Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

About - 2009-2020

The System of Cultural Information and Indicators - SIIC aims at developing a consistent and continuous database on the cultural sector and build indicators related to the topic, in order to promote studies, research and publications, providing governmental and private bodies with information for planning and decision-making and, to users in general, information for more in-depth analyses. Its historical origin dates back to a partnership with the former Ministry of Culture, in 2004, which resulted in the first edition of the study, referring to 2003. Since then, the IBGE has been implementing analyzes on the production (supply) of goods and services, the expenditures (demand) of families and the government, and the characteristics of the employed population in this sector, based on the consolidation of different statistics.

With the release of this factsheet, the IBGE releases the results of the fifth edition of the SIIC, for the period from 2009 to 2020, having as a guideline the Framework for Cultural Statistics (FCS) prepared by the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Unesco).

As in the previous edition, social and economic statistics from the IBGE and external records from public administration information systems were used in this investigation, which allowed us to characterize the population involved in cultural activities, update the scope of production of goods and services and the price index for measuring the cost of living associated with this sector, as well as identifying government and household expenditures with such activities in the period considered. In addition to the new editorial format adopted in this edition, this publication by SIIC stands out for the improvement of its analysis – there are more disaggregations by economic sectors, population groups and geographic areas, compared to the previous edition. Furthermore, the results of the survey Areas of Influence of Cities - Regic, carried out by the Institute, were applied, whose estimates allow knowing how people move in search of cultural activities, or even the attractive potential of each Municipality in relation to the others regarding that aspect. It should be noted that some of the information sources used are effective to a shorter-term analysis, which is relevant, at this time, for the assessment of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cultural sector, while others allow for an outline of its structure, enabling comparisons over a longer period of time.

The factsheet is also available in print. The technical notes, released separately and accessible only in digital media, bring methodological considerations which highlights the description and classification of economic activities related to culture and their correspondence with the National Classification of Economic Activities - CNAE 2.0, the main characteristics of the surveys used as sources of information, and the indicators selected to delimit this productive sector, and are complemented with a glossary that brings together the concepts considered relevant for understanding the results.

The IBGE portal on the Internet reproduces the printed volume and makes available the detailed table plan of the study, with disaggregation by different sections, allowing users to explore all this information from different perspectives.