Brazil: number of civilians killed by the police 2015-2021

Published by Teresa Romero, Jun 13, 2022
The number of civilians killed by the police in Brazil decreased approximately by 4.5 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year. In 2021, 6,133 people were killed in the South American country. That year, Rio de Janeiro was the Brazilian state with the highest number of killings reported.

Number of people killed by police officers in Brazil in 2015 to 2021

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Release date

May 2022

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2015 and 2021

Supplementary notes

Various sources refers to the Public Safety offices (Secretarias de Segurança Pública) of each state, which provided the data.
Figures do not include the state of Goiás, which does not disclose the numbers.

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