Alegre remained in the lead, with a GDP of 104.74 billion reais, while Gravataí was the main protagonist, advancing two positions in the ranking.
The state government, through the Department of Economics and Statistics (DEE), linked to the Secretariat of Planning, Governance and Management (SPGG), in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), published on Friday (12/19) the gross domestic product (GDP) indices of the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul in 2023.
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The Regional Accounting System (RCS) data includes GDP and GDP per capita values based on the integration of national and regional economic bases. The study highlights that the GDP of Rio Grande do Sul’s cities remained concentrated in 2023, with the ten largest municipalities accounting for 40.77% of the state’s economy. Porto Alegre remained in the lead, with a GDP of 104.74 billion reais, while Gravataí was the highlight by moving up two positions in the ranking.
Capital leadership and movements in the ranking
In 2023, Porto Alegre maintained the first position among the largest economies in the state, with a share of 16.11% in the state’s GDP, recording the highest share growth during the period 2022-2023 (+0.91 percentage points). Caxias do Sul remained in second place, with a GDP of 37.86 billion reais, followed by Canoas, which maintained third place, despite recording the greatest loss of participation in the state’s GDP (-0.37 pp).
The main movement in the ranking was observed in Gravataí, which moved from sixth to fourth position in 2023, reaching a GDP of R$15.54 billion and the second largest growth in state share (+0.20 pp). Santa Cruz do Sul also progressed, moving from eighth to seventh position, with a GDP of 13.40 billion reais.
State Background
The concentration of economic activity in the largest municipalities showed a slight increase between the two years analyzed, from 40.09% in 2022 to 40.77% in 2023. There was no change in all of the ten municipalities with the highest GDP, only changes in position within the ranking.
Besides Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul and Canoas, the group with the highest GDPs in 2023 included Gravataí, Rio Grande, Passo Fundo, Santa Cruz do Sul, Pelotas, Novo Hamburgo and São Leopoldo.
National ranking
Three municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul were among Brazil’s 100 largest GDPs in 2022 and 2023: Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul and Canoas. The capital has retained 9th place in the national ranking these two years. Caxias do Sul moved up one place, from 38th to 37th, while Canoas moved from 44th to 47th.
GDP per capita
In 2023, the highest GDP per capita values were recorded in Many Capões, which topped the state ranking with R$330,081, thanks to high agricultural productivity, especially in soy and corn crops, and in Triunfo, with R$275,341, influenced by the concentration of activities in the petrochemical complex. Also in 2023, the municipalities of Camargo, Imigrante, Aratiba, Não-Me-Toque, Candiota, Pinhal Grande, Coxilha and Capão Bonito do Sul completed the group of ten largest products per capita.
The lowest levels of GDP per capita were concentrated in municipalities with lower levels of economic productivity: Barra do Guarita occupied the last position in 2023, with R$19,953, followed by Dezesseis de Novembro (R$20,507) and Redentora (R$21,319). The set of ten lowest values also included Caraá, Alvorada, Balneário Pinhal, Cerrito, Porto Xavier, Cidreira and Benjamin Constant do Sul.
Text: Marcelo Bergter/Ascom SPGG
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