Agriculture drives GDP growth in the third quarter with an increase of 10.1% compared to 2024

Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered stability of 0.1% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter, according to data released by the IBGE this Thursday. Despite the moderate performance of the overall economy, the agricultural sector once again stood out as the main highlight, sustaining the country's growth. From a production perspective, the Agricultural sector showed an increase of 0.4% compared to the previous quarter, a pace higher than that of Services (0.1%) and only behind Industry (0.8%). Compared to the same period in 2024, the agricultural sector's advance was even more significant: a growth of 10.1%, driven by productivity gains and the expansion of the main crops of the quarter. The Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA) pointed to significant increases in: The only relevant decline was in sugarcane (-1.0%), whose harvest also has a weight in the quarterly analysis. In the external sector, exports of goods and services grew by ...