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Continuous PNAD: unemployment rate is 12.0% in quarter ending in November December 29, 2017

The unemployment rate (12.0%) in the September-October-November 2017 quarter retreated 0.6...

[Retratos] The new face of families December 28, 2017

Grandmothers living with children and grandchildren; stepfathers who are also fathers; sons who...

[Retratos] The new faces of families December 28, 2017

Grandmothers living with children and grandchildren; stepfathers who are also fathers; sons who...

[Retratos] At the sea shore December 27, 2017

In Brazil, the large scale occupation of the coastal strip in Brazil leads to urban and...

"Coffee and milk" in Minas Gerais shows power of Census of Agriculture December 26, 2017

The IBGE will visit nearly 550 thousand agricultural establishments in Minas Gerais up to February 2018. Of...

Cerrado in São Paulo concentrates 1/3 of crop area of sugarcane in Brazil December 22, 2017

A powerful product of the Brazilian economy in the colonial period, sugarcane is present today in...

New IBGE publication discusses territorial dynamics of sugarcane December 22, 2017

The IBGE released today the Geography of Sugarcane, a publication that discusses the territorial...

Of the young women out of school, 26% claim to take care of the house, of children or elderly persons December 21, 2017

One in four young women aged 14 to 29 who did not study in 2016 claimed they had to do household...

Continuous PNAD 2016: 51% of the Brazilian population aged 25 or over had only complete primary education December 21, 2017

In 2016, nearly 66.3 million persons aged 25 or over (or 51% of the adult population) had only...

IPCA-15 stays at 0.35% in December and IPCA-E closes year at 2.94% December 21, 2017

The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 - IPCA-15 changed 0.35% in December, slightly above...

In urban concentrations of Brazil, 61.9% of the residents lived in areas with good or average living conditions December 20, 2017

In 2010, the biggest part of the population in urban concentrations lived in locations with good...

Households spend 36% more with health per person than government December 20, 2017

The per capita expenditure of households and non-profit institutions with health goods and...

In urban concentrations, 38.1% of the population lived in harsh conditions December 20, 2017

In 2010, 36.1 million persons (38.1%) lived in urban areas with bad, very bad or precarious living...

Health Satellite Account 2010-2015: in 2015, 9.1% of GDP spent in consumption of health goods and services December 20, 2017

The expenditure with the final consumption of health goods and services in Brazil added up to...

[Retratos] SDG 2 promotes sustainable agriculture and the fight against hunger December 19, 2017

To achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture are essential actions to ensure the...

New digital tool from IBGE enables to follow up land use in every kilometer of Brazil December 18, 2017

The IBGE launched today a digital platform including cartographic information on every 8.5 million km2 of...

From mountain ranges to pampas, Rio Grande do Sul features diversity in Census of Agriculture December 18, 2017

The agricultural diversity in Rio Grande do Sul poses the major challenge for the Census of...

Summary of Social Indicators: one in every four youngsters in the country was not working or studying in 2016 December 15, 2017

In 2016, about 25.8% of the youngsters between 16 and 29 years of age were not working or studying ...

One fourth of the population lives on less than R$387 a month December 15, 2017

In 2016, 25.4% of the Brazilian population lived in extreme poverty, according to the criteria...

Transportation increases in October and reduces pace of fall of services sector December 15, 2017

According to the Monthly Survey of Services, released today by the IBGE, the segment of...

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