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Nearly 25% of earnings from poorer come from retirements and social programs October 04, 2019

According to the Consumer Expenditure Survey - POF 2017-2018, released today by the IBGE, the...

Eating out consumes one third of expenditures of households with food October 04, 2019

Eating away from home is becoming an option for more and more persons. Of the total expenditures...

POF 2017-2018: Households with up to R$1.9 K allocate 61.2% of their expenses to food, housing October 04, 2019

Households with earnings up to two minimum wages (R$1,908.00) committed more of its budget with...

Census dress rehearsal: household data collection begins in Poços de Caldas October 01, 2019

The household data collection of the dress rehearsal of the 2020 Census begins today (October 1st) in...

Dress rehearsal for 2020 Census begins this week in MG and more seven states October 01, 2019

The data collection of the housing units of the dress rehearsal of the 2020 Census begins today...

Industrial production back to growth in August, but pace is still below 2018 October 01, 2019

After three months of decline, the national industry production gets back to growth: 0.8% in...

Industrial production grows 0.8% in August October 01, 2019

In August 2019, industrial production grew 0.8% compared to July (seasonally adjusted series), offsetting a...

IBGE releases new edition of report on methodological review of calculation of reference heights September 30, 2019

The IBGE periodically recalculates the heights of more than 70 thousand points in different...

Unemployment decreases to 11.8% and informal work hits highest level in the time series September 27, 2019

Unemployment rate fell once more and hit 11.8% in the quarter ended August, after a result of...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 11.8% and underutilization rate is 24.3% in quarter ended August 2019 September 27, 2019

The unemployment rate (11.8%) in the moving quarter ended quarter August 2019 decreased by 0.4...

For the first time, IBGE carries out survey on patient check-in in public health system September 26, 2019

The IBGE has introduced a new feature in the National Survey of Health (PNS), in the field since...

In spite of the Maria da Penha Law, only 2.4% of the municipalities have shelters for women September 25, 2019

In 2018, 12 years after the Maria da Penha Law was sanctioned, only 2.4% of the Brazilian...

Just 5.5% of the municipalities with immigrants have services targeted at this population September 25, 2019

Of the 3,876 municipalities with immigrants, only 215 offer some sort of migration management...

MUNIC 2018: Only 8.3% of the municipalities have women’s police stations September 25, 2019

In 2018, only 8.3% of the municipalities had women’s police stations and 9.7% of the Brazilian...

Estadic 2018: 15 of the 27 Federation Units have a state food and nutrition security plan September 25, 2019

In 2018, 15 Federation Units had a State Food and Nutrition Security Plan. In 2013, 10 did. Laos...

Iron ore pushes rise of industry prices after two consecutive decreases September 25, 2019

The rise of prices of iron ore abroad and the appreciation of the dollar currency led to an...

Producer Price Index (IPP) changes 0.92% in August September 25, 2019

The prices of industry changed by 0.92% in August 2019, a result above that of July (-1.20%). The...

With eight highs in electricity in a row, inflation forecast stands at 0.09 in September September 24, 2019

Affected by the eighth consecutive increase in electricity, September's Extended Consumer Price...

IPCA-15 changes 0.09% in September and IPCA-E reaches 0.26% September 24, 2019

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) changed 0.09% in September, close to the...

Cattle herd is smaller in 2018, a year marked by growth in slaughter and exports September 20, 2019

All the animal inventories recorded increases in 2018, except cattle herd, which fell by 0.7%,...

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