Entry · Data sources
IBGE: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics Foundation
Who produces the country's statistical and geographical information?
Acronyms: PNAD, National Household Sample Survey, from the IBGE.
In one sentence
Foundation whose basic objective, according to the law, is to ensure statistical, geographical, cartographic and demographic information and studies needed to understand the physical, economic and social reality of the country.
Real example
6.9%Nature of the data: Estimated
Jul 2017 to Jul 2018 · Brazil, families with total income up to R$ 1,908 (values of Jan 15, 2018)
Source: IBGE, POF 2017-2018, microdados. Reference up to Jul 2018. Captured on Sep 30, 2026.
A figure calculated with IBGE microdata: the weight of energy in the budget of the lowest-income families, in the Household Budget Survey of 2017 to 2018.
Estimated: Value obtained by a statistical procedure, with uncertainty.
Why it matters
Not to be confused with
ANEEL (Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency)
The IBGE produces statistical, geographical, cartographic and demographic information about the country; the one that regulates and oversees electricity is ANEEL. An IBGE figure, such as that of the POF or the Continuous PNAD, describes families and households, not the power sector.
What cannot be concluded
- The law is from 1973. The consolidated text from Planalto read on Oct 9, 2026 has no amendment notes in arts. 1 to 3, but the current IBGE bylaws and the norms on its link to the federal administration were not read.
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Official source
Presidency of the RepublicLaw No. 5.878 of May 11, 1973, arts. 1 to 3 (consolidated text published by Planalto, read on Oct 9, 2026)
In other words: the law treats the IBGE as a foundation whose basic objective is to ensure statistical, geographical, cartographic and demographic information and studies on the physical, economic and social reality of the country, and which works mainly in primary statistics, continuous and census-based, and in derived statistics.
Literal excerpt from the document
Portuguese only“Art. 1º A Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística [...] Art. 2º Constitui objetivo básico do IBGE assegurar informações e estudos de natureza estatística, geográfica, cartográfica e demográfica necessários ao conhecimento da realidade física, econômica e social do País, visando especificamente ao planejamento econômico e social e à segurança nacional. [...] Art. 3º Para consecução do objetivo básico enunciado, no artigo 2º, o IBGE atuará principalmente nas seguintes áreas de competência: I - estatísticas primárias (contínuas e censitárias); II - estatísticas derivadas (indicadores econômico e sociais, sistemas de contabilidade social e outros sistemas de estatísticas derivadas);”
Documents accessed and text checked on Oct 9, 2026.
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What the check found in the source
- Art. 1 of the law cites the supervision of a minister of the time; the entry does not use that part. The IBGE website was not consulted.
- The versioned capture of each document, with the sha256 of the original and of the text, is in the manifest of the Learn documents folder of Oct 9, 2026.