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São Paulo is the only state with unemployment decrease in Q3 November 19, 2019

Among the states, São Paulo's unemployment rate was the only one to fall, decreasing to 12% in the...

Continuous PNAD, quarterly edition: unemployment holds steady in 25 of 27 FUs in Q3 2019 November 19, 2019

The unemployment rate in the 3rd quarter of 2019 was 11.8%, with a reduction of 0.2 percentage...

Latin American countries seek resources for natural disaster management November 18, 2019

Brazil and 13 other Latin American countries that have already adopted the Geocentric Reference...

Soybeans lead production value with R$104 bi November 14, 2019

Soybean, sugar cane and corn are the crops that have the biggest impact on Brazil's economy....

GDP falls in three states in 2017; Rio de Janeiro has the sharpest drop November 14, 2019

Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe and Paraíba were the only states with a fall in Gross Domestic Product...

Regional Accounts 2017: only Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe and Paraíba register drop of volume in GDP November 14, 2019

After dropping for two consecutive years, 2015 (-3.5%) and 2016 (-3.3%), the Brazilian GDP grew...

Murder rate for blacks or browns is almost three times bigger than for whites November 13, 2019

Murder rates in the country did not fall from 2012 to 2017. On the contrary, among black and brown...

Less than a quarter of the elected representatives are blacks or browns November 13, 2019

Brazil has a lot to evolve in terms of visibility and representation of the black and brown...

Blacks and browns are more educated, though inequality in relation to white persons remains November 13, 2019

In 2018, blacks and browns became 50.3% of the students of higher education in the public network. As they...

IBGE estimates a drop of 1% in 2020 grain crop November 13, 2019

The national grain crops should be of 238.5 million tonnes in 2020, according to the first...

Sales increase 0.7% in September, accrue five highs in a row November 13, 2019

With a widespread growth in seven out of the eight surveyed activities, the sales volume in the...

For 2020, IBGE expects retreat of 1.0% in grain harvest November 13, 2019

In October, the first forecast for the 2020 harvest was of 238.5 million tonnes, a reduction of...

Agricultural storage capacity rises 3.5%, staying at 175.5 million tonnes in first semester November 13, 2019

The total storage capacity available for stocking in Brazil, recorded in the first semester of...

Retail sales grow 0.7% in September November 13, 2019

The retail sales increased 0.7% in September 2019 compared with August this year. This was the...

Services sector grows 1.2% in September and leaves the negative level in the year November 12, 2019

The volume of services in the country grew 1.2% in September in comparison with August, when it...

Cattle slaughter increases 4%, surpasses 8 million head in Q3 November 12, 2019

Cattle slaughter hit 8.35 million head in the third quarter this year, an increase of 4% over the...

Quarterly livestock surveys – first results: cattle, pigs and hogs, and chicken slaughter rise in Q3 2019 November 12, 2019

The first results of the animal production in the third quarter of 2019 pointed out that cattle...

Services sector grows 1.2% in September November 12, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the services sector in Brazil grew 1.2% in September 2019 over...

In 2017, GDP grows 1.3% and hits R$6.583 trillion November 08, 2019

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP hit R$6.583 trillion in 2017, a rise of 1.3% over 2016. The per...

2019 SIRGAS Symposium gathers scientific and technologic community of Geodesy and Earth Sciences November 08, 2019

From November 11 to 14, the IBGE and the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Uerj) will hold the...

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