Share of Brazilians self-isolating by state 2021

On April 7, 2020, among all 27 federal units of Brazil, the Federal District — where the country's capital, Brasília, is located — had the highest social isolation index at 56.5 percent. That means 56.5 percent of people geolocated through their mobile devices in the Federal District were self-isolating during the outbreak of COVID-19 in Brazil. By March 2021, this share had dropped in all Brazilian states. At that point in time, Amapá led the ranking, with more than 47 percent of people still self-isolating.
An estimated 68 percent of the Brazilian population uses mobile internet.

Social isolation index during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Brazil from April 2020 to March 2021, by state

Characteristic	Apr '20	Oct '20	Mar '21
Amapá	50.9%	36.3%	47.3%
Pará	48.6%	35.6%	44.3%
Acre	45.1%	37.4%	44.2%
Ceará	52.9%	38.2%	43.4%
Pernambuco	53%	40.6%	41.7%
Maranhão	50.7%	39.1%	41%
Piauí	51.4%	38.7%	40.4%
Rio Grande do Norte	50.7%	36%	40%
Amazonas	49.9%	37.8%	39%
Bahia	47.4%	38.4%	38.7%
Paraíba	50.6%	36.7%	38.5%
Minas Gerais	47.9%	34.3%	38.4%
Paraná	46.5%	33.1%	38.2%
Mato Grosso do Sul	41.8%	34.2%	38.1%
Espírito Santo	47.4%	33.8%	37.4%
Roraima	43.1%	34.5%	37.3%
Alagoas	47.5%	35.9%	37.1%
São Paulo	49.6%	35%	37.1%
Federal District	56.5%	37.4%	36.5%
Rio de Janeiro	51.6%	40.6%	36.4%
Rio Grande do Sul	49.1%	34.7%	36.2%
Sergipe	49.6%	34.7%	35.7%
Goiás	56.3%	33.3%	34.9%
Santa Catarina	47.3%	33.3%	33.1%
Rondônia	42.5%	37.5%	33%
Tocantins	40.8%	31.4%	31.6%
Mato Grosso	43.3%	35.3%	29.3%

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Release date

March 2021

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Brazil

Survey time period

April 7, 2020, October 19, 2020 and March 22, 2021

Supplementary notes

According to the source, which uses geolocation data, the social isolation index "shows the percentage, by state, of the population that is respecting the isolation advice".
The source adds the figures do not represent the Brazilian population in its entirety.

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