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In 2016, life expectancy was 75.8 years

A person born in Brazil in 20-16 had a life expectancy, on the average, of 75 years, nine months and seven days (75.8 years). That represents an increase of three months and 11 days more than a person born in 2015. The life expectancy of men increased from 71.9 years in 2015 to 72.2 years in 2016, whereas,...

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Census of Agriculture: more than 1 million properties enumerated in the first month of collection

With more than 20 thousand enumerators and supervisors at work, the first month of the Census of Agriculture 2017 was marked by adjustments, but also by fulfilled expectations, since more than one million establishments all over Brazil have already been enumerated. More work will come in the following...

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Retail sales change 0.3% in December and close 2011 at 6.7%

In December, the volume of retail trade sales in the country increased by 0.3% in comparison with that of the previous month, in the seasonally-adjusted series. Nominal revenue recorded the same percent change. As a result, the sector completed a period of four months with positive rates for volume of...

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Retail sales increased by 0.6% in May

Amapá repeats negative result in the comparison with the same month in 2010 Among the 27 Federation Units, Amapá was the only one to have a negative result (-8.5%) in the comparison with May 2010. The main hikes occurred in Tocantins (26.0%); Acre (19.0%); Paraíba (15.3%); Maranhão (10.0%) and Minas...

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GDP grows 0.5% in 2014 and reaches R$ 5.8 trillion

The GDP reached R$5.779 trillion in 2014 and its growth in relation to 2013 was reviewed from 0.1% to 0.5%. The per capita GDP (R$28,498) dropped 0.4% in relation to 2013. This indicator dropped for the third time since 2000, more recently in 2003 (-0.2%) and 2009 (-1.2%). These and other results are...

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Brazilian agriculture industry records a 2.3% decrease in 2011

In 2011, the Brazilian agriculture industry recorded decrease of 2.3%, a lower result that of 2010 (4.7%), and also below that of general industry (0.3%). The sectors related to agriculture (-1.6%), most relevant to agriculture, had a weaker performance than those related to livestock (-0.6%). The group...

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IV National Meeting of Enumerators brought President of INE Portugal

Francisco Lima spoke about the Portuguese Census by video conference - Reproduction The IBGE carried out last Thursday (23) the IV Meeting of Enumerators with the participation of Francisco Lima, President of the National Statistical Office of Portugal (INE Portugal), who spoke about their Census this...

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IBGE surveys portray the Brazilian urban network for nearly six decades

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics releases this Monday the publication Regions of Influence of Cities: Methodology of hierarchical compatibility between the editions of the survey in the period from 1966 to 2018. The historical context and the methodology adopted throughout the five...

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IBGE releases mosaic of satellite images of Ceará

IBGE releases today, June 26, 2014, images of Ceará in its web portal. Ortho-rectified and mosaicked, the images were obtained from the AVNIR-2 sensor of the ALOS satellite. The individual ortho-rectified images, released in 2013, and the 1:100,000 maps of the ortho-mosaics, released today, are available...

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Rural Brazil Snapshots: agricultural modernization clashes with low schooling

The Atlas of Rural Areas in Brazil, which has just been released by IBGE, is a publication that gathers data from the Census of Agriculture 2006 and from population, social, economic and environmental surveys carried out by the Institute. The information is approached from a spatial point-of-view in...

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IBGE holds seminar on the profile of Brazilian municipalities

The event is free and open to the public. Enrollments are accepted on the web site... The event is free and open to the public. Enrollments are accepted on the web site https://www.ibge.gov.br/seminariomunicipalismo until June 12th. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (UBGE) is going...

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Retail sales increase by 0.6% in September

In September, the retail trade of the country changed 0.6% for the volume of sales, reversing the negative trend of the previous month (-0.4%), and 1.1% for the nominal revenue in comparison with August (eighteenth consecutive month of growth in that type of comparison), considering the seasonally adjusted...

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Images of Tocantins released by IBGE

Today (10/31/2013) IBGE releases, on its website, orthorectified and mosaicked images of Tocantins, obtained through the AVNIR-2 sensor of the ALOS satellite. The orthorectified images and the sheets (at 1:100 000) of the ortho-mosaics are available in GeoTIFF format on IBGE webpage, through the link...

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In February, industry increases in 7 of the 14 surveyed places

Between January and February, the regional indexes of industrial production, seasonally adjusted, increased in seven of the 14 places surveyed by IBGE, with highlights being Pernambuco (11.1%), Goiás (8.3%), Rio de Janeiro (2.3%), São Paulo (2.2%) and Minas Gerais (2.0%), which grew above national average...

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IBGE is awarded in 2024 edition of Furukawa Electric Awards

Recognized innovation projects were nationally and internationally announced The IBGE was awarded in the Data Center category in the fourth edition of the Furukawa Electric Awards, held last week. Projects implemented in several Latin American countries participated in this award, involving innovative...

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IBGE expands survey and partnership network on third day of External Dialogues in Brasília

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) held in Brasília (DF) this Thursday, 25th, the third day of External Dialogues meetings, part of the IBGE 90 Dialogues Project, expanding the Institute's survey and partnership network. President Marcio Pochmann participated in the celebration...

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Industrial output down in nine of the 14 regions surveyed in June

Between May and June, nine of the 14 surveyed locations presented negative rates, not considering the seasonal influences, following the fall observed in the country average (-1%). ... Between May and June, nine of the 14 surveyed locations presented negative rates, not considering the seasonal influences,...

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Unprecedent IBGE study shows South and Southeast as the most likely regions to have landslides

Today the IBGE puts out an unprecedent study on landslides in the country. The map “Brazil's landslide susceptibility: first approach", made with statistical grids of 1x1 km², shows that 5.7% of the national territory have very high susceptibility to landslides and 10.4%, high susceptibility. South and...

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In 2019, GDP grows 1.2% and reaches R$7.4 trillion

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP hit R$7.389 trillion in 2019, a rise of 1.2% over 2018. The per capita GDP reached R$35,161.70, a rise of 0.4% in relation to the previous year. Agriculture grew 0.4%, Industry retreated 0.7% and Services increased 1.5%. Household consumption grows 2.6% On the other hand,...

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In November, unemployment rate was 5.2%

The unemployment rate was estimated at 5.2%, the lowest rate since the beginning of the series (March of 2002). It dropped 0.6 p.p. in relation to the results of October (5.8%). Compared with November of 2010 (5.7%), there was a contraction of 0.5 percentage points. The unemployed population (1.3 million...