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Services sector generates more than 200 thousand jobs in 2019

Cargo transportation is the activity that generates more revenue in the services sector - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The number of employed persons in the services sector increased 2.1% in 2019, totaling 12.8 million persons 269.9 thousand more persons than in 2018. Despite the increase of...

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ENCE completes 70 years with more than 2 thousand professionals graduated

The National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE) completes 70 years this Monday, March 6, 2023. Founded in 1953, it is a Federal Higher Education Institution (IFES) and part of the IBGE structure. ENCE created the first Bachelor´s in Statistics in Latin America, which has already graduated more than...

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In the middle of the pandemic, number of divorces drops 13,6% in 2020

With the drop registered in 2020, number of divorces was the lowest one since 2015 - Photo: Freepick Compared with the previous year, the number of divorces granted in Brazil fell 13.6% in 2020. In 2019, the drop had been of 0.5%, interrupting three consecutive years of growth. With the retraction, 331.2...

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Family farming and agro-industry receive state support throughout the country

In 2017, all state governments, including the Federal District government, claimed to have programs or actions to promote both family farming and agribusiness. In 26 of the 27 Federation Units, there were also incentive programs for organic agriculture, and 19 UFs stimulated the production of community...

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Persons with disabilities: adapting spaces and attitudes

On a visit to the Forest Reservation of Grajaú, Renata Glasner realized she would not be able to see all of the place due to the lack of wheelchair ramps. On another occasion, she could not have a single drink in a party since there were no adapted bathrooms. Renata is a wheelchair user and now follows...

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Employment grows, but salaries fall in Construction Industry in 2020

The infrastructure segment was the one that grew the most in terms of occupancy, with an increase of 10.9% - Photo: Maycon Nunes/AgPará The Construction industry generated R$325.1 billion in value of developments, works and/or services in 2020, of which R$304.4 billion in works and/or services (93.6%)...

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Report shows 20-year monitoring of geographic coordinates

Antenna of the NAUS Station, located in Manaus/AM - Photo: Ariowaldo Banhos Cabral/IBGE Twenty years of movements of the earth's crust, recorded by means of determining coordinates and velocity in 189 monitoring stations with GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) equipment. This is what we can see...

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Survey follows up supply and quality of basic sanitation services in Brazil

Sanitation companies from all municipalities in Brazil participate in the survey - Photo: Tony Winston/Brasília Agency Carried out by the IBGE, the fourth edition of the National Survey of Basic Sanitation - PNSB is in the field in the 5,570 Brazilian municipalities during January, February and March....

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IBGE launches new Continuous Cartographic Base of Goiás and Federal District

View of BC100_GODF for the region between Goiânia and Anápolis, in the state of Goiás The IBGE makes available, as of today (Dec 15), the 2022 version of the Continuous Vectorial Cartographic Base of the State of Goiás and the Federal District, on a scale of 1:100,000. The release is part of the BC100...

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IT Director highlights importance of technology in IBGE

José Sant´Anna Bevilaqua, IBGE´s Director of Information Technology, is completing 50 years in this area in 2018. He undertook different tasks in this period, like programming, system analysis and technical support analysis. Working in the IBGE for 35 years, he witnessed the evolution of Information...

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IBGE and Enap launch course on protocols against Covid-19

Free online course is aimed at civil servants and other citizens - Photo: Enap (reproduction) The IBGE and the National School of Public Administration (Enap) have developed a free online course to give civil servants and citizens guidance on protection measures against Covid-19 during the execution...

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Industry, trade and services surveys are updated to portray economic changes

Industrial output now available for Maranhão, Rio Grande de Norte and Mato Grosso do Sul - Picture: EBC Between the end of March and the first fortnight of April, the IBGE will release the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM) Brazil and Regional, the Monthly Survey of Trade (PMC) and the Monthly Survey of...

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In Maranhão, production statistics give visibility to Indians

More than collecting data, the 2017 Census of Agriculture, carried out by the IBGE, also brings out the agricultural production of traditional communities, such as the Indians. In Maranhão, during the data collection for the Census of Agriculture, the enumerators crossed several Indian lands and saw the...

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Maps show changes in boundaries of 261 municipalities

The IBGE has updated, today, the maps of 261 municipalities which had changes in their areas and boundaries between May 2017 and April 2018. The changes in the municipal boundaries have an impact on the number of residents of those locations, since changes cause some regions to be part of neighboring...

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Employment in services sector grows 7.8%, hits record of 13.4 million

Employment in Services rendered mainly to families fell 8.5% against 2019, influenced by Food services, which lost 223.7 thousand jobs - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Annual Survey of Services (PAS) 2021 showed a total of 1.5 million active companies, a growth of 7.9% over 2019 and of 9.2%...

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To prevent the spread of Covid-19, IBGE anticipates data on population access to health care

Population goes across an average of 72 km to get medium and low complexity health care - Photo: São Paulo Government The IBGE anticipated for the Ministry of Health and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) information on the population flow to cities in search of health services. With the data, those...

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Diversified and responsive, IBGE Minute celebrates 100 editions

IBGE Minute celebrates its hundredth edition today. The program this week talks about "Centennials of Brazil", including demographic statistics on persons over 100 years of age and the testimony of an adorable and centennial retired teacher, who comments on the secrecy of her longevity. Launched in May...

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Well-known for the production of crustaceans, Sergipe shows its agricultural diversity

Coconut production in Japoatã (SE) - Photo: Camila Farias/IBGE News Agency Although Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil, its agricultural production stands out nationwide. Besides being the second major producer of mangaba ( is a native fruit species of Brazil) in the country, the state is also a...

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Inflation in industry up 0.29% in January and stops series of drops

Mining and quarrying industry was the industry sector accounting for the main impact on the IPP of January - Photo: Vale The last one of a series of five consecutive drops, prices of industry rose once more, and recorded and increase of 0.29% in January 2023, against December 2022. The cumulative Producer...

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Industrial production changes by -0.3% in January

Pharmaceuticals had an effect on industry in January 2023 - Photo: Rodrigo Nunes/ASCOM-MS Industrial production changed by -0.3% from December to January, after a null change (0.0%) in the previous month. With these results, this sector is still 2.2% below the pre-pandemic level (February 2020) and 18.5%...