From 2002 to 2010, the Central-West (0.5 p.p.), Northeast (0.5 p.p.) and North regions (0.6 p.p.) increased their contributions to the GDP,...

From 2002 to 2010, the Central-West (0.5 p.p.), Northeast (0.5 p.p.) and North regions (0.6 p.p.) increased their contributions to the GDP, whereas the Southeast and South regions lost, respectively, 1.3 and 0.4 percentage points in terms of contribution in the period.  Despite this redistribution, eight states concentrate 77.8% of the contribution. São Paulo, with 33.1%, recorded the greatest contribution, and Roraima, the lowest: 0.2%.

The Federal District still leads with the highest GDP per capita in 2010 (R$ 58,489.46). On the other hand, the state of Maranhão recorded the lowest GDP per capita (R$ 6,888.60).

Both in the comparison with 2009 and in the accumulated of 2002-2010, Tocantins was the state that posted the largest growth in the GDP’s volume: 14.2% and 74.2%, respectively. The national growth average stood at 7.5% in relation to 2009 and 37.1% in the accumulated index.  Of particular notice is that, in the accumulated index, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul occupied the last two positions, with 25.6% and 24.3% of growth, respectively. In relation to 2009, the states of Piauí and Mato Grosso posted the lowest growth: 4.2% and 3.6%, respectively.

These are some of the highlights of the survey Regional Accounts of Brazil 2010. Concerning the results, it is worth mentioning that these data, referring to 2010, will be updated in accordance with the review of the System of National Accounts.   For the 2010 results, the adjustment of the regional accounts to the national accounts was carried out by joining the information on the Brazilian quarterly accounts (which encompasses only 12 activities in the quarterly GDP), with the definite national accounts (56 activities).  In the end of 2014/beginning of 2015, IBGE will release the series of the system of national accounts of Brazil taking 2010 as a reference (the current issue takes 2000 as a reference), with detailed results for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, as well as the review of the results of the 1995-2009 period.

The complete publication of the survey Regional Accounts of Brazil can be accessed at

https://www.ibge.gov.br/english/estatistica/economia/contasregionais/2010/default.shtm.

The North region advances 0.6 p. p. of contribution to the GDP from 2002 to 2010

From 2002 to 2010, three regions recorded advance in contribution to the GDP: the Central-West (0.5 p.p.), Northeast (0.5 p.p.) and North (0.6 p.p.) regions. As to the Southeast and South regions, they lost, respectively, 1.3 p.p. and 0.4 p.p. in contribution in the period:

Maranhão registered the lowest Brazilian GDP per capita in 2010: R$ 6,888,60 

Seven Federation Units had, in 2010, GDP per capita above the Brazilian average (R$ 19,766,33): the Federal District, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Espírito Santo and Paraná. The biggest GDP per capita was in the Federal District, with R$ 58,489,46, representing almost three times the national average and approximately twice as São Paulo’s (R$ 30,243,17), the second biggest.

Maranhão (R$ 6,888,60) stayed at the last position behind Piauí (R$ 7,072,80) and Alagoas (R$ 7,874,21).  

Tocantins has the best performance in 2010, with 14.2% growth 

The Brazilian GDP at market price in 2010 increased 7.5% in volume, the highest growth since 1986 (7.5%), due to the low comparison basis in 2009. The highlight was the North region, that grew 9.9% on average. South and Southeast increased 7.6%. Conversely, the Central-West and Northeast regions grew below the national average, with 6.2% and 7.2% growth, respectively.

Among the Federation Units, in the North region, Tocantins stands out, with 14.2%, the biggest change among the 27 Federation Units. In the Southeast, Espírito Santo (13.8%) and Minas Gerais (8.9%) stand out. São Paulo (7.9%) also grew above the average, led by the manufacturing industry. Rio de Janeiro (4.5%), despite having, in 2010, the best year since 2002, grew below the Brazilian average. 

In the South region, Paraná (10.0%) stands out, obtaining its best result in the 2002-2010 series. As to the result of the Central-West region, it was influenced, basically, by the result of Mato Grosso (3.6%) and the Federal District (4.3%).

Tocantins leads accumulated growth: 74.2% in eight years

In eight years, Brazil grew 37.1% in terms of GDP volume, an annual average of 4.0%. Once again, the North region stood out, with 53.2%. The Northeast and Central-West regions grew 42.4% and 45.9% respectively, above the national average. The Southeast and South regions were below average, with 35.6% and 29.5%, respectively.

Tocantins was the state that grew more in the accumulated from 2002 to 2010, 74.2%. Rondônia and Acre also stood out, with 63.9% and 61.6%, respectively. The states that grew less in the accumulated were Rio Grande Sul (24.3%), Rio de Janeiro (25.6%) and Santa Catarina (30.1%).

