Editing Fortaleza (section)

==Economy==
{{See also|Economy of Brazil}}

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Fortaleza has the largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Northeast Region, surpassing [[Recife]] and [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/contas-nacionais/9088-produto-interno-bruto-dos-municipios.html?edicao=38672 |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios Edição 2021 |publisher=IBGE |access-date=26 Feb 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226140856/https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/contas-nacionais/9088-produto-interno-bruto-dos-municipios.html?edicao=38672 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, the GDP of Fortaleza reached the value of 73.4 billion Reais, the eleventh highest of the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Pib_Municipios/2021/xlsx/tabelas_completas.xlsx |title=Posição ocupada pelos 100 maiores municípios, em relação ao Produto Interno Bruto |date=2021 |publisher=IBGE |access-date=26 Feb 2024}}</ref> In the same year, the value of taxes on products net of subsidies at current prices was R$12,811,311,235 and the municipality's GDP per capita was R$27.164,45.<ref name="Valores_PIB">{{cite web |url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/contas-nacionais/9088-produto-interno-bruto-dos-municipios.html?t=pib-por-municipio&c=2304400 |title=Fortaleza |publisher=IBGE |access-date=26 Feb 2024 |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203175855/https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/contas-nacionais/9088-produto-interno-bruto-dos-municipios.html?t=pib-por-municipio&c=2304400 |url-status=live }}{{Verify source|date=December 2018}}</ref> The city's booming economy is reflected in purchasing power, the country's eighth largest, with estimated consumption potential at 42 billion reais in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ipcbr.com/downpress/Ranking_IPC_2014_500_Maiores.pdf |publisher=IPC Marketing |title=IPC Maps 2014 |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025751/http://www.ipcbr.com/downpress/Ranking_IPC_2014_500_Maiores.pdf |archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The main economic source of the municipality is centered in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with its diversified segments of commerce and service rendering. Next, the secondary sector stands out, with the industrial complexes.<ref name="Valores_PIB"/> In 2021, the city had 848,283 people in employment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ce/fortaleza/panorama |title=Trabalho e Rendimento |date=2021 |publisher=IBGE |access-date=26 February 2024 |language=pt |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929011706/https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ce/fortaleza/panorama |url-status=live }}</ref>