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January estimate previews increase of 11.1% and record crop of 325.3 million tonnes in 2025

Cotton production is estimated at 9.0 million tonnes, reaching a record level - Photo: Wilson Rodrigues/Government of Tocantins The Brazilian crop of cereals, legumes and oilseeds is expected to reach a record 325.3 million tonnes in 2025, according to the January estimate of the Systematic Survey of...

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Unemployment drops to 6.1% in the quarter ended November, lowest rate in the time series

Industry, Construction, Public Administration and Domestic services generate 967 thousand job posts in the quarter - Photo: Jonathan Campos/AEN In the quarter ended November 2024, unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, the lowest rate in the series of Continuous PNAD, which started in the first quarter of...

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After stability in December, sector of services changes by -0.2% in January

Pipeline transportation added to the negative change of the services sector in January - Photo: Agência Petrobras Volume of services recorded a negative change of 0.2% in Brazil in January 2025 against the previous month, when it had been stable (0.0%). From January 2024, the sector grew by 1.6%, and...

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2022 Census: Technical team releases preliminary education results in Porto Alegre (RS)

The closing session of the event counted with the presence of José Renato Braga de Almeida, IBGE Superintendent in Rio Grande do Sul, Diogo Demarco, Pro-Rector of Planning and Comptroller of UFRGS, Raquel Teixeira, Secretary of Education of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and Carmen Lúcia Lima, Census...

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GDP closes 2024 at 3.4% and records highest rate since 2021

Trade influenced the growth of GDP in 2024, and pharmacies stood out - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Brazil registered a positive change of 0.2% in Q4 2024 from Q3 and closed the year with an increase of 3.4%, having reached R$ 11.7 trillion. That was the highest...

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2022 Census: Brazil has 14.4 million persons with disabilities

In the population aged 70 and over, more than 1/4 (27.5%) are persons with disabilities - Photo: Francisco Arrais/Santos Municipal Government Preliminary results of the 2022 Census show that Brazil has 14.4 million persons with disabilities, which corresponds to 7.3% of the 198.3 million persons aged...

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Technical workshop about the 2022 Census gathers public and private administrators in Fortaleza

The workshop was one of the dissemination of CNEFE activities, held in partnership with BNB With an audience of more than 100 participants, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) conducted, on Friday (14), the workshop A territory of information: Potentialities of Data in the 2022...

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IPCA decelerates to 0.16%, the lowest rate for January since 1994

Residential electricity retreats 14.21% and exerts a more intense negative impact (-0.55 p.p.) on January´s inflation - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In January 2025, the Extended National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) retreated to 0.16%, the lowest rate for January since the beginning of the...

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With a change of -0.1%, retail sales are stable in January

In January, the change of 0.1% in retail sales was influenced by Hyper and supermarkets and Pharmaceuticals - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In January 2025, volume of retail trade sales changed by -0.1%. As a result, the sector shows stability and remains only 0.6% below its record level, which...

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IBGE opens third unit of Casa Brasil IBGE with initiatives towards Amazon

Space Casa Brasil IBGE COP - Picture: Bianca Virgolino/IBGE In a partnership with the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) opened this Monday (27) the Casa Brasil IBGE COP at the Guamá campus in Belém (PA). The space, which aims at approaching...

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Unemployment rises to 6.8%, yet earnings and formal contracts hit record

Despite the rise in unemployment, the number of persons employed with a formal contract in Brazil hit a new record, reaching 39.6 million - Picture: Dênio Simões/Agência Brasília The unemployment rate for the moving quarter ended in February 2025 rose to 6.8%, a rise of 0.7 percentage points over the...

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Industry records zero change after three months of decline

The sector of Machinery and equipment grows by 6.9% and eliminates the 2.1% decline seen in December 2024. - Photo: José Paulo Lacerda/CNI Industrial production showed no change (0.0%) from December 2024 to January 2025. Compared to January 2024, there was an increase of 1.4%. In 12 months, the industry...

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2022 Census: IBGE releases data on the Census Map at Casa Brasil IBGE

Photo: IBGE On November 14, at 10 am, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) will releases the results of 2022 Census: Census Map, Aggregated Results by Enumeration Areas and Enumeration Route. The event will be held at Casa Brasil IBGE, on the ground floor of Palácio da Fazenda,...

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With increase of 0.8%, services sector resumes growth in February

The Information and Communication sector (1.8%) contributed to the rise in services in February - Photo: Freepik The volume of services in the country increased by 0.8% in February 2025 compared to the previous month, when it fell by 0.6%. Compared to February 2024, the sector expanded by 4.2%, the eleventh...

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Industrial production increases in eight of the 15 areas surveyed in January

Accounting for the main positive contribution to the monthly index, industry in January was affected by the increase in production of chemicals - Photo: Freepik Eight of the 15 areas surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM) recorded increases from December to January, when national production...

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National industry changes -0.1% in February; reaches fifth consecutive month without growth

The sector of pharmochemicals and pharmaceuticals (-12.3%) was the major responsible for the negative performance of industry in February - Picture: Rodrigo Nunes/ASCOM-MS The Brazilian industrial output changed -0,1% between January and February. The reduction in the pace occurs after a null change...

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Industrial production declines in seven of the 15 locations surveyed in February

Influenced by petroleum derivatives and pulp, the industry of Bahia recorded the greatest drop in February (-2.6%) - Photo: João Paulo Ceglinski/Petrobras Seven of the 15 areas surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM) - Regional Dissemination fell between January and February, when the country's...

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In Rio (Sep 09), IBGE releases data about collective, improvised and non-occupied housing units

For the first time, results of the Census will be released at Casa Brasil IBGE, a place for memory and technology, located at Palácio da Fazenda, downtown Rio Next September 6, at 10 am (Brasília local time), the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) will release the results of the “2022...

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IBGE updates Brazil's Territorial Structures

Boa Esperança do Norte (MT) now is one of the 5,569 municipalities in Brazil - Photo: Prefeitura de Sorriso The IBGE has made available a group of updates related to the territorial structure of Brazil. It is the 2024 version of seven products: Digital Municipal Mesh, Brazilian Territorial Areas, Update...

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With a drop in food, industrial prices decelerate to 0.13% in January

Food sector (-0.84%) stood out as the biggest influence (-0.22 p.p.) in the January´s IPP - Picture: Marcelo Benedicto/IBGE News Agency After rising 1.35% in December 2024 compared with the previous month, prices of the national industry decelerated to 0.13% in January 2025. It is the twelfth consecutive...