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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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Book discusses reconciliation between IBGE and Ministry of Health data

The IBGE launches today the "Systems of Vital Statistics in Brazil: advances, perspectives and challenges" publication, a discussion on methods of reconciling the Civil Registry Statistics with the administrative records of the Ministry of Health. The publication can be purchased at the IBGE´s virtual...

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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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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....

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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 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 0.1% 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 production shrinks 2.4% in March - second consecutive month of decrease

Fall in the manufacture of motor vehicles drove Brazilian industrial production down - Photo: Roberto Dziura Jr/Secom Industrial production fell 2.4% in March compared to the previous month and intensified the loss of 1.0% that had been registered in February, when there was an interruption of nine months...

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States' GDP: 20 years of contribution to regional development

Sector of liquids and gases in the Suape Port Industrial Complex, in Pernambuco - Photo: Rafael Medeiros/Suape Twenty years ago, the IBGE disclosed the first States' GDP, with information from 1985 to1997. Since then, the Institute has coordinated the System of Regional Accounts, which presents every...

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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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New geospatial data show area hit by dam rupture

The IBGE released today (14) new geospatial information on the region hit by the rupture of one of the dams of Feijão Mine, in Brumadinho (MG). Based on up-to-date satellite images, the delimitation of the affected area and the boundaries and localities of the 17 municipalities around Paraopeba River...

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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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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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[Retratos] Frontiers of rural Amazon

The reality of the agricultural establishments located in the rural Amazon will be also portrayed in the Census of Agriculture 2017, carried out by the IBGE. Data collection began in October this year and should last up to February 2018. Yet, where does the Amazon begin and end? One way to look at this...

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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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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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IBGE participates in 49th session of United Nations Statistical Commission

The President of the IBGE, Roberto Olinto Ramos, represented the Institute as a speaker in the conferences related to the tenth anniversary of the System of National Accounts 2008, at the 49th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission - UNSC. Held in New York City between March 6 and 9, the...

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Life expectancy of Brazilians increased to 75.8 years

From 2015 to 2016, life expectancy at birth in Brazil increased from 75.5 to 75.8 years, with an increase of three months and eleven days. That indicator shows the average time a person born in a given year is expected to live. Among the Brazilian states, Santa Catarina records the highest life expectancy...

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Event celebrates 80 years of IBGE Library

Comprising 80 thousand documents, the IBGE Library pioneered automation in Brazil - IBGE Archive The VIII IBGE Memory Panel: IBGE Libraries will be held next Friday (August 30), at 2pm, to celebrate 80 years of the IBGE Library. The event will take place at the auditorium of the Center for Information...