A study on the geographical distribution of Brazil’s prestigious software developers

Journal of Internet Services and Applications

Table 1 Socio-economic data on all Brazilian states

State	Developers	HDI	GDP (in 1000)	Urban %	Pop. density	Higher edu. inst.	Internet speed (in Gbps)
SP	1424	0.783	1,349,465	95.9	166.2	446	10
RJ	526	0.761	462,376	96.7	365.2	110	10
RS	337	0.746	263,633	85.1	38.0	81	2.5
MG	295	0.731	386,156	85.3	33.4	243	10
SC	271	0.774	169,050	84.0	65.3	74	2.5
PR	256	0.749	239,366	85.3	52.4	153	2.5
DF	133	0.824	164,482	96.6	444.8	57	10
PE	131	0.673	104,394	80.2	89.6	73	2.5
CE	119	0.682	87,982	75.1	56.8	38	2.5
BA	89	0.660	159,869	72.1	24.8	93	2.5
PB	74	0.658	35,444	75.4	66.7	22	0.034
RN	59	0.684	36,103	77.8	60.0	17	0.034
GO	54	0.735	111,269	90.3	17.7	53	0.034
ES	34	0.740	97,693	83.4	76.3	69	0.034
AM	32	0.674	64,555	79.1	2.2	18	<0.034
AL	30	0.631	28,540	73.6	112.3	19	0.034
MS	25	0.729	49,242	85.6	6.9	33	0.034
PA	22	0.646	88,371	68.5	6.1	26	0.034
TO	20	0.699	18,059	78.8	5.0	16	<0.034
MA	17	0.639	52,187	63.1	19.8	19	0.034
SE	16	0.665	26,199	73.5	94.4	11	0.034
PI	16	0.646	24,607	65.8	12.4	27	0.034
MT	15	0.725	71,418	81.8	3.4	47	0.034
RO	14	0.690	27,839	73.6	6.6	21	<0.034
RR	4	0.707	6,951	76.6	2.0	8	<0.034
AC	2	0.663	8,794	72.6	4.5	7	<0.034
AP	1	0.708	8,968	89.8	4.7	11	<0.034