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IBGE launches set of courses on Population Census for Public Management

The IBGE launched, in the Federative Caravan of Ceará, in Fortaleza, thus Thursday (7), the program Population Census for Public Management, a group of courses taught by the IBGE’s National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE) to prepare public managers to use statistical data and data from official...

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Second prognosis forecasts a 3.2% reduction in the 2024 crop compared to 2023

Performance of second corn crop influenced the 2024 prognosis - Photo: Jonas Oliveira/AEN-PR According to the second prognosis of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today (7) by the IBGE, the Brazilian crop of grains, cereals and legumes should total 306.2 million tonnes...

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IPCA hits 0.56% in December and closes 2023 up by 4.62%

With an increase of 1.1% in december, food and beverages accounted for the main impact on the month's inflation - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation in the country hit 0.56% in December, sixth month in a row with positive rates. As a result, the IPCA closed 2023 with a cumlative increase...

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Construction prices change by 0.23% in July, with an increase in workforce

Workforce increased by 0.53% and influenced the price of national construction in July - Photo: Bruno Cecim/Pará Branch Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - SINAPI changed by 0.23% in July. The rate is 0.16 percentage points below the June index (0.39%) and was influenced...

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Industrial output closes 2023 with growth in ten out of 18 places surveyed

The activities of coke, petroleum products and biofuels leveraged the performance of the Espírito Santo industry in 2023 - Picture: Flickr The production of the national industry rose 1.1% between November and December, with an expansion in ten out of 15 places surveyed. With the result of the last month...

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Unemployment drops only in Southeast in Q4

Unemployment rate retreated only in Rio de Janeiro and in Rio Grande do Norte - Picture: IBGE Archive The drop in the Brazilian unemployment rate, which changed from 7.7% in the third quarter of 2023 to 7.4% in the fourth quarter, was followed by only two Federation Units: Rio de Janeiro (from 10.9%...

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Retail sales up by 0.6% in September, with rise of the supermarket sector

The sector of hypermarkets and supermarkets grew by 1.6% and had an impact on the result of retail trade in September - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Retail sales decreased by 0.6% from August to September. In the previous month, there was a change of -0.1%. The sector had a cumulative increase...

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November´s inflation stays at 0.28%, influenced by rise in food

Potato was one of the food items that rose in November (8.83%) - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation in November was 0.28%, a change of 0.04 percentage points (pp) over the October´s rate (0.24%). This result was influenced by the rise in the prices of the group of food and beverages of...

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2022 Census: Quilombola population is younger than entire Brazilian population

Results of 2022 Census show a young quilombola population - Picture: IBGE Archive Of the 1.3 million quilombola persons in Brazil, nearly 24.7% were aged between 15 and 29 years, the age group that prevails in this population. For the effect of comparison, persons aged between 30 and 44 years prevailed...

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With a rise in airfare, IPCA-15 is 0.21% in October

Airfare prices rose 23.75% and exerted the biggest individual impact on the October´s IPCA-15 - Picture: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Inflation preview stayed at 0.21% in October, 0.14 percentage points (pp) lower than that of September, when it had changed 0.35%. The result was highly influenced...

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Retail sales are back to stability in October, changing -0.3%

With dollar appreciation, the sector of Office, computer and communication equipment and material fell 5.7% in October, pulling retail trade into the negative field - Photo: Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado Retail sales in the country changed -0.3% from September to October, after growing 0.5% in the previous...

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Unemployment rate drops to 7.5% in quarter ending in November

The quarter marked an increase of 369 thousand persons among those employed in the industrial sector - Picture: Jonathan Campos - AEN-PR In the quarter ended in November, the Brazilian unemployment rate hit 7.5%, changing -0.2 percentage points (pp) in the comparison with the previous three months. The...

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Industrial production increases in nine out of 15 places surveyed in August compared to July

Increase in the sector of chemical products influenced growth in the industry of São Paulo (3.0%) in August - Photo: Freepik With a 0.4% change in national industrial production from July to August, nine of the 15 locations investigated by the Regional Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM) in this indicator...

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Animal slaughter grows in the third quarter, record of cattle and hogs and pigs

Cattle slaughter hit a new record: 8.93 million head in the quarter - Picture: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency In the third quarter this year, cattle slaughter grew 12.2% in relation to the same period in 2022, adding up to 8.93 million head. It is the highest figure since the beginning of the time...

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2022 Census: Illiteracy rate falls from 9.6% to 7.0% in 12 years, though inequalities persist

Age group between 15 and 19 years had the lower illiteracy rate (1.5%) - Picture: Andre Borges/Agência Brasília Data from the 2022 Population Census show that, of the 163 million persons aged 15 years and over, 151.5 knew how to write a simple note and 11.4 million did not know. Therefore, the literacy...

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After three months on the negative side, services change 0.4% in November

The good performance of auxiliary financial services influenced the return of the services sector to the positive side - Picture - Marcello Casal Jr/Agência Brasil Between October and November, volume of services rendered in Brazil changed 0.4%, breaking a sequence of three months on the negative side,...

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Industrial output changes 0.1% in October, remains showing little dynamism

Advance of 1.6% in food industry was the major positive influence on the overall index - Picture: Jose Fernando/Ogura-AEN Between September and October, the Brazilian industrial output changed 0.1%, maintaining the less dynamic behavior noticed along the last months, reinforced by null change (0.0%)...

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2022 Census: half of Brazilian indigenous population is under 25 years

Indigenous population shows a younger profile when compared with the total population living in Brazil - Picture: IBGE Archive The results of the 2022 Population Census show that the younger population has a higher weight among the indigenous people compared with the resident population in Brazil. It...

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Industrial output advances in nine out of 15 places surveyed in November over October

Leveraged by the pharmaceutical sector, São Paulo industry was the major positive influence on the national industry - Picture: Rodrigo Nunes/MS - Agência Senado With the change of 0.5% in the national industrial output between October and November, nine out of 15 places investigated by the Regional...

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IBGE updates list of municipalities' names used in geographic and statistical databases

Santo Antônio de Leverger (MT) was the only municipality to have its name changed in 2022 - Photo: City Hall of Santo Antônio de Leverger The IBGE released today (March 14) the product Municipal Toponymic Changes, updating the list of municipalities that had their names legally changed, reflecting on...