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IBGE updates municipal borders in Legal Amazon Map

The IBGE releases today (June 16) the 2020 Legal Amazon Map, based on the update of the Municipal Mesh. The map brings the state and municipal borders, as well as the positioning of the cities' headquarters in order to broaden the understanding of the urban dynamics and the logistic infrastructure of...

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Industrial output drops in eight of 15 places surveyed in November

Sector of petroleum products leverages drop in Rio de Janeiro industry - Photo: Cesar Duarte - Petrobras Agency The industrial output dropped in eight out of 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (Regional PIM) between October and November, when the national index changed -0.2%. The major...

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In the middle of the pandemic, number of divorces drops 13,6% in 2020

With the drop registered in 2020, number of divorces was the lowest one since 2015 - Photo: Freepick Compared with the previous year, the number of divorces granted in Brazil fell 13.6% in 2020. In 2019, the drop had been of 0.5%, interrupting three consecutive years of growth. With the retraction, 331.2...

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Volume of services increases by 0.9% in May and records third increase in four months

Information technology services increased by 2.4% in May and hit the highest level sine January 2011 - Photo: Pixabay Volume of services in the country increased 0.9% from April to May. That is the third positive result of the sector in the last four months, a period when there was an increase of 3.3%....

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After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased by 0.7% in 2018

Industry employed 7.7 million persons in 2018, a slight increase against the previous year Photo: São Paulo State Government The number of persons employed in Brazilian industry increased by about 0.7% from 2017 to 2018, the biggest increase since 2013. Mining and quarrying industries increased in relevance...

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After four years of decrease, employment in industry increased 0.7% in 2018

Industry employed 7.7 million persons in 2018, a slight increase against the previous year Photo: São Paulo State Government The number of persons employed in Brazilian industry increased by about 0.7% from 2017 to 2018, the biggest increase since 2013. Mining and quarrying industries increased in relevance...

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IBGE holds national mobilization to enumerate Indigenous communities and peoples

IBGE teams carry out the Census interview approach in the Indigenous village of Tekoa Itakupe, in São Paulo (SP) - Photo: IBGE Collection Indigenous peoples have organization, habits and rituals of their own. As their lands have specific conditions of access and circulation, it is fundamental to count...

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Inflation accelerates to 0.51% in November, highest rise for this month since 2015

Rise of 8.09% in the price of meat was the major impact on the November´s inflation - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency As released by the IBGE today (6), the skyrocketing of the prices of meat made the Extended National Consumer Price Index - IPCA accelerate to 0.51% in November, after rising 0.10%...

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Cultural sector has average inflation of 3.5% in seven years, below the IPCA

New indicators monitors the prices of a fixed basket of cultural goods and services - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency Culture-related prices recorded an average annual increase of 3.5%, below the official inflation, which was 5.9% between 2012 and 2018, as reported in the System of Cultural Information...

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With a deflation of 0.38% in May, IPCA registered the lowest rate in 22 years

Drop in the gasoline price pressed deflation of 0.38% in May - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the drop of 4.56% in fuel prices, the country registered a deflation of 0.38% in May, after the decrease of 0.31% in April. It is the second consecutive month of price drop and the lowest...

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Services sector remains stable in December, closes year with drop of 7.8%

The drop in the revenue of restaurants, hotels and catering pressed the sector of services rendered to families - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The services sector remained stable (-0.2%) in December against November, interrupting six consecutive months of rises. Despite the cumulative gain of...

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In 2021, cattle herd hits record figure and reaches 224.6 million head

Cattle herd hit a record in 2021, and the municipality of São Félix do Xingu (PA) led the ranking - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Cattle herd hits a record in 2021 and reaches 224.6 million head Cattle herd increased for the third consecutive year and reached the record figure in the time...

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Black and brown persons remain with less access to jobs, education, security and sanitation

In 2021, the informality rate among black (43.4%) and brown (47.0%) employed persons was higher than that of white persons (32.7%) - Picture: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Social inequalities due to color or race remain evident in the labor market. Unemployment, underutilization and informality continue...

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Unemployment stands steady at 14.4% in quarter ended in February

Unemployed population adds up to 14.4 million in the quarter ended in February - Photo: Marinho Ramos/Semcom - Manaus The unemployed population in Brazil was estimated at 14.4 million in the quarter ended in February, the largest amount since 2012 - starting point of the time series of the Continuous...

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Women continue ahead of men in caretaking and household chores

In 2017, women continued to work 20.9 hours per week in household chores and in caretaking, almost twice as the 10.8 hours spent by men. Of the 88.2 million women aged 14 or over, 92.6% did these two activities last year, a slight increase compared to the 90.6% result in 2016. The proportion of men increased...

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Population increases, but number of persons under 30 falls by 5.4% from 2012 to 2021

Brazilian population increases by 7.6% in 10 years - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Brazil’s population is older. Between 2012 and 2021, the number of persons under 30 years of age fell 5.4%, whereas all the groups above that age bracket recorded increase in the period. As a consequence, persons...

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Industry prices hits the third biggest drop since 2013

Food industry contributes to the IPP fall in July - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The drop in exports and Real appreciation against the Dollar made domestic industrial prices drop again. That is what shows us the Producer Price Index (IPP) of July, which shrank 1.24% over the previous month,...

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Industry advances 2.9% in December over November, closes 2021 with a rise of 3.9%

Car sector rose 12.2% in December - Photo: Fernando Ogura/AEN-PR The industrial output grew 2.9% between November and December. In the previous month, the industry had registered a null change (0.0%), which interrupted five consecutive months of drops. As a result, the sector stands 0.9% below the level...

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Industrial output drops in 7 out of the 15 areas surveyed in August

Industry shrank in seven areas - Photo: Geraldo Bubniak/AEN-PR Industrial output dropped in seven of the 15 areas surveyed from July to August, according to data from the Monthly Survey of Industry (PIM Regional), released today (08) by the IBGE. Pernambuco (-12%) recorded the biggest decrease and that...

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In five states: international observers watch data collection and learn about 2022 Census

IBGE brought international observers to watch the 2022 Census data collection - Photo: Jessica Cândido/IBGE News Agency As the 2022 Census collection went on, in the afternoon of September 19, in the Peró neighborhood (Cabo Frio - RJ - one of the main tourist destinations in the state) with enumerators...