摘要:This paper aims to analyze the progression of social indicators in Paraná from the 1990s, using the social indicators of Education, Employment and Income, Health and Sanitation as database, which were provided by the Economic and Social Development Institute of Paraná (Instituto Paranaense de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – IPARDES). To reflect on that, we will briefly present the Brazilian economic development, having the State project based on the so called new developmentalism . Similarly, we will also address the possibility of using public and free social indicators, so that they can help during the analysis and questioning of the social issues which concern Social Sciences, using the data that will be presented as an example.