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Illiteracy decreases in 2017, but remains above 2015 target May 18, 2018

The illiteracy rate of the population aged 15 and over in Brazil fell from 7.2% in 2016 to 7.0% in...

More than 25 million youngsters were not studying in 2017 May 18, 2018

More than half (25.2 million) of the 48.5 million youngsters aged 15 to 29 in Brazil had not...

Continuous PNAD 2017: number of youngsters not studying or working increases 5.9% in one year May 18, 2018

In 2017, 23.0% (11.2 million) of the 48.5 million persons aged 15 to 29 were not studying or...

27,7 million persons are underutilized in the country's workforce May 17, 2018

Labor underutilization was 24.7% in the first quarter of 2018, reaching 27.7 million persons. This is...

Continuous PNAD: labor underutilization hits 24.7% in Q1 2018 May 17, 2018

In Q1 2018, the rate of labor underutilization (which aggregates the unemployed, the time-related...

Curitibanos (SC) and other 51 cities participating in the internet collection test May 16, 2018

The IBGE will carry out the first online collection test for the 2020 Population Census starting...

Brazilian Biomes' update project reaches the Atlantic Rainforest May 15, 2018

After completing the expedition along the Pantanal borders, the project to update the Brazilian...

Professional and administrative activities contribute to decrease in the sector May 15, 2018

The services sector declined 0.2% in March, compared to February, according to the Monthly Survey...

In March, services sector changes -0.2% compared to February May 15, 2018

In March, the services sector changed -0.2% in relation to February (seasonally-adjusted series),...

IBGE presents the colors of inequality May 11, 2018

Color or race statistics produced by the IBGE show that Brazil is still far from becoming a racial...

Deceleration of sales marks Q1 2018 May 11, 2018

Retail trade sales increased 3.8% in Q1 2018, for the fourth time in row, but at a more reduced...

Retail sales change 0.3% in March May 11, 2018

In March 2018, the volume of sales of the national retail trade changed 0.3% compared to February, in the...

In April, IBGE expects harvest 4.4% lower than in 2017 May 10, 2018

The fourth estimate of 2018 for the national crops of cereals, legumes and oilseeds was 230.0...

IPCA of April was 0.22% May 10, 2018

The Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of April was 0.22%, 0.13 percentage points above the...

Medicines and health insurance have an impact on inflation in April May 10, 2018

Inflation recorded an increase of 0.22% in April, due to the rise of prices of pharmaceuticals and...

Climate is favorable and 2018 soybean crop is expected to hit a record figure: 115.6 million metric tons May 10, 2018

Due to good climate conditions and a 2.6% increase in planted area versus 2017 (now 883,748...

Salary raise for labor force has an impact on conctruction costs May 10, 2018

The National Index of Civil Construction, released today by the IBGE, changed by 0.26% in April,...

National Index of Civil Construction changes by 0.26% in April May 10, 2018

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), calculated by the IBGE, changed by 0.26% in...

First quarterly results of livestock output: slaughter of cattle and of hogs and pigs increases from Q1 2017 to Q1 2018 May 09, 2018

Cattle slaughter recorded an increase of 1.4%, and the slaughter of hogs and pigs, of 0.5%....

Chemicals lead to a reduced output of industry in Bahia May 09, 2018

As a result of the reduced output of chemicals, petroleum products and fuels, industry in the...

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