Portuguese 
English 
Spanish 
2 min of reading 
1 comment 
Santa Catarina Closed The Year 2023 With 859.9 Thousand People Living on R$ 22 Per Day, A Figure That Reflects 11.5% Of The State’s Population In A Situation Of Poverty. Despite This Expressive Number, The State Stood Out Nationally For Having The Lowest Poverty Rate In Brazil, According To The 2024 Social Indicators Synthesis Released By IBGE.
Compared To 2022, Santa Catarina Reduced The Poverty Rate By 1.3 Percentage Points, From 12.8% To 11.5%. This Improvement Represented A Decrease Of 88.5 Thousand People Who Exited This Condition Over The Past Year. The State Also Made Progress In Reducing Extreme Poverty, Which Reached 1.4% In 2023, The Third Lowest Rate In Brazil, Behind Only Goiás And Rio Grande Do Sul.
The Dynamics Of Poverty In Santa Catarina
IBGE Considers People With A Monthly Per Capita Household Income Below R$ 209 To Be In Extreme Poverty. In 2023, Santa Catarina Registered 105.4 Thousand People In This Condition, A Reduction Of 24.6 Thousand Compared To The Previous Year.
Despite The Challenges, Santa Catarina Remains A Reference In Social Indicators In Brazil. The State Reported The Lowest Poverty Rate In Brazil, While The National Rate Stood At 27.4%, The Lowest Since The Beginning Of The Historical Series In 2012. Across The Country, 8.7 Million People Exited Poverty In The Last Year.
-
Piauí will produce a new fuel that replaces diesel without needing to change anything in the truck’s engine and reduces pollutant gas emissions by half: truck drivers from all over the Northeast are already celebrating the news that will arrive later this decade.
-
A new Brazilian shopping center worth R$ 400 million will be built in an area equivalent to more than 4 football fields, featuring 90 stores, 5 cinemas, a supermarket, a college, and parking for 1,700 cars, potentially generating 3,000 jobs.
-
Larger than entire cities in Brazil: BYD is building a 4.6 km² complex in Bahia with a capacity for 600,000 vehicles per year, but the discovery of 163 workers in conditions analogous to slavery has shaken the entire project.
-
With an investment of R$ 612 million, a capacity to process 1.2 million liters of milk per day, Piracanjuba inaugurates a mega cheese factory that increases national production, reduces dependence on imports, and repositions Brazil on the global dairy map.
The Extreme Poverty Rate In Brazil Also Fell To 4.4%, Representing 9.5 Million People In 2023. This scenario Was Driven By Factors Such As Increased Job Availability And Improvements In Social Programs, Such As The Increase Of Bolsa Família To R$ 600 And The Expansion Of Assistance Benefits.
Other Positive Results From Santa Catarina
In Addition To Leading In Poverty Reduction, Santa Catarina Maintained Its Tradition Of Good Social Indicators. The State Had The Lowest Unemployment Rate For Most Of The Historical Series Of IBGE, Which Began In 2012. In 2023, The Unemployment Rate Was 3.4%, One Of The Three Lowest In Brazil.
Another Attention-Grabbing Fact Is The Low Percentage Of Young People Aged 15 To 29 Who Are Not Studying Or Working, The So-Called Neither-Nor. In Santa Catarina, Only 12.2% Of Young People Find Themselves In This Situation, The Lowest Rate In The Country.
In The Private Sector, The State Led In Formalization, With 77.1% Of Employed Individuals Registered In 2023. The Rate Of Underutilization Of Labor Was The Lowest In Brazil, At 6.0%, Well Below The National Average Of 18%.
What Lies Ahead
Although 859.9 Thousand People Living On R$ 22 Per Day Is Still A Concerning Reality, Santa Catarina Shows That Effective Public Policies And A Favorable Economic Environment Can Make A Difference. The State Remains A Model, Leading The Fight Against Poverty And Strengthening Social Inclusion. The Challenge Now Is To Maintain The Trajectory Of Reducing Rates And Ensuring Opportunities For All.
Não sei, mas só não consegue emprego quem não quer. Muita vaga de emprego aberta, tem.