Number of homicides in Brazil by ethnicity 2021

The number of black and Pardo Brazilian people murdered in Brazil had been increasing throughout the years up until 2017. In 2021, around 37,000 black and Pardo citizens were killed in the South American country, down from over 38,000 recorded one year before.

Number of homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2021, by ethnicity (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Black/Pardo	Non-black/Pardo
2021	36.92	10.11
2020	38.27	10.65
2019	34.47	10.22
2018	43.89	12.73
2017	49.52	14.73
2016	45.38	14.85
2015	41.59	14.4
2014	41.94	15.12
2013	39.17	14.52
2012	38.76	14.82
2011	35.62	14.28
2010	35.48	14.46
2009	33.93	15.25
2008	32.7	15.05
2007	30.52	14.67
2006	30.27	16.17

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2006 to 2021

Special properties

Excluding homicides in which ethnicity or skin color was not informed

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.
The source notes that the notable descend of homicides registered in 2019 may be due to a deterioration in data quality, as reflected by the disproportionate increase in the number of violent deaths by undetermined manner (which grew by 69,9 percent between 2017 and 2019). Therefore, the source estimates that there could be around 5.338 more homicides than officially recorded in 2019.

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