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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 14.4%, underutilization rate is 30.6% in quarter ending in August 2020 October 30, 2020

The unemployment rate (14.4%) in the quarter from June to August 2020 was the highest one in the...

IBGE launches continuous cartographic base of Santa Catarina state at 1:25,000 scale October 27, 2020

The IBGE releases today (27) the Continuous Vector Cartographic Base of Santa Catarina state at...

Public Finance: Government Net Borrowing falls 23.9% in 2019 October 23, 2020

The government's net borrowing, in Public Finance Statistics, was R$ 366.9 billion, a drop of...

10.4% of population were tested for Covid-19 until September in Brazil October 23, 2020

The number of persons who were tested to diagnose Covid-19 reached 21.9 million in September, the...

PNAD COVID19: 22.1% of persons who were tested for coronavirus up to September were positive October 23, 2020

Up to September, 21.9 million persons (10.4% of the population) had made any test to know whether...

Inflation preview up 0.94% in October, the highest increase for October since 1995 October 23, 2020

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15), released today (10/23) by the IBGE, was...

IPCA-15 up 0.94% in October October 23, 2020

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) increased by 0.94% in October, 0.49...

With a survival rate of 84.1%, Brazil has negative balance of enterprises in 2018 October 22, 2020

According to the Demography of Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Statistics study, released today...

Demography of Enterprises: in 2018, survival rate of enterprises was 84.1% October 22, 2020

The survival rate (84.1%) represented 3.7 million enterprises remaining active in Brazil (out of a...

One out of every four adults in Brazil were obese in 2019 and primary health care was positively evaluated October 21, 2020

The percentage of obese adults in Brazil more than doubled in 17 years, with a change from 12.2%,...

PNS 2019: Frequent users of SUS see quality of its Primary Health Care Services mostly positive October 21, 2020

In 2019, for the first time, the National Survey of Health (PNS) collected information on Primary...

IBGE releases children's eBook to stimulate interest in information about Brazil October 16, 2020

The IBGE has put out an interactive digital book targeted at children, Clube dos Curiosos: uma...

IBGE wins award for agricultural survey and studies October 16, 2020

The IBGE and the former technical coordinator of the Census of Agriculture, agronomist Antonio...

Unemployment hits 14 million people in fourth week of September October 16, 2020

According to PNAD COVID19, released today (16) by the IBGE, the number of unemployed persons hit...

PNAD COVID19: 3.3% of employed population were away from work due to social distancing in fourth week of September October 16, 2020

This proportion remained stable in the week of September 20-26 in relation to the previous week...

PEVS 2019: value of production of silviculture and wild-crop harvesting falls 2.7% and stands at R$ 20 billion October 15, 2020

The 2.7% drop compared to 2018 came after three consecutive years of growth. As it has happened...

Services sector advances 2.9% in August, third rise in a row October 14, 2020

Volume of services grew 2.9% in August over July, reaching the third rise in a row and accruing a...

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