The municipality is one of the most prosperous in the state.
In a study carried out by Seplan of competitivity in municipalities in the state of Goiás Catalão was ranked third after Anápolis and Rio Verde.
 See Seplan
Catalão got a score of 0.818 on the UN Human Development Index, ranking it 3 out of 242 municipalities in the state.
 Nationally it was ranked  253 out of 5,507 municipalities. (
All data are from 2000.)

For the complete list see Frigoletto.com
The municipality is one of the most prosperous in the state. In a study carried out by Seplan of competitivity in municipalities in the state of Goiás Catalão was ranked third after Anápolis and Rio Verde.  See Seplan
Catalão got a score of 0.818 on the UN Human Development Index, ranking it 3 out of 242 municipalities in the state.  Nationally it was ranked  253 out of 5,507 municipalities. (All data are from 2000.)
For the complete list see Frigoletto.com
Catalão