Services sector records decrease (-0.3%) from August to September November 17, 2017

From August to September, the services sector remained virtually unchanged (in the seasonally-adjusted series), with slight decrease of 0.3% in the...

Continuous PNAD: labor underutilization stays at 23.9% in Q3/2017 November 17, 2017

In the 3rd quarter of 2017, the compound labor underutilization rate (which gathers unemployment, time-related underemployment and potential work...

Regional Accounts 2015: GDP drop hits all Federation Units first time ever November 16, 2017

For the first time in the time series started in 2002, the GDP volume dropped in every Federation Unit in 2015. Mato Grosso do Sul (-0.3%), Roraima...

Vital Statistics: Registration of births records decrease (-5.1%) against the 2015 figure November 14, 2017

In 2016, a total 2,793,935 occurred and were registered in Brazil, having recorded decrease (-5.1%) in the comparison with 2015, when 2,945,344 births...

In September, retail sales grow 0.5% November 14, 2017

In September 2017, the national retail trade had an increase of 0.5 over the previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series, offsetting the decrease...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.16% in October November 10, 2017

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), registered a change of 0.16% in October, staying 0.11 percentage points below the 0.27% rate of...

IPCA stays at 0.42% in October November 10, 2017

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA stayed at 0.42% in October, 0.26 percentage points (p.p.) above the September figure (0.16%). The...

GDP falls 3.5% and reaches R$6 trillion November 09, 2017

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP reached R$5.996 trillion in 2015 and its drop in volume, compared with 2014, was revised from 3.8% to 3.5%. Services...

Stock of agricultural products totals 58.7 million metric tons in the first semester of 2017 November 09, 2017

The number of active establishments decreased 0.1%, moving from 7,829 in the second semester of 2016, to 7,821 in the first semester of 2017. The...

IBGE expects grain harvest to be 8.9% smaller in 2018 November 09, 2017

The first estimate for the 2018 harvest presents an output estimate of 206.5 million metric tons for cereals, legumes and oilseeds, 8.9% below the...

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Industry grows in 6 of the 14 places surveyed in September November 08, 2017

In the seasonally adjusted series, the growth in the pace of the industrial output in Brazil between August and September 2017 was followed by six...

2017 Census of Agriculture: more than one million agricultural establishments enumerated so far November 01, 2017

In the first month of collection, the 18 thousand enumerators hired by the IBGE to work in the 2017 Census of Agriculture have already visited more...

Industrial output changes 0.2% in September November 01, 2017

In September 2017, industrial output in the country recorded an increase of 0.2% against the August figure, in the seasonally adjusted series, after...

GDP: R$ 1.6 trillion in Q3 and decrease (-0.8%) versus the previous quarter November 30, 2016

  PERIOD OF COMPARISON INDICATORS GDP AGRIC INDUS SERV GFCF HOUSEHOLD CONS. GOVERNMENT CONS. Quarter/...

IBGE releases Continuous Vector Cartographic Base of Goiás and Federal District November 30, 2016

  The IBGE releases today the continuous vector cartographic base of the State of Goiás and the Federal District (BC100/GO_DF), in the 1:100,000...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate in the October 2016 quarter was 11.8% November 29, 2016

  Indicator / Period Aug - Sept - Oct2016 May - Jun - Jul2016 Aug - Sept - Oct2015 Unemployment rate 11.8% 11.6% 8.9% Usual...

IBGE releases 3rd volume of the Atlas of Literary Representation of the Brazilian Major Regions November 29, 2016

  Brazilian Sertões II (*), the new volume o novo volume of the do Atlas of Literary Representation of the Brazilian Major Regions, released today...

Producer Price Index of October at 0.10% November 29, 2016

    Period RATE Oct/2016 0.10% Sept/2016 0.47% Oct/2015 1.77% ...

Regional Accounts 2014: five states account for nearly two thirds of Brazilian GDP November 28, 2016

  In 2014, five states (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná) accounted for 64.9% of the Brazilian GDP.From 2002...

New geospatial information expands mapping of natural resources in the Brazilian territory November 28, 2016

    The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE releases today a new set of geospatial information on Geology (rocks), Geomorphology...