'Demographic Trends' presents detailed information about population growth and loss of the Brazilian municipalities December 28, 2004

  The IBGE publishes today "Demographic Trends: an analysis of the sample of the Demographic Census...

IBGE publishes ATLAS in DVD December 27, 2004

The National Atlas of Brazil is the first publication of IBGE in DVD ROM format. It contains 420...

Basic Vocabulary of Natural Resources and Environment December 27, 2004

GDP accumulated in the three quarters of 2004 was 1.3 trillion December 22, 2004

The Gross Domestic Product, measured at market prices, of Q3 2004 was R$ 457,736 million, out of...

Unemployment in November was 10.6% December 22, 2004

Rate remained statistically stable in relation to that of October (10.5%), the same way as the...

IPCA-15 of December changes 0.84% and IPCA-E closes 2004 at 7.54% December 21, 2004

In December, gasoline, alcohol, urban bus fees, landline telephones and wearing apparel were the...

IBGE publishes Civil Register Statistics 2003 December 21, 2004

In relation 1993, the proportion of mothers younger than 20 years old grew: in 2003, they were...

From 1997 to 2002, 133 state enterprises were made private December 20, 2004

In 2002, the business activity of the public administration was represented by 256 federal, state...

In October, industrial employment recoils 0.2% in relation to September and accumulates an increase of 1.4% in the year December 17, 2004

In October, after five months of expansion, industrial employment recorded a recoil of (-0.2%)...

The storing net of agricultural products in the country increases in 2004 December 16, 2004

The results of the survey of Stocks of the first quarter of 2004 show that the storing net of...

Overweight affects 38.8 million adult Brazilians December 16, 2004

Calculate your body mass index (IMC) (in Portuguese) The frequency of overweight among the...

Trade sales grow 8.46% in October December 15, 2004

Nominal revenue grows 13.40%. Sales and revenue accumulate, respectively, 9.27% and 12.24% in the...

Industrial production grows in all regions, with a lower rhythm in seven places December 14, 2004

  In October, industrial output remained on an upward trend in all the areas surveyed/places...

In Brazil, 1.5 million persons work in 276 thousand non-profitable private foundations and associations December 10, 2004

A new research, carried out by the IBGE and by the IPEA, in partnership with the Brazilian...

Industrial Production falls 0.4% in October December 09, 2004

There was a fall of 0.4% in relation to last September and a hike of 2.7% in relation to October...

IPCA of November was 0.69% December 08, 2004

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of November changed 0.69% and remained 0.25 percentage...

Agriculture and petroleum are the highlights in the GDP of the States December 07, 2004

The results of the Regional Accounts of 2002, published today by the IBGE in partnership with the...

In November, Civil Construction National Index increased 1.07% December 07, 2004

The National Civil Construction Index, calculated by the IBGE in partnership with CAIXA - Caixa...

New heights of Bandeira and Cristal Peaks already available December 02, 2004

IBGE releases, today, the 2nd phase of results of "Projeto Pontos Culminantes", whose main purpose is to...

In 2003, life expectancy in Brazil rose to 71.3 years December 01, 2004

Infant mortality fell 8.6% in relation to 2000 and was estimated in 27.5 deaths of children...