Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

News Agency

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...

News Agency

International observers of 2022 Census share experiences on data collection in six cities

Eduardo Rios Neto, president of the IBGE, shows his gratitude for the support of international institutions during the “Observing the Census” project - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/ IBGE News Agency Attended by observers from statistical agencies of 18 countries in North, Central and South America and Africa,...

News Agency

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%...

News Agency

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...

News Agency

Inflation preview stays at 0.72% in July, the highest rate for July since 2004

Electricity was the major individual impact on the July´s IPCA-15 - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Pressed by the rise of 4.79% in electricity, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) stayed at 0.72% in July. With this result, inflation preview registered the highest rise for...

News Agency

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...

News Agency

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...

News Agency

July estimate points to record crop of 263.4 million metric tons in 2022

July estimate points to a record crop of 263.4 million metric tons in 2022 - Photo: Luiz Henrique Magnante/Embrapa The Brazilian harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds should reach a record 263.4 million metric tons, according to the July estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production...

News Agency

Inflation preview stands at 1.14% in September, the highest figure for the month since 1994

Gasoline increases 2.85% and, together with electricity, exerts the greatest individual impact on the high of IPCA-15 - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Driven by the increase in the transportation group, the Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) was 1.14% in September, the highest...

News Agency

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...

News Agency

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...

News Agency

Revision of GDP 2016 points to a decrease of 3.3% against previous year

In its consolidated result, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 2016 reached R$ 6.267 trillion and its decrease in volume against 2015 was revised from 3.5% to 3.3%, thus confirming downward trend for the second year in a row (in 2015, there was a change of -3.5%). Per capita GDP was R$ 30,548, with...

News Agency

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...

News Agency

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,...

News Agency

Electricity ignites inflation forecast of November

The increase in residential electricity bills was one of the factors that contributed the most to the 0.32% increase in the inflation forecast, the National Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA-15), published in November by IBGE . The cumulative index in 2017 is 2.58%, while the index of the last 12 months...

News Agency

Costs of civil construction rise 0.11% in May, lowest rate since November 2016

Despite the deceleration, costs of civil construction rose 0.11% in May - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 0.11% in May, a result below the rate of 0.34% in April. This was the lowest rate since November 2016,...

News Agency

Prices of civil construction rise 0.30% in May

Computed by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi increased 0.30% in May, a rise of 0.15 percentage points in relation to April (0.15%). As a result, the cost of construction per square meter in Brazil stayed at R$1,042.69, being R$536.24 relative to materials and R$506.45, to labor...

News Agency

Better income and low inflation foster increase in trade sales

The volume of retail trade increased 3.2% in January in the same month, the tenth positive result in this type of comparison. Against December 2017, there was smaller increase, of 0.9%, after the decrease recorded in the previous month. That is what shows the Monthly Survey of Trade, released today by...

News Agency

Retail up again after increase of 0.8% in sales in January

Pharmaceuticals, medical and orthopedic articles and toiletries contributed to the 0.8% increase of retail sales - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Volume of sales of retail trade in the coiuntry increased by 0.8% in January against the previous month. Despite this increase, more than half of the...

News Agency

With lowest result in December within the Real Plan, inflation meets target and closes 2018 at 3.75%

Having recorded its lowest result in a month of December since 1994 (0.15%), inflation in 2018 stayed at 3.75%, within the target set by the federal government, 4.5% with a margin of 1.5 percentage points above or below. In spite fo that, the Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA), released today by the...