Homicide rate in Brazil by ethnicity 2019

The homicide rate registered in Brazil impacts ethnicities very differently. Whereas the number of homicides per 100,000 black or brown people increased by 33 percent between 2006 and 2017, the homicide rate