This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news about Brazil. A selection of numbers that help explain what is going on in Brazil. This week: bank heists, Brazilian artists dominating YouTube, Black Friday purchases, and vulnerable families.
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27 percent of households reliant on benefits
Brazil’s Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) showed on Friday that 27 percent of households received no income from work activities in October — and nearly 5 percent of them (3.25 million families) relied solely on the coronavirus emergency salary. Almost 1 million fewer families received the aid in October when compared to September — the first substantial drop in recipients since June. On average, each Brazilian household received a combined amount of BRL 688 in October, against BRL...
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