In 2017, Brazil consumed 6.3 liters of water per each R$1 produced in economy May 07, 2020

In 2017, the total consumption of water, which corresponds to the water used less the water that reverts to the environment, was 329.8 thousand hm3...

Continuous PNAD 2019: water supply in the Central West reaches levels recorded before water restriction period May 06, 2020

In 2019, the country had 72.4 million housing units, out of which a total 70.7 million (97.6%) had piped water and 63.8 million (88.2%), access to...

Continuous PNAD 2019: earnings from richest 1% correspond to 33.7 times what half the population in low-income classes earn May 06, 2020

In 2019, the real average monthly earnings from work of the 1% of the population with the highest income was R$28,659, which corresponds to 33.7...

National industry

Industrial output drops 9.1% in March 2020 May 05, 2020

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the industrial output retreated 9.1% in March 2020 over February 2020, the largest drop since May 2018 (-11.0%),...

IBGE releases 2018 per capita household income and coefficient of regional imbalance May 31, 2019

The IBGE releases today (May 31) the values of the per capita household income - PCHI and coefficients of regional imbalance - CRI related to 2018...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.5% and underutilization rate is 24.9% in quarter ended in April 2019 May 31, 2019

In the quarter ended in April 2019, the unemployment rate (12.5%) changed 0.5 percentage points (p.p.) in relation to the quarter from November 2018...

GDP has negative result of 0.2% in Q1 2019 May 30, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the Gross Domestic Product - GDP retreated (-0.2%) in the first quarter of 2019 in relation to the fourth quarter...

IBGE releases 2019 version of the Digital National Atlas of Brazil May 29, 2019

The IBGE released today (May 29) the updated version of the Digital National Atlas of Brazil, including the most recent data made available by the...

PAIC 2017: Infrastructure works and public sector lose share in construction industry May 29, 2019

The activity of construction produced R$280 billion in the value of real estate development, works and construction services in 2017. The data of...

Producer Price Index increases 1.27% in April May 29, 2019

The prices of the overall industry changed 1.27% in April, a result below that reported in March (1.59%). In this same comparison, 22 out of the...

IPCA-15 was 0.35% in May May 24, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) was 0.35% in May, quite below April's result (0.72%) and the biggest change from one month...

Continuous PNAD: water supply increases in the Central West in 2018, but remains below the 2016 level May 22, 2019

From 2016 to 2017, the Central West Region had recorded a decrease from 94.7% to 81.7% in the number of municipalities with daily availability of...

Quarterly Continuous PNAD: unemployment increases in 14 of the 27 Federation Units in Q1 2019 May 16, 2019

In Brazil, the unemployment rate of Q1 2019 was 12.7%, 1.1 percentage points above that of the previous quarter (11.6%) and 0.4 percentage points...

IBGE updates list of municipalities that integrate Brazilian territorial divisions (2) May 15, 2019

The IBGE once again updated the list of municipalities comprising the Metropolitan Areas (RMs), Development Integrated Regions (RIDEs) and Urban...

Livestock quarterly surveys - first results: slaughter of cattle, pigs and hogs remains growing May 14, 2019

Cattle slaughter rose 0.3%, pigs and hogs slaughter increased 5.2% and that of chicken dropped 2.0% in the first quarter of 2019, compared with the...

Services sector falls 0.7% in March May 14, 2019

The volume of services fell 0.7% in March 2019, in the comparison with February. As a result, the sector accumulates a 1.7% loss in the first three...

IBGE releases Macrocharacterization of Natural Resources in Brazil May 13, 2019

The IBGE released, today, the first volume of the collection entitled Macrocharacterization of Natural Resources in Brazil, which presents the result...

National Index of Civil Construction rises 0.34% in April May 10, 2019

The National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi changed 0.34% in April, 0.18 percentage points (p.p.) below the rate in the previous month, which...

IPCA stays at 0.57% in April May 10, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA was 0.57% in April, standing 0.18 percentage points (p.p.) below the March´s rate (0.75%). The...

In April, IBGE previews high of 2.2% in the grain crops in 2019 May 09, 2019

In April, the production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds for 2019 was estimated at 231.5 million metric tons, 2.2% higher than the 2018 crop (5.0...