Brazil: perceptions on the police as a personal threat 2020, by ethnicity

Published by Marina Pasquali, Nov 2, 2020

As of June 2020, more than half of black people in Brazil perceived the police as a personal threat to people like them, according to a survey conducted in the country. In contrast, less than 20 percent of white respondents in the South American country had the same perception.

Share of people who believe the police poses a personal threat in Brazil as of June 2020, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Share of respondents
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Release date

July 2020

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

June 29 and 30, 2020

Number of respondents

1826 respondents in 74 cities

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* This category includes people with various shades of brown skin. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), brown-skinned people ('pardos') are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry.
The original question posed was "thinking of the Brazilian police, with which of these sentences you agree the most - 'The police is dangerous for people like me'". The wording used in this stat may slightly differ from the original.