National Index of Civil Construction grows 0.44% in August September 06, 2019

The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) grew 0.44% in August, falling 0.24 percentage...

Agricultural production value hits record with smaller crops and harvested areas in 2018 September 05, 2019

The Brazilian agricultural production value hit a record in 2018, reaching R$343.5 billion, a high of...

PAM 2018: value of national agricultural production grows 8.3% and hits record of R$343.5 billion September 05, 2019

After falling in 2017, the value of the agricultural production of the country grew 8.3% in 2018,...

Journal of Brazilian Geography celebrates 80 years September 03, 2019

The IBGE launches today the new edition of the Journal of Brazilian Geography - RBG. This...

Industrial output falls 0.3% in July, third negative month in a row September 03, 2019

The output of the national industry fell 0.3% in July compared with June, accruing -1.7% in the...

Brazilian Journal of Geography celebrates 80 years in new edition September 03, 2019

The IBGE released today the 64th issue of the Journal of Brazilian Geography (RBG), which is...

Industrial output changes -0.3% in July September 03, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the national industrial output fell 0.3% in July 2019 against...

Unemployment falls to 11.8%, but 12.6 million are still searching for work August 30, 2019

The unemployment rate fell from 12.5% to 11.8% from the quarter ended April to the quarter ended...

Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 11.8% and underutilization rate is 24.6% for the quarter ended July 2019 August 30, 2019

In the quarter ended July 2019, the unemployment rate (11.8%) decreased by 0.6 percentage points...

Industry prices hits the third biggest drop since 2013 August 29, 2019

The drop in exports and Real appreciation against the Dollar made domestic industrial prices drop...

in July, IPP shrinks 1.24% August 29, 2019

In July 2019, the Producer Price Index (IPP) had decrease (-1.24%) in relation to June. The...

Industry and services leverage growth of 0.4% in GDP in Q2 August 29, 2019

The Gross Domestic Product - GDP increased 0.4% in the second quarter of 2019 over the previous...

GDP changes 0.4% in Q2 2019 August 29, 2019

In the seasonally-adjusted series, the Gross Domestic Product - GDP changed 0.4% in the second...

Clean energy impacts GDP of Northeastern municipalities August 28, 2019

With the increasing participation of wind and solar energies, the Brazilian energy matrix has been...

Services sector have fewer and smaller companies, with lower salaries than in 2016 August 28, 2019

The services sector had, in 2017, 1,307 million companies. They employed 12,302 million persons...

PAS 2017: service sector has fewer enterprises, which employ fewer people and pay lower salaries August 28, 2019

In 2017, the services sector had 1,307 million enterprises; they employed 12,302 million persons...

One out of three Brazilians lives in 48 municipalites with more than 500 thousand inhabitants August 28, 2019

Nearly 66.5 million Brazilians (31.7%) live in the 48 municipalities with more than 500 thousand...

IBGE discloses municipal population estimates for 2019 August 28, 2019

The IBGE discloses today the estimates of the population living in the 5,570 Brazilian...

Event celebrates 80 years of IBGE Library August 27, 2019

Registrations open to ENCE's Doctoral, Master's and Specialization Programs August 26, 2019

Registrations to the National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE) are open until October 4 for...