminar on innovation in school November 04, 2019

IBGEeduca conducted, last Wednesday (30), a seminar entitled "IBGE with Open Doors for School". Having as its main theme “Innovative and transformative...

Industrial production

Industry keeps upward trend with 0.3% high November 01, 2019

The national industrial production had a positive change of 0.3% in September over August. It is the second month in a row of growth, leveraged mainly...

PNADCM

Unemployment rate is 11.8% and work without a formal contract hits a record high October 31, 2019

The unemployment rate fell from 12.0% to 11.8% from the quarter ended June to that one ended September, influenced by the increase of the employed...

Date

São Paulo is the only state with unemployment decrease in Q3

Latin American countries seek resources for natural disaster management November 18, 2019

GDP falls in three states in 2017; Rio de Janeiro has the sharpest drop November 14, 2019

Murder rate for blacks or browns is almost three times bigger than for whites November 13, 2019

Less than a quarter of the elected representatives are blacks or browns November 13, 2019

IBGE estimates a drop of 1% in 2020 grain crop November 13, 2019

Sales increase 0.7% in September, accrue five highs in a row November 13, 2019

Services sector grows 1.2% in September and leaves the negative level in the year November 12, 2019

Cattle slaughter increases 4%, surpasses 8 million head in Q3 November 12, 2019

Growth of industry pushed by Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul in September November 08, 2019

With energy prices dropping, inflation is lowest for October since 1998 November 07, 2019

Civil construction costs increases 0.19% in October November 07, 2019

Extreme poverty affects 13.5 million persons and hits highest level in seven years November 06, 2019

School dropout is eight times bigger among youths from poor families November 06, 2019

Blacks or browns represent two-thirds of the underemployed in 2018 November 06, 2019

Industry prices grow 0.45% in September and record the second high in a row November 05, 2019

Tomorrow, Producer Price Index will start to provide more detailed information November 04, 2019

IBGE conducts seminar on innovation in school November 04, 2019

Industry keeps upward trend with 0.3% high November 01, 2019

Unemployment rate is 11.8% and work without a formal contract hits a record high October 31, 2019