In December 2021, the volume of services in Brazil grew 1.4% compared to November, in the seasonally adjusted series. As a result, the services sector widened the gap from pre-pandemic level, standing 6.6% above February 2020, and reaching its highest level since August 2015.
Compared to December 2020, the sector had its tenth consecutive positive rate: 10.4%. Year-to-date, the volume of services ended 2021 with an increase of 10.9% compared to the same period in the previous year, a record in the time series started in 2012. The cumulative volume in the last twelve months went from 9.5% in November to 10 .9% in December 2021, maintaining an upward trend since February 2021 (-8.6%).
| Period | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | Nominal Revenue | |
| December 21 / November 21* | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| December 21 /December 20 | 10.4 | 15.7 |
| Cumulative January-December | 10.9 | 14.1 |
| Cumulative in the last 12 Months | 10.9 | 14.1 |
| *seasonally-adjusted series |
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The 1.4% increase in the volume of services from November to December 2021 was spread over four of the five activities surveyed, with a highlight to the gains of transportation (1.8%) and professional, administrative and complementary services ( 2.6%), with both advancing for the second consecutive month.
The other expansions came from other services (1.4%) and services rendered to families (0.9%), with the former reducing the magnitude of growth compared to November (4.2%); and the later posting the ninth consecutive advance, period in which it accumulated a 61.6% expansion. The only negative rate in the month was that of information and communication services (-0.2%), which returned a small portion of the gain obtained in November (4.7%).
The quarterly moving average grew (0.8%) in the quarter ended in December 2021 against the previous month, after a slight positive change of 0.1% in November. Among the sectors, four of them followed the growth of the overall index: services rendered to families (1.8%), transportation (1.3%), information and communication services (0.7%) and professional, administrative and complementary services (0.3%). On the other hand, only other services (-0.5%) had a negative result in the quarter ended December 2021.
| Monthly Survey of Services - Volume of Services, by surveyed activities - December 2021 - Change (%) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surveyed activites | MoM(1) | Monthly (2) | Cumulative in the year (3) | Last 12 months (4) | ||||||||
| OCT | NOV | DEC | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN-OCT | JAN-NOV | JAN-DEC | Up to OCT | Up to NOV | Up to DEC | |
| Volume of Services - Brazil | -1.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 7.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 10.9 |
| 1. Services rendered to families | 1.8 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 24.6 | 20.7 | 21.5 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 18.2 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 18.2 |
| 1.1 Lodging and food services | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 26.3 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 20.1 | 7.9 | 13.5 | 20.1 |
| 1.2 Other services rendered to families | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 14.8 | 20.6 | 21.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 8.2 | -1.4 | 3.5 | 8.2 |
| 2. Information and communication services | -2.2 | 4.7 | -0.2 | 6.4 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 2.1 Information and communication technology services (ICT) | -1.8 | 5.4 | -0.9 | 5.8 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 2.1.1 Telecommunications | -2.3 | 0.9 | -0.7 | -2.9 | -1.4 | -2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| 2.1.2 Information technology services | -0.9 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 19.3 | 31.2 | 25.3 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 21.8 | 23.3 | 24.8 |
| 2.2 Audiovisual services | -1.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 10.8 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| 3. Professional. administrative and complementary services | -2.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 7.3 |
| 3.1 Technical-professional services | -4.6 | -0.9 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 12.1 |
| 3.2 Administrative and complementary services | -1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.4 |
| 4. Transportation. support services to transportation and mailing | -0.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 |
| 4.1 Land transportation | 1.2 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 14.7 |
| 4.2 Waterway transportation | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 14.8 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 14.6 |
| 4.3 Air transportation | -5.9 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 26.7 | 36.7 | 52.2 | 35.3 | 35.5 | 37.0 | 17.7 | 26.0 | 37.0 |
| 4.4 Storage services. support activities for transportation and mailing activities | -1.3 | 1.5 | -3.3 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 11.9 |
| 5. Other services | -6.6 | 4.2 | 1.4 | -6.2 | -3.0 | -4.4 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 5.0 |
| Source: IBGE. Diretoria de Pesquisas. Coordenação de Indústria, 1) Base: previous month - seasonally adjusted(2) Base: same month of the previous year(3) Base: same period of the previous year; (4) Base: 12 previous months, | ||||||||||||
In comparison with December 2020, the volume of services increased by 10.4%, the tenth consecutive positive rate. All the five activities recorded increases and 69.3% of the 166 types of services investigated. Among the sectors, transportation, support services to transportation and mailing (14.9%) and information and communication services (9.9%) accounted for the main positive contributions on the total volume of services. The other advances came from professional, administrative and complementary services (7.5%) and services rendered to families (21.5%). On the other hand, the only negative rate came from the sector of other services (-4.4%).
In the cumulative index from January to December 2021, over the same period in the previous year, the services sector increased 10.9%, with an expansion in the five activities and in 74.1% of the 166 types of services surveyed. The most important positive contributions came from transportation, support services to transportation and mailing(15.1%) and information and communication (9.4%). The other advances were those of professional, administrative and complementary services (7.3%); services rendered to families (18.2%) and other services (5.0%).
Services grew in 19 of 27 Federation Units in December
Regionally, against November, there were increases in 19 of the 27 Federation Units, following the increase (1.4%) observed in Brazil. Among the places with positive rates, the most important impact came from São Paulo (1.5%), followed by the Federal District (9.3%) and Minas Gerais (2.3%). On the other hand, Rio de Janeiro (-1.5%) recorded the biggest decrease.
Against December 2020, the advance of services in Brazil (10.4%) was registered in 24 of the 27 Federation Units. The major positive contribution came from São Paulo (13.1%), followed by Minas Gerais (11.1%), Federal District (21.5%), Rio Grande do Sul (13.3%) and Santa Catarina (13.1%). Conversely, Amazonas (-1.7%), Rondônia (-6.0%) and Piauí (-1.8%) had the only negative results of the month.
In the cumulative result for the year, the increase in the volume of services in Brazil (10.9%) occurred in the 27 Federation Units. The main positive impact was that of São Paulo (11.5%), followed by Minas Gerais (14.0%), Rio de Janeiro (7.3%), Rio Grande do Sul (12.1%) and Santa Catarina ( 14.7%).
Tourism activities grew 3.5% in December and 21.1% in 2021
In December 2021, the index of tourism activities grew 3.5% compared to the previous month, the seventh positive rate in the last eight months, a period in which it accumulated a gain of 66.7%. However, the tourism segment is still 11.4% below the level of February 2020. By area, eight of the 12 localities surveyed recorded increase. The most relevant positive contribution came from São Paulo (5.7%), followed by Paraná (6.0%), Federal District (7.5%) and Rio Grande do Sul (4.0%). On the other hand, São Paulo (-1.7%) and Ceará (-5.2%) recorded the main negative results in the month.