Observed arrival · 2026-10-31
Custo Brasil — What Things Cost, Government by Government
A Portuguese-language data explainer compares prices, wages, taxes and economic indicators across Brazilian governments, with inflation-adjusted figures and some costs expressed in hours of work.
- For
- Brazilian readers comparing prices and governments
- Worth noticing
- It labels the 2019 World Bank bureaucracy figure as the last available after that survey ended.
Field notes
The homepage organizes its explanation into four steps: production frictions, low investment and aging equipment, low productivity, then household costs. It compares Brazil with other countries and names sources including DIEESE, ANP, IBGE, Banco Central and the World Bank. Individual figures carry dates, and the page flags when a series ended or an annual series is unavailable. It also displays a 102-hour-and-11-minute basket figure for minimum-wage earners, dated September 2026.
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