Unemployment reaches 14.6% in Q3, with increase in 10 states November 27, 2020

The unemployment rate reached 14.6% in the third quarter of the year, an increase of 1.3...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 14.6% and labor underutilization rate is 30.3% in the quarter ended in September November 27, 2020

The unemployment rate (14.6%) in the quarter from July to September 2020 was the highest in the...

Life expectancy was 76.6 years in 2019 November 26, 2020

A person born in Brazil in 2019 was expected to live, on average, up to 76.6 years. It represented an increase...

Life expectancy of Brazilians increases 3 months and reaches 76.6 years in 2019 November 26, 2020

A person born in Brazil in 2019 was expected to live, on average, up to 76.6 years. Life...

Industry inflation at 3.40% in October, biggest increase since 2014 November 26, 2020

Industry prices rose 3.40% in October compared to September, the highest increase since January...

Producer Price Index (IPP) up 3.40% in October November 26, 2020

In October 2020, industry prices rose 3.40% compared to September, the highest increase in the...

30% of the population with the lowest earnings live on less than the necessary amount to make ends meet November 25, 2020

About 30% of the persons with the lowest earnings in the country, between 2017 and 2018, lived on...

POF 2017-2018: about ¼ of the disposable income of Brazilian households is non-monetary November 25, 2020

Average Per capita Household Disposable Income (RDFPC) in Brazil was R$ 1,650.78 in 2018, and 23%...

IPCA-15 increases by 0.81% in November November 24, 2020

Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) increases 0.81% in November and is 0.13...

Inflation preview is 0.81% up in biggest increase since 2015 November 24, 2020

Led by food products, inflation preview in November hit 0.81%, biggest increase for the month...

PNS 2019: consumption of tobacco drops, alcoholic beverages increases November 18, 2020

Smoking is declining in Brazil, yet the consumption of alcohol has been increasing, especially...

Leveraged by women, consumption of alcohol increases among Brazilians in 2019 November 18, 2020

Brazilians are consuming more alcoholic beverages. Or rather, women: 17% of adult women stated to...

IBGE updates the list of municipalities that make up the Brazilian territorial divisions November 17, 2020

The IBGE carried out another semiannual update of the list of municipalities that make up the...

Regional Accounts: only Sergipe records a drop in GDP in 2018 November 13, 2020

The Brazilian Gross Domestic Product - GDP grew 1.8% between 2017 and 2018. Among the 27...

Fifteen states have GDP above the national average in 2018; only Sergipe records a drop November 13, 2020

Fifteen states registered growth of volume in the Gross Domestic Product – GDP 2018 above the...

Eight in every ten youngsters who never attended school were unemployed in Brazil in 2019 November 12, 2020

About 82.3% of young people aged 15 to 29 who never attended school were unemployed in 2019,...

Labor, income and housing: inequalities between whites and blacks or browns go on in Brazil November 12, 2020

Labor market, income and housing conditions are uneven in the country according to the color and...

Summary of Social Indicators: in 2019, proportion of poor people falls to 24.7% but extreme poverty still reaches 6.5% of the population November 12, 2020

The results are based on data from the Continuous National Household Sample Survey from 2012 to...

Services sector advances 1.8% in September, fourth rise in a row November 12, 2020

Volume of services rises 1.8% in September November 12, 2020

In the seasonally-adjusted series, volume of services in Brazil advanced 1.8% in September 2020...