Number of homicides in Brazil by ethnicity 2019

The number of black and brown people murdered in Brazil had been increasing throughout the years up until 2017 (although recent fall in homicides could be caused by worsening data quality, as noted in supplementary notes). In 2019, around 34.5 thousand black and brown persons were killed in the South American country, down from 44 thousand recorded one year before.

Furthermore, most of the homicides in Brazil during 2019 took place in the Northeast region of the country.

Number of homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2019, by ethnicity (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Black/brown*	Non-black/brown**
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

August 2021

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2006 to 2019

Special properties

Excluding homicides in which ethnicity or skin color was not informed

Supplementary notes

* This category includes people with various shades of brown and black skin. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), brown-skinned people ("pardos") are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry.
** Including people with white and yellow skin, as well as indigenous people.
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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