# Brazil Retail Sales

Brazil Retail Sales was up 0.4% year on year in August 2026, compared with 1.3% in July 2026.
The level stood at 107.6 (index 2022=100).
Among the 43 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 9th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.1% (Apr 2020) to 23.7% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: IBGE SIDRA (Sistema IBGE de Recuperacao Automatica), Brazil
- Makrognosis code: `BR.RETSALES.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index 2022=100
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-08-01 (320 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/brazil/retail-sales

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| August 2026 | 107.6 | 0.4 |
| July 2026 | 108.3 | 1.3 |
| June 2026 | 105.0 | 2.8 |
| May 2026 | 109.3 | 0.7 |
| April 2026 | 105.5 | 1.2 |
| March 2026 | 108.5 | 3.9 |
| February 2026 | 97.67 | 0.3 |
| January 2026 | 105.5 | 2.7 |
| December 2025 | 129.6 | 2.4 |
| November 2025 | 116.0 | 1.5 |
| October 2025 | 108.7 | 1.0 |
| September 2025 | 102.7 | 0.9 |
| August 2025 | 107.2 | 0.3 |
| July 2025 | 106.9 | 1.3 |
| June 2025 | 102.1 | 0.5 |
| May 2025 | 108.5 | 1.8 |
| April 2025 | 104.2 | 5.4 |
| March 2025 | 104.5 | −0.7 |
| February 2025 | 97.39 | 1.6 |
| January 2025 | 102.7 | 3.2 |
| December 2024 | 126.6 | 1.4 |
| November 2024 | 114.4 | 4.5 |
| October 2024 | 107.6 | 6.0 |
| September 2024 | 101.8 | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BR.RETSALES.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BR.RETSALES.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```