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In May, IBGE estimates point to harvest 8.8% bigger than in 2009

The national harvest of cereal, legumes and oilseeds is expected to reach 145.8 million metric tons in 2010, being 8.8% above the harvest obtained in 2009 (134.0 million metric tons) and 0.1% below the record harvest of 2008 (145.9 million metric tons). These figures are presented in the fifth estimate...

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IBGE releases results of Continuous PNAD on child labor at ILO

From left to right, Laís Abramo, National Secretary of Care and Family, Adriana Beringuy, IBGE´s Coordinator of Household Sample Surveys, Cimar Azeredo, IBGE´s Director of Surveys, and Vinícius Pinheiro, ILO´s Director - Picture: Jéssica Farias On Wednesday 20, in Brasília, the IBGE released the Continuous...

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Unemployment rate drops to 7.8% in 2023, lowest figure since 2014

Number of employed persons with a formal contract hits a record in 2023 - Photo: Dênio Simões/Brasília Branch The unemployment rate reached 7.4% in the quarter ended December 2023, a drop of 0.3 percentage points (p.p) against the quarter July-September. As a result, the average moving rate of the index...

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Continuous PNAD: labor underutilization hits 24.7% in Q1 2018

In Q1 2018, the rate of labor underutilization (which aggregates the unemployed, the time-related unemployed and the potential labor force) increased to 24.7%, that is, by 27.7 million persons. That is the highest rate of underutilization in the PNAD time series, which started in 2012. The number of...

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August estimate for 2023 shows record crop of 313.3 million tonnes

Com alta de 25,8%, para 150,3 milhões de toneladas, a produção da soja atinge novo recorde, assim como o trigo, o milho e o sorgo - Foto: Gilson Abreu/AEN-PR Released today (6) by the IBGE, the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production reveals that the national crop of cereals, legumes and oilseeds...

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Industrial output drops in 7 of the 14 places in October

The regional indexes of the industrial output recorded negative rates in 7 of the 14 places surveyed by IBGE between last September and October, in the seasonally adjusted series. Goiás, with a fall of 8.0%, Santa Catarina (-3.4%) and São Paulo (-2.6%) showed the largest declines, the former eliminating...

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Industrial output in August up in seven of the 14 areas surveyed

The national output of industry, in the seasonally adjusted series, was also stable in regional terms, with increases in seven areas and decreases in seven others. Paraná (3.6%), Goiás (1.7%) and Santa Catarina (1.6%) recorded the biggest gains. Paraná recorded bigger increase in comparison with the...

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Industrial output increased in seven of the 14 areas surveyed in October

In October 2012, the seasonally-adjusted indexes of the regional industrial production recorded increase in seven of the 14 areas surveyed. The main highlights were Goiás (15.5%), after a 3.7% decrease in the previous month, and Espírito Santo (12.3%), which interrupted a series of three consecutive...

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2017 PPM: Cattle herd prevails in Central-West, Mato Grosso leads states

The national volume of cattle was of 214.9 million herd in 2017, representing a reduction of 1.5% over 2016. Adding up to 34.5% of the national overall, the Central-West remained leading the regions. Mato Grosso registered the highest share among the Federation Units (13.8% of the national volume). Among...

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Industrial production changed by -0.2% in April

In April 2012, the seasonally adjusted index of industrial production recorded negative change of 0.2% over the immediately previous month, the second positive consecutive result in this type of comparison, having accumulated decrease of 0.7% in this period. Compared to the figure of the same month in...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate stays at 10.9% in quarter ending in March 2016  

Indicator / Period Jan - Feb - Mar2016 Oct - Nov - Dec2015 Jan - Feb - Mar2015 Unemployment rate 10.9% 9.0% 7.9% Usual real earnings R$1,966 R$1,961 R$2,031 Value of earnings in relation to: 0.3% (stable) -3.2% The unemployment rate in the moving quarter ending in March 2016 was estimated at 10.9%, 1.9...

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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate stays at 10.2% in quarter ending in February 2016

Indicator / Period Dec - Jan - Feb2016 Sep- Oct- Nov2015 Dec - Jan - Feb2015 Unemployment rate 10.2% 9.0% 7.4% Usual real earnings R$1,934 R$1,954 R$2,012 Value of earnings in relation to: -1.0% -3.9% The unemployment rate in the moving quarter ended in February 2016 was estimated at 10.2% for Brazil,...

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Industrial output drops in 12 of the 14 places surveyed in September

In September 2012, in the seasonally adjusted series, the regional indexes of the industrial output posted a negative change in 12 of the 14 places surveyed, with a highlight to the sharpest falls registered by Goiás (-2.9%), removing part of the 10.2% advance registered in the previous month, Rio de...

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Industrial output rises 0.6% in April

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the national industrial output advanced 0.6% in April 2017 over March, offsetting part of the drop of 1.3% registered last March. In the seasonally-unadjusted series, the overall industry retreated 4.5% in April 2017 compared with the same month a year ago, recording...

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From 2003 to 2008, unemployed population fell by 29.4%

In the same period, the monthly average employed population increased by 16.1% and the total number of women working increased by 20.6%. On the average, black and brown workers earned approximately half of the income of whites. The proportion of workers with a formal contract increased from 49%, in 2003,...

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IBGE estimates harvest 5.2% larger in 2010

IBGE conducted, in December, the third prognosis of area and production for the 2010 harvest, in the Southeast, South and Central-West regions and in the states of Rondônia, Maranhão, Piauí and Bahia. The production of grains, legumes and oilseeds1 for 2010 is estimated in 140.7 million tons2, 5.2% larger...

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Civil Registry 2011: Divorce rate goes up 45.6% in one year

The number of divorces in Brazil reached 351,153 in 2011, with increase of 45.6% over 2010 (243,224). As a result, the divorce rate reached its highest level since 1984 (2.6 divorces per 1,000 inhabitants aged 15 and over), even more than in the previous year (1.8‰). These data are presented by Civil...

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Brazil had 1,38 million commercial companies in 2004

With a net operational revenue of R$798,2 billion in 2004, trade in Brazil increased by 11.7% over 2003. Among its three segments, vehicles, pieces and motorcycles had real growth of 18.6% (versus 14.2% for retail and 7.9% for wholesale trade) By Region, there has been a tendency to deconcentration....

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North Region has the lowest access to cinemas, movie theaters and museums

Residents of 70% of northern municipalities spent more than one hour to get to the nearest city with a museum available - Photo: Ricardo Oliveira/Semcom – Manaus Municipal Administration In 2021, in 14.9% of the municipalities in the country, residents would have to commute for at least one hour to reach...

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Gender Statistics: household chores affect insertion of women in labor market

The proportion of workers in part-time jobs (up to 30 hours per week) is bigger among women (28.2%) than men (14.1%). That could be related to the female predominance in care taking and household chores, to which women workers dedicated 73% hours more than men. Either in the population set or in the...