Tag: Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)

• Friday, June 28th 2024 - 18:29 UTC

  Food industry is Brazil's main source of jobs, IBGE finds

  

  The foodstuff industry accounted for the largest number of jobs (22.8%) in South America's largest country, according to a study released Thursday by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The clothing and accessories industry represented 7% of workplaces, and the manufacture of metal products (machinery and equipment not included), 5.9%.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2024 - 19:23 UTC

  Brazil: Unemployment reaches 7.9% in Q1

  

  The Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) released by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) this week showed that 8.6 million people (or 7.9% of the population) were unemployed in South America's largest country in the first quarter of 2024, which represented a 0.5 percentage-point increase from the previous measurement ending in December.