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Internet was accessed in 72.5 million Brazilian households in 2023

Between 2016 and 2023, proportion of households in rural areas that used the Internet grew from 35.0% to 81.0% In urban areas, percentage changed from 76.6% to 96.1% in the period. - Picture: Freepick The internet was used in 92.5% of the Brazilian households (72.5 million) in 2023, a rise of 1.0 p.p....

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IBGE releases free service for GPS users

IBGE - The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics makes available on its web site (www.ibge.gov.br) the PPP (Positioning by Precise Point), a free online service which processes data generated through GPS (Global Positioning System), in order to inform the latitude, longitude and altitude of...

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Industry prices grow 0.74% in April, third positive result in a row

The 0.79% increase in the petroleum refining and biofuels sector was influenced by the increase in biodiesel - Photo: Camila Domingues/Palácio Piratini National industry prices grew 0.74% in April compared to the previous month. This was the third positive result in a row in this indicator. As a result,...

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Brazilian population should reach the top in 2042 (228.4 million)

The Brazilian population would grow up to 2042, when it should reach 228.4 million people. The population would gradually shrink from the following year onwards, reaching approximately 218.2 million in 2060. This is one of the highlights of the publication "Population Projection of Brazil by Sex and...

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In 2008, life expectancy of Brazilians reached 72.86 years of age

Life expectancy at birth of the population, both sexes, in Brazil changed from 69.66 years (69 years, 7 months and 29 days) to 72.86 years (72 years, 10 months and 10 days). Brazilians born in 2008 are expected to live, on average, 3 years, 2 months and 12 days more than the ones born in 1998. In 2008...

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IBGE releases Regional Accounts 2007

Since 1995, eight states (SP, RJ, MG, RS, PR, BA, SC and DF) have maintained leadership in the participation in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, concentrating almost 80% of economy in 2007. Among major regions, the participation of the Southeast continues to be the greatest, but between...

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Industrial employment falls 1.0% in June

In June 2015, the total of salaried employed persons in the industry fell 1.0% over the previous month’s level, in the seasonally adjusted series. It was the sixth consecutive negative rate, resulting in a cumulative loss of 4.1% in the period. As a result, the quarterly moving average decreased 1.0%...

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Enterpreneurship: High-growth enterprises generate more than half of the new jobs in three years

In 2010, there were 33.320 high-growth enterprises, which are those that had the number of the employees increased in 20%, within a period of three years. They employed 5 million persons and paid R$ 88 billion in wages and other remuneration. 32,863 of these enterprises were classified as organic growth...

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IBGE offers SINGED-Lab training for 210 managers to help municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul

The training was free and registrations were made on the IBGE bookstore website. In one of the actions of the task force created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) to assist in the reconstruction of cities hit by floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, more than 200 managers,...

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Unemployment falls to 6.4% in the quarter ended in September

Industry and Trade created more than 700,000 jobs in the quarter. - Photo: Jonathan Campos/AEN-PR The unemployment rate fell to 6.4% in the quarter from July to September 2024, down 0.5 percentage points (pp) compared to the quarter from April to June 2024 (6.9%) and down 1.3 pp compared to the same...

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GDP grows 1.6% compared to Q1 2008

In the second quarter of 2008, GDP at current prices reached R$ 716.9 billion. In the second quarter of 2008, GDP at current prices reached R$ 716.9 billion. In relation to the same quarter in the previous year, it grew by 6.1%, and, compared to the first semesters of 2008 and 2007, by 6.0%. In the second...

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Driven by Food and Beverages, IPCA-15 reaches 0.36% in March

IPCA-15 decelerated in March, affected by increases in Food and Beverages - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The inflation preview stood at 0.36% in March, being 0.42 percentage points (p.p) below that of February, when it changed by 0.78%. The result was mostly influenced by Food and Beverages,...

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In May, IBGE keeps estimate of record harvest for 2008

Production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds in 2008 (144.3 million tons) is expected to surpass by 8.4% the total obtained in 2007. Production of cereals, legumes and oilseeds in 2008 (144.3 million metric tons) is expected to surpass by 8.4% the total obtained in 2007.Nineteen of the 25 products investigated...

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Industrial prices rise 0.92% in August, after six months of decline

Petroleum refining accounted for 0.72 percentage points in the 0.92% change in the IPP in August - Photo: André Mota de Souza/Ag Petrobras Industry prices rose 0.92% in August compared to July, returning to a positive rate after six months of consecutive decline. The result for the year reached -6.32%,...

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GDP accumulated in the first semester of 2005 is R$ 918.6 billion

Regarding supply, agriculture reached, in the six first months of the year, R$ 78.10 billion; industry, R$ 321.59 billion; and services R$ 462.45 billion. The Gross Domestic Product at market prices of the second quarter of 2005 was R$ 480.40 billion, being R$ 429.15 billion of value added at basic prices...

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Industrial output declines 2.5% in February

In February 2013, the industrial output declined 2.5% in relation to the immediately previous month, in the seasonally adjusted series, virtually eliminating the expansion of 2.6% registered in January. Compared with the same month of the previous year in the seasonally adjusted series, the industry...

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From January to February, industrial production increased 1.8%

In February 2009, the industrial production increased 1.8% compared to the result in February, in the seasonally adjusted series. Compared to February 2008, there was retraction of 17.0%. As a consequence, the sector accumulated decrease of 17.2% in the first two-months of 2009, compared to the same...

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PNAD 2011: bigger growth among lowest income ranges

The National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) 2011 shows that, from 2009 to 2011, the average real income from all the activities of employed income-earners at 10 years of age and over grew by 8.3%. In the classification by income ranges, the biggest growth of income from work (29.2%) was observed in the...

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IBGE holds workshop on 2022 Census data for public managers and civil society at Casa Brasil IBGE

The IBGE held the workshop “A territory of information: potentialities of the 2022 Census data” at Casa Brasil IBGE, in downtown Rio de Janeiro (RJ) With the presence of community leaders and representatives of public bodies and civil society, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)...

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IBGE innovates and launches Statistical Yearbook of Brazil as a website

Innovation at the IBGE is in tune with international trends. Therefore, in 2024, the Institute will make available the Statistical Yearbook of Brazil, in its new digital and interactive version, which will be launched on June 26, at Casa Brasil IBGE. For the first time in its long history, the Statistical...