Monthly Survey of Trade

Retail sales up 5.2% in July as trade remains in recovery mode September 10, 2020

The volume of sales increased 5.2% in July, against the previous month, after a record hike of 13.3% in May and 8.5% in June. That is the highest...

Livestock

With increase in exports, slaughter of hogs and pigs is the highest since 1997 September 10, 2020

The second quarter of 2020 registered the slaughter of 12.10 million head of hogs and pigs in Brazil, a number that sets a new record for the sector....

Agricultural production

August estimate previews record of 251.7 million metric tons in 2020 September 10, 2020

The estimate for the national grain crop, in which a record was already expected, increased again in August and is expected to reach 251.7 million...

IPCA

Gasoline and food products lead inflation rise of 0.24% in August September 09, 2020

Inflation had not reached sucha a high figure in a month of August since 2016, although the index (0.24%) decelerated against July (0.36%). Expensive...

Regional industry

Industrial production grows in 12 of the 15 areas surveyed in July September 09, 2020

Industrial production increased in 12 of the 15 areas analyzed by the Monthly Survey of Industry – Regional edition, from June to July. The result,...

Sinapi

Construction costs up 0.88% in August, greatest high of the year September 09, 2020

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, grew 0.88% in August, the highest rate registered this year. It...

National School of Statistical Sciences

ENCE holds online selection process for the specialization program in Environmental Analysis and Territory Management September 08, 2020

The National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE) of the IBGE will be accepting applications until October 23 for the online selection process of...

National Survey of Health

Family Health visited nearly 4 out of 10 households of the program in 2019 September 04, 2020

In 2019, 38.4% of the households registered in Family Health Centers - USFs received at least one visit from either a community health agent or a...

PNAD COVID19

Decrease in the number of persons who would like to work but did not go job searching in the second week of August September 04, 2020

The number of persons who would like to work but did not look for a job decreased by one million, from 28.1 million to 27.1 million. This group also...

National industry

Industrial production increased by 8% in July, with unprecedented hike in 25 of the 26 sectors September 03, 2020

Industrial production increased for the third straight month and recorded an increase of 8% in July, against the previous month, after recording...

Producer Prices

Industry inflation reaches 3.22% in July, biggest rise since 2014 September 02, 2020

Industry prices rose 3.22% in July compared to the previous month, registering the highest increase since the beginning of the time series (January...

Enterprise Pulse Survey

Six out of ten enterprises rank effects of Covid-19 as small, null or positive in the second half of July September 02, 2020

A total 37.5% of the 3 million enterprises in operation in the second half of July reported negative effects of the novel coronavirus crisis on their...

Centenary of the Census of Agriculture

Census of Agriculture celebrates its 100th anniversary portraying the history of the sector in the country September 01, 2020

From a family establishment of tomato farming in a rural area of a small town to a big cattle raising farm: nothing escapes the Census of Agriculture....

National Accounts

GDP has record drop of 9.7% in Q2, peak of social distancing September 01, 2020

The Brazilian Gross Domestic Product - GDP shrank 9.7% in the second quarter of 2020, compared with the previous quarter, peak of social distancing...

PNAD COVID19

After a period away due to the pandemic, 1.1 million persons go back to work in the first week of August August 28, 2020

About 1.1 million persons away from work due to social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic went back to work in the first week of August, in...

Continuous PNAD

Unemployment up in 11 states in Q2, but down in Amapá and Pará August 28, 2020

The unemployment rate in the second quarter increased in 11 states and remained stable in 14; only Amapá (-5.8%) and Pará (-1.6%) registered a decrease...

Annual Survey of Services

Services sectors is back to generating jobs in 2018, after three years shutting job positions August 27, 2020

The number of employed persons in the services sector increased in 2018, after three years in a row of decrease. That year, 12.6 million persons...

2020 Estimates

IBGE estimates Brazilian population at 211.8 million inhabitants August 27, 2020

According to the Population Estimates released today (27) by the IBGE for the 5,570 municipalities, Brazil reached 211.8 million inhabitants in 2020,...

Virtual Events

IBGE and INE: similar challenges and strategies to keep surveys going on during the pandemic August 26, 2020

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) held, on Friday (8/21), a Special Webinar. At the invitation of the Directorate of Surveys,...

Union membership down to 11.2% in 2019, a drop led by the public sector August 26, 2020

Workers affiliated to unions were 1.2% of the employed population in the country, amounting to 10.6 million persons in 2019, with a decrease by 951...