RIO DE JANEIRO in numbers
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The Rio carnival involves 425 samba bands performing over four weekends at 350 different sites.
The Cristo Redentor statue weighs 635 tonnes and is the largest Art Deco statue in the world.
The first concessions to develop huge offshore oil reserves will be auctioned in 2013.
There is also 01 the recognition that ideas and intellectual property rights encourage innovation.
Levels of violent crime in Rio de Janeiro state have fallen significantly. Statistics issued by the Instituto de Segurance Publica show that cases of lethal violence are down by 13.2 per cent while death in confrontation with police is down by 27.4 per cent.
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199k manufactured imports. Then in 1995, Brazil joined the World Trade Organisation and accepted international intellectual property rules. Today, Brazil’s laws on patents, trademarks and copyright are in line with other nations. Education is also high on Rio’s agenda. True, currently, the nation’s education doesn’t achieve great results and 15-year-old’s literacy, numeracy and scientific knowledge and skills are nothing to write home about. However, this year, Brazil’s lower House of Congress approved a National Education Plan which plans to up public education spending to 10 per cent of GDP by 2020. This compares very well with other forward-looking countries – Denmark for instance, currently spends 8.7 per cent of its GDP on education while other northern European countries spend more than seven per cent. Moreover, Brazil also has one of the world’s best systems for monitoring education results and that, together with an increasing awareness about the importance of education, promises good results.
In 1950, the Maracanã stadium hosted a record 199,854 spectators for the FIFA World Cup final. It has now been designed to seat 78,838 spectators.
4 Rio is currently the fourth richest city in Latin America and has the 30th largest metropolitan area GDP in the world, ahead of Rome, Beijing and Barcelona.
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