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RS in numbers


General data

281,707.149 km2 of area (2021, IBGE)

11,466,630 inhabitants (2021, IBGE)

39.79 is the demographic density (2021, IBGE)

70% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of South America is within a radius of 1,500 km from Porto Alegre

shoe factory Economy

▪ 4th Largest Economy in Brazil (GDP: R$457 billion – 2018), representing 6.5% of the Brazilian GDP.
▪ 5th Largest GDP per Capita among Brazilian states (R$ 40,362.75 – 2018).

The State of Rio Grande do Sul is an industrial park of several sectors, among them:

  • tobacco
  • leather and footwear
  • automation
  • biodiesel
  • agricultural and road machinery
  • viticulture
  • trailers and bodies
  • mechanical metal
  • machines and equipment
  • furniture
  • rubber products and plastic material
  • foods
  • wood and pulp products
  • Chemicals
  • auto-vehicles
  • vessels, aircraft, military vehicles and other transport equipment

7th largest exporting state in Brazil

14.5 billion dollars exported in 2020

90% of Brazilian coal reserves

70% of Brazilian rice production

92% of wool production in the country

 Waterway in Porto Alegre Infrastructure

▪ 3,259 km of railway lines and lanes;
▪ 5th LARGEST International Airport in Brazil;
▪ Private Investment of US$ 600 Million for 25 Years in the Salgado Filho International Airport Concession (German company Fraport);
▪ 15 Regional Airports;

▪River transport: 1,500 km of waterways, of which 930 km are already in use

▪ Port of Rio Grande with the LARGEST DRAFT in the Southern Cone (40 feet)

▪ 3rd Brazilian Port in Exports and 4th in General Cargo Handling

ROAD WORKS PLAN - Investments of up to R$ 1.3 billion by 2022
▪ Accesses to Municipalities: investment of R$328.2 million
▪ Regional Connections: investment of R$522.9 million
▪ Highway Recovery: investment of R$ 294.4 million

PAVING - Investments of R$ 170 million in paving, earthmoving, etc.

ROAD CONCESSION - Investments of R$ 11.3 billion over the next 30 years
▪ 1,131 km of highways to be granted soon

Engineering education and science

▪ Public and private universities among the top 5 in Brazil (UFRGS, PUC and UNISINOS).
▪ Large network of technical schools and colleges throughout the state.
▪ 30.2% of the population between 18 and 24 years old has Higher Education, above the national average (2018).

▪ RS has 27 regional INNOVATION POLES.

▪ RS has 16 TECHNOLOGY PARKS (2 of them are the best in Brazil (Tecnosinos and TecnoPUC), with large companies installed in the parks (for example: HP, Dell, Microsoft, Hana Micron and
SAP).

Energy Generation

▪ Installed power: 7,226 MW - In 2021, 80.6% of the energy generated was based on renewable sources
▪ 49.1% WATER
▪ 19.5% WIND
▪ 8.2% PHOTOVOLTAIC

DETAILED ENERGY POTENTIAL MAPS:
▪ PHOTOVOLTAIC ATLAS OF RS
▪ RS WIND ATLAS
▪ ATLAS OF BIOMASSES OF RS

Museum of Art of Rio Grande do Sul (Margs) Culture and quality of life

11 cities among the 100 with the highest human development in the country

387 museums

2 thousand libraries