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Vitória (ES) and São Bernardo do Campo (SP) increase contributions to national GDP in 2010, whereas São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro reduce their participation December 12, 2012

Considering the 23 municipalities which represented at least 0.5% of the Brazilian GDP between...

Industrial employment changes 0.4% in October December 11, 2012

Comparing with October 2011, the industrial employment receded 1.2%, with the contingent of...

Industrial output increased in seven of the 14 areas surveyed in October December 07, 2012

In October 2012, the seasonally-adjusted indexes of the regional industrial production recorded...

National Index of Civil Construction changes 0.22% in November December 07, 2012

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), estimated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA,...

IPCA of November stays at 0.60% December 07, 2012

In opposition to the pace loss in the price growth of the group food and beverages, four of the...

Rice and soybean supplies grow whereas soybean, rice, wheat and coffee fall between 06/30/2011 and 06/30/2012 December 06, 2012

The stock network of agricultural products in the country posted a drop of 0.5% in the number of...

In 2013, IBGE expects grain harvest to be 6.9% higher December 06, 2012

In November 2012, IBGE conducted the second estimate of the area and production for the harvest of 2013....

PEVS 2011: timber products from planted forests, with R$ 13.0 billion, lead Brazilian forestry production (R$ 18.1 billion) December 06, 2012

In 2011, the International Year of Forests, forestry production in Brazil amounted to R$ 18.1...

FASFIL 2010: percentage of employees with a degree in non-profit associations surpasses national average December 05, 2012

In 2010, there were 290.7 thousand Private Foundations and Non-Profit Associations (Fasfil) in...

Industrial output grows 0.9% in October December 04, 2012

In October 2012, in the seasonally adjusted series, the industrial output registered a growth...

Notice to the press December 04, 2012

Concerning the results of the Quarterly National Accounts released on November 30, IBGE informs...

GDP grows 0.6% in relation to Q2 of 2012 and reaches R$ 1.10 trillion November 30, 2012

Compared to the second quarter of 2012, the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the third quarter grew...

Producer Price Index (IPP) in October changes 0.21% November 29, 2012

In October of 2011, the Producer Price Index (IPP) changed 0.21% compared with the previous month...

In 2011, life expectancy at birth was 74.08 years November 29, 2012

In 2011, life expectancy at birth in Brazil was 74.08 years (74 years and 29 days), with increment of 0.31...

SIS 2012: entrance of black and brown young people at university has tripled in ten years November 28, 2012

The Summary of Social Indicators (SIS) 2012 shows improvement in Education, in the 2001-2011...

IBGE presents Brazil's new territorial area: 8, 8,515,767.049 km² November 27, 2012

Brazil has a new surface measurement: 8,515,767,049 km², what means increment of 0.01% over the......

North region increases contribution to the national GDP November 23, 2012

From 2002 to 2010, the Central-West (0.5 p.p.), Northeast (0.5 p.p.) and North regions (0.6 p.p.)...

In November, IPCA-15 changes 0.54% November 22, 2012

The Extended Consumer Price Index-15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.54% in November and stood 0.11 percentage points...

Unemployment rate was 5.3% in October November 22, 2012

The unemployment rate was estimated at 5.3%, the lowest in a month of October since the beginning...

Enterpreneurship: High-growth enterprises generate more than half of the new jobs in three years November 14, 2012

In 2010, there were 33.320 high-growth enterprises, which are those that had the number of the...

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