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IBGE produces new Land Use and Land Cover Map of Maranhão (1) May 30, 2016

The IBGE releases today, May 30 of 2016, the Land Use and Land Cover Map of Maranhão, based on satellite images captured in 2013, with 25m and...

Compilation of Teixeira de Freitas’ correspondence recalls the foundation of IBGE and reveals part of the Brazilian history (1) May 30, 2016

In the month of its 80th anniversary, IBGE pays homage to the founder of the Institute, Mário Augusto Teixeira de Freitas (1890/1956), in the...

IBGE releases Government Intermediate Account and Public Finance Statistics 2014 May 25, 2016

Net borrowing of the government was of R$325.2 billion in 2014, according to the Government Intermediate Account – CIG. The negative balance...

Annual Survey of Industry 2014: value added hit R$783.1 billion May 24, 2016

The Annual Survey of Industry – PIA Enterprise unveiled 334.8 thousand enterprises in 2014 in the sectors of mining and manufacturing industries,...

IPCA-15 of May stays at 0.86% May 20, 2016

PERIOD RATE May 0.86% April 0.51% May 2015 0.60% Cumulative in the year 4.21% Cumulative...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate up in all Major Regions in Q1 May 19, 2016

The unemployment rate (10.9% in Brazil) advanced in all Major Regions in the 1st quarter of 2016 in relation to the same period of 2015: Northeast...

Services sector drops 5.9% in March May 12, 2016

Period Volume Nominal Revenue March 2016 / March 2015 -5.9% -0.4% Cumulative in 2016 -5.0% 0.5% Cumulative...

Retail sales drop 0.9% in March May 11, 2016

Period Retail Extended retail Volume of sales Nominal revenue Volume of sales Nominal revenue March/ February -0.9% -0.4% -1.1% -0.8% Quarterly...

In April, IBGE expects grain harvest 1.9% lower than 2015's May 10, 2016

APRIL's estimate for 2016 205.4 million metric tons April 2016 / March 2016 -2.2 % (-4.6 million metric tons) 2016...

Industrial output increases in 10 of 14 places surveyed in March May 10, 2016

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the growing pace of the national industrial output between February and March 2016 was followed by ten out...

Supplement of PNAD 2014 maps access to Single Register for social programs and productive inclusion actions May 06, 2016

In 2014, 62.8 million (93.7%) permanent private households either knew the Single Register or the social programs of the federal government,...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.46% in April May 06, 2016

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by the IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, changed 0.46% in April, standing 0.36...

IPCA stays at 0.61% in April May 06, 2016

Period RATE APRIL 2016 0.61% March 2016 0.43% April 2015 0.71% In the year 2016 3.25% Cumulative...

Industrial output increased 1.4% in March May 03, 2016

March 2016 / February 2016 1.4% March 2016 / March 2015 -11.4% Cumulative in 2016 -11.7% Cumultive...

Industrial output rises 1.1% in June May 02, 2016

June 2016 / May 2016 1.1% June 2016 / June 2015 -6.0% Cumulative in 2016 -9.1% ...

Producer Price Index (IPP) drops 1.21% in March April 29, 2016

MARCH 2016 -1.21% February 2016 -0.63% March 2015 1.86% Cumulative in 2016 -1.17%...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate stays at 10.9% in quarter ending in March 2016 April 29, 2016

Indicator / Period Jan - Feb - Mar2016 Oct - Nov - Dec2015 Jan - Feb - Mar2015 Unemployment rate 10.9% ...

IBGE releases Land Use and Land Cover Map of Mato Grosso at 1:250,000 scale April 28, 2016

The IBGE makes available today (04/28/2016) the Land Use and Land Cover Map of Mato Grosso, in digital vector file format (shape), at the reference...

IBGE makes available hydrrogeological map of the Southeast Region April 28, 2016

In order to describe and map the Brazilian Southeast groundwater, the IBGE makes available today (04/28/2016) the Hydrogeological Map of he...

Brazil of Marias and Josés: IBGE releases name database based on 2010 Population Census April 27, 2016

The IBGE releases an unprecedented survey of the most usual names in Brazil, detected by the 2010 Population Census. 130,348 different names were...

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