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IBGE launches Political Map of Brazil (2) December 18, 2014

IBGE launches today, December 18 of 2014, in print and digital version, the Political Map of...

PNAD: household food insecurity falls from 30.2% in 2009 to 22.6% in 2013 December 18, 2014

The percentage of Brazilian private housing units facing some level of food insecurity fell from...

SIS 2014: Schooling and access to higher education increase in 9 years December 17, 2014

The average schooling level of the population aged 25 years and over increased between 2004 and...

Revenue of services grows 5.2% in October December 16, 2014

In October, the services sector recorded a nominal growth of 5.2%, in the comparison with the same...

PEVS: silviculture and wild crop harvesting generate R$ 18.7 billion December 16, 2014

In 2013, primary forestry production amounted to R$ 18.7 billion. Silviculture accounted for 76.1% (R$...

PAM 2013: With attractive prices, Brazil establishes one more record harvest of grains in 2013 December 16, 2014

In 2013, Brazil harvested 188.1 million metric tons of grains, cereals, legumes and oilseeds, a...

PPM 2013 investigates for the 1st time national aquaculture December 16, 2014

In 2013, the total production of the Brazilian pisciculture was 392.5 thousand metric tons, the...

Retail trade sales changed by 1.0% in October December 12, 2014

Period Retail trade Extended retail trade Volume of sales Nominal revenue Volume of sales Nominal...

Statistics of Entrepreneurship: high-growth enterprises generate 58.3% of job vacancies created between 2010 and 2012 December 12, 2014

In 2012, the number of high-growth enterprises - those enterprises that increased the number of...

Slaughter of chicken, pigs and hogs and hen egg production hit records in Q3 December 11, 2014

In Q3 2014, chicken slaughter (1.419 billion head) registered a rise of 6.7% in relation to the...

GDP of Municipalities: manufacturing industry causes participation of major municipalities in GDP to drop in 2012 December 11, 2014

The low performance of the manufacturing industry in 2012 was the main responsible for the...

Industrial employment changes by -0.4% in October December 10, 2014

In October 2014, total salaried persons employed in industry recorded negative change of 0.4% in...

Soybeans stock is 20.7 million metric tons on June 30, 2014 December 10, 2014

No. active establishments (1st sem. 2014) 9,192 units Stock (06/30/2014) 41.6 million metric tons Installed...

IBGE: In November, grain harvest estimate points to increase of 3.3% against 2013 figure December 10, 2014

NOVEMBER 2014 Estimate 194.5 million metric tons Change - November/October 2014 0.5% (1 million...

IBGE puts out publication on history of agricultural enumerations December 10, 2014

IBGE launches today (12/10/2014), at 4 p.m., at the 42nd National Meeting on Economics, the book...

PNS 2013: IBGE widely portrays health of Brazilian adults December 10, 2014

In 2013, slightly more than one third (37.3%) of the population aged 18 years and over consumed...

Continuous PNAD registers unemployment of 6.8% in Q3 2014 December 09, 2014

The unemployment rate for Brazil, in the 3rd quarter of 2014, was estimated at 6.8%. There was...

IBGE releases updated version of the Continuous Cartographic Base of Brazil to the Millionth Scale December 09, 2014

As part of the Program of Permanent Updating of the Cartographic Base (BCIM), IBGE released today,...

Civil Registry 2013: Brazil has 3.7 thousand marriages between same-sex partners December 09, 2014

For the first time ever, Civil Registry Statistics surveyed marriages between same-sex persons in...

Industrial output balances places with positive (7) and negative (7) rates in October December 05, 2014

In October 2014, the national industrial output (0.0%) repeated the same level registered in the...

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