Civilians killed by security agents in São Paulo 2023, by race

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 13, 2025

Approximately 34 percent of civilians killed by police in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2023 were of white ethnicity, while the proportion of black people among the total number of deaths during police interventions was more than double. In the state of São Paulo, the black population made up 41 percent of the total, revealing a huge discrepancy between the share of black population and the share of black victims of police intervention.

Share of people killed due to police interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2023, by ethnicity

CharacteristicShare of people
White 33.7%
Black* 66.3%
East Asian ancestry 0%
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• White 33.7%
• Black* 66.3%
• East Asian ancestry 0%

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Release date

November 2024

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

*This category includes people of black and Pardo Brazilian ethnicity. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), pardos are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry.


The share excludes all cases that were not informed.

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