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Industrial output retreats 0.6% in August, with drop concentrated in 8 activities

Sector of coke, petroleum products and biofuels falls 4.2% and pushes industrial output downward in August - Photo: Andre Motta de Souza/Petrobras The industrial production dropped 0.6% between July and August, offsetting the advance of 0.6% it had registered in the previous month. With these results,...

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Expenditure on health is 9.2% of the GDP and amounts to R$ 608,3 billion in 2017

Medicines accounted for 30% of the household expenditure on health in 2017 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Expenditure on health in Brazil reached R$ 608,3 billion in 2017, which is 9.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (PIB), the sum of all the goods and services produced in the country that year....

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[Retratos] SDG 2 promotes sustainable agriculture and the fight against hunger

To achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture are essential actions to ensure the progress of a nation. Policies aimed at the valuing of agricultural producers, the fight against hunger and the reduction of the obesity. André Costa and Octávio Costa, researchers from the IBGE, in charge...

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Number of establishments using irrigated agriculture increases more than 50% in 11 years

Irrigation allows cultivation without rain - Photo: Fernando Augusto/Pixabay One of the most relevant processes for the development of agricultural production, irrigation has gained relevance in Brazilian agriculture. According to data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, the number of establishments...

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Paulo Rabello de Castro leaves the Presidency of the IBGE

The President of the IBGE, Paulo Rabello de Castro, was invited last Friday to take over the Presidency of the Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES. Mr. Rabello de Castro accepted the invitation and will replace the economist Maria Silvia Bastos, who headed the BNDES for slightly more than a year. Mr....

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[Video] Grain harvest surpasses 240 million metric tons

The 2017 grain harvest is expected to hit 240.3 million metric tons in 2017, with an increase of 30.1% in relation to 2016 (184.7 million metric tons), according to the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Peroduction of June, released by the IBGE today in the municipality of Chapecó, Santa Catarina. The...

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Industrial production drops 2.4% in January and stands below pre-pandemic level

Despite January drop, industry accumulates in 12 months growth of 3.1%. - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto/IBGE News Agency Industrial production registered a reduction of 2.4% in January 2022 compared to the previous month, thus eliminating much of the 2.9% advance registered in December 2021. As a result,...

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Industrial output advances 0.6% in July, still below the pre-pandemic level

Food industry advanced 4.3% and exerted the greatest positive influence on the July´s index - Photo: José Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR The industrial production registered a positive change of 0.6% between June and July, growing once again after a drop of 0.3% in the previous month. With these results, this...

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Unemployment and informality are higher among persons with disabilities

In 2019, the unemployment rate was higher among persons with disabilities (10.3%) than among those without disabilities (9.0%) - Photo:TV Brasil Persons with disabilities are less present in the labor market than those without disabilities. In 2019, the participation rate for persons with disabilities...

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Industrial production changes by 0.1% in April, with cumulative decrease of 3.4% in 2022

Vehicle production affects retreat of industry in 2022 - Photo: Gilson Abreu/AEN-PR Industrial output recorded a positive change (0.1%) from March to April, third consecutive month of increase, with a cumulative rise of 1.4%. Nevertheless, in the first four months of 2022, the sector also has cumulative...

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Industrial output changes 0.3% in March, drops in first quarter

Production of sector of vehicles rose for the second month in a row - Photo: Rodrigo Felix Leal/AEN-PR After rising 0.7% in the previous month, the industrial output registered a positive change of 0.3% between February and March. Compared with 2021, the sector accumulates a drop of 4.5% in the first...

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Industrial production changes by 0.3% in May and records fourth increase in a row

Machinery and equipment (7.5%) accounted for one of the main positive contributions to the change of 0.3% in output in May - Photo: IBGE Collection Industrial production recorded a positive change of 0.3% from April to May, fourth positive result in a row - February (0.7%), March (0.6%), April (0.2%)...

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Brazilian Journal of Geography celebrates 80 years in new edition

Journal of Brazilian Geography celebrates 80 years - Cover of issue no. 64 The IBGE released today the 64th issue of the Journal of Brazilian Geography (RBG), which is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first edition, released in 1939. RBG's debut went hand in hand with the conduction of IBGE's...

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IBGE depicts natural cover of Brazilian biomes from 2000 to 2018

Deforested area in the Amazon Biome, in the state of Rondônia - Photo: Fernando Peres Dias/IBGE Collection The Brazilian biomes lost nearly 500 thousand km² of natural cover: from 5.9 million km², in 2000, to 5.4km² in 2018. The greatest reduction of native area took place in the Amazon, which shrank...

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With services affected by pandemic, GDP of 2020 falls 3.3%

Food services fall 27% and influence GDP retraction in 2020 - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world economy, the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 3.3% after rising 1.2% in 2019. The gross value added of services fell 3.7%, leveraged...

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New PNAD TIC will investigate streaming, 5G, the Internet of things, applications and work from home

Survey innovations were presented by Cimar Azeredo Pereira, IBGE's Director of Surveys, after the release of PNAD TIC 2021, on September 16, in Brasília - Photo: SDI-DF/IBGE News Agency Last Friday (16), the IBGE announced, im Brasília, changes in the thematic module on Information and Communication...

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Industrial output changes by -0.2% in November, sixth negative result in a row

Industry is 4.3% below the pre-pandemic level - Photo: Marcelo Benedicto/IBGE News Agency The output of industry reached -0.2% from October to Novemner 2021, and recorded the sixth consecutive month of negative results, a period marked by a cumulative decrease of 4.0%. Despite having had a cumulative...

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Industrial inflation opens 2022 with rise of 1.18% in January

Mining and quarrying sector was the one that mostly influenced the January´s result - Photo: Petrobras Agency Compared with December 2021, the prices of the industrial sector began 2022 with an increase of 1.18% in January. The change had been -0.08% between November and December. The data are from the...

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Industrial production drops 0.4% in June after four months of high

The segment of pharmochemicals and pharmaceuticals retreated 14.1% in June - Photo: Rodrigo Nunes/MS - Agência Senado After four consecutive months of positive results, industrial production dropped 0.4% from May to June. The last fall of the industry had been registered in January of this year (-1.9%)....

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Territory and tradition: investigating quilombola peoples

Quilombola remaining peoples are groups that have the territory as the basis for physical, social, economic and cultural reproduction of their community. They are recognized by the 1988 Constitution as holders of collective territorial rights and are part of the group of traditional peoples and communities....