Violent deaths kill 11 times more young men than women October 31, 2018

In Brazil, men aged 20 to 24 have 11 times more chances of dying from a violent death than women in the same age bracket, according to Vital Statistics...

RADAM project is subject of publications and event at IBGE October 30, 2018

The IBGE launches today (October 30) the book “Desbravar, conhecer, mapear: memórias do projeto RADAM/RADAMBRASIL” ("Pioneering, knowing, mapping:...

Informality boosts employment's high of 1.5% in quarter ended in September October 30, 2018

Driven by informal work, the employed population increased by 1.5% (1.3 million more persons) in the quarter closed in September, leading the unemployment...

Constituição Cidadã: 30 anos depois

Access to education is still not equal October 29, 2018

Besides being the election month, October 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of our Federal Institution, which was celebrated on the 5th. Because of...

Industry prices follow rising dollar and increase 2.93% in September October 26, 2018

Fed by the rise of 4.76% of the dollar, the prices in the industry increased 2.93% in September, according to the data of the Producer Price Index...

Fuels and food products have an impact on October inflation preview October 23, 2018

The inflation preview (IPCA-15), released today by the IBGE, rose from 0.09% in September to 0.58% in October. The groups Transportation (1.65%)...

Five new products included in map of Geographical Indications October 18, 2018

With the introduction of cassava flour from Cruzeiro do Sul (AC), guaraná from Maués (AM), cheese from Colônia Witmarsum (PR), cacao nuts from the...

IBGE unveils winners of 1st Photo Prize 2017 Census of Agriculture October 16, 2018

Enumerators from Pernambuco, Mato Grosso and Pará won the national phase of the 1st Photo Prize 2017 Census of Agriculture, which selected the best...

Services sector advances 1.2% in August and is back to December 2017 level October 16, 2018

The volume of services rendered in Brazil increased 1.2% between July and August this year, according to the Monthly Survey of Services (PMS), released...

Increase in soybeans output holds reduction in estimate of 2018 harvest October 11, 2018

The agricultural harvest should reach 226.2 million tonnes in 2018, 6% below that of 2017. Having been estimated at 117.3 million tonnes, the forecast...

Trade recovers and gets near pre-trucker-strike level October 11, 2018

The retail trade recovered in August and increased 1.3% in relation to July, reaching a level close to that registered in April, the month before...

São Paulo leads decrease of industrial output in August October 09, 2018

The decrease of 0.9% in the industrial output in São Paulo was the main influence towards the decrease of 0.3% in the sector between July and August...

Fueled by fuels and airfare, inflation reaches 0.48% in September October 05, 2018

Driven by higher fuel prices (4.18%) and airfare (16.81%), inflation was 0.48% in September, according to the Extended National Consumer Price Index...

North Region has highest rise of construction prices in September October 05, 2018

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - SINAPI changed 0.45%, standing slightly above the August rate (0.36%). Among...

Market loses 70.8 thousand enterprises between 2015 and 2016 October 03, 2018

In 2016, 719.5 thousand enterprises closed their doors, whereas 648.4 thousand kicked in, according to the Demography of Enterprises ans Statistics...

Down by 0.3%, industrial production has second negative rate in a row October 02, 2018

Brazilian industrial production fell by 0.3% from July to August this year, according to data from the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM-PF), released...

IBGE discusses the future of statistical communication October 01, 2018

How to work in an environment marked by a diversity of means and forms of communication? That is one of the challenges faced by the IBGE as it prepares...

IBGE News Agency resumes activities October 01, 2018

The IBGE News Agency resumes its activities today, October 1, 2018. The IBGE Minute program resumes its broadcast in the National Network of Radio....

Statute of the Elderly completes 15 years October 01, 2018

Celebrated on October 1st, the International Day of Older Persons marks 15 years of the enactment of the Statute of the Elderly. According to the...

IBGE puts news on hold during electoral period July 06, 2018

In order to meet the electoral law, the IBGE will not communicate any news regularly produced by the institution as of tomorrow, July 7. As a result,...