The greatest contribution to the advance of the North region (5.3%) came from Pará, mostly due to the international recovery of the iron ore commodity price, which exert a great pressure in the economy of the state. The state of Amazonas stands out, due the recovery of the manufacturing industry, and Rondônia as well, which had the biggest contribution gain in agriculture among all states in the region between 2002 and 2010. The performance of the other states in the region is quite related to the activities produced by the government, which, on average, have a weight of around 33.3% of their economies. 

In 2009 and 2010, the Northeast region reached the greatest level of contribution (13.5%) of the 2002-2010 series, the highlights being the states of Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará and Pernambuco. Maranhão is a highlight in agriculture as a great soybean producer.  The sector of services stood out in Ceará, mainly trade, which advanced 0.2 p.p. of contribution in the 2002-2010 series. Pernambuco reached, in 2010, the biggest contribution to the GDP (2.5%) in the series. The activities produced by the government in the region represent approximately 25.0% of the economy of the states. 

The Central-West region increased 0.5 p.p. of contribution to the GDP between 2002 and 2010, reaching 9.3% in contribution. All Federation Units contributed to this result: Mato Grosso and the Federal District, both with 0.2 p.p., and Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás , both with 0.1 p.p. Mato Grosso gained on contribution in the three major sectors in the economy  (agriculture, industry and services), demonstrating a consistent advance. As to Mato Grosso do Sul, it gained on contribution in industry and services, but lost 0.1 p.p. in agriculture, a quite traditional activity in the state. In Goiás, the economy lost contribution in agriculture and gained in industry and services. 

In contrast, the Southeast region lost 1.3 p.p. in contribution to the Brazilian GDP from 2002 to 2010, moving from 56.7% to 55.4%.  São Paulo (-1.5 p.p.) and Rio de Janeiro (-0.8 p.p.) were the states which dropped the most. In São Paulo, the contribution slowed down mostly in the production of goods: -2.2 p.p. in agriculture and -4.4 in the overall industry. The industrial sector lost contribution in the four activities that compose it: -0.7 p.p. in mining and quarrying industries, -1.6 p.p. in manufacturing industry, -5.3 p.p. in civil construction and -3.7 p.p. in generation and distribution of electricity.  Rio de Janeiro lost 0.8 p.p. in contribution due to changes in the petroleum price. As for the Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, they gained on contribution due to mineral commodity and advanced, respectively, 0.4 p.p. and 0.7 p.p. in relation to 2002, the first year of the series.

 In the South region, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná lost, respectively, 0.4 p.p. and 0.2 p.p. in contribution in the 2002-2010 series. The weather conditions were crucial in Rio Grande do Sul. Paraná lost 0.5 p.p. in contribution in agriculture, and also lost contribution in the generation and distribution of electricity. Only Santa Catarina gained on contribution in relation to 2002, 0.3 p.p. The industrial activities were a highlight,  advancing 0.2 p.p. in contribution.

Eight Federation Units concentrate 77.8% in contribution to GDP 

In 2010, only eight Federation Units concentrated 77.8% of the Brazilian GDP: São Paulo (33.1%), Rio de Janeiro (10.8%), Minas Gerais (9.3%), Rio Grande do Sul (6.7%), Paraná (5.8%), Bahia (4.1%), Santa Catarina (4.0%) and the Federal District (4.0%).

The ten states with the lowest GDP accounted for 5.3% in contribution and all of them were in the North and Northeast regions:  Rio Grande do Norte (0.9%), Paraíba (0.8%), Alagoas (0.7%), Sergipe (0.6%), Rondônia (0.6%), Piauí (0.6%), Tocantins (0.5%), Acre (0.2%), Amapá (0.2%) and Roraima (0.2%). 

The intermediate group, formed by nine states, contributed with 16.9% of the GDP. Goiás, Pernambuco, Espírito Santo, Ceará, Pará, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Maranhão and Mato Grosso do Sul were in that group. All of them had a contribution from 2.6% to 1.2%. Pará and Espírito Santo were the states that most advanced in the 2002-2010 series, increasing 0.3 p.p. and 0.4 p.p. in contribution, respectively. Next, Mato Grosso and Maranhão came with a gain of 0.2 p.p., and Goiás, Pernambuco, Ceará, Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul advanced 0.1 p.p. in contribution.  

The intermediate group was a highlight in contribution, increasing 1.5 p.p. in relation to 2002 (15.4%). The group of the ten states with the smallest GDP gained 0.3 p.p. in contribution in relation to 2002 (5.0%), while the group of the eight greatest GDP lost around 1.9 p.p. in contribution (79.7% in 2002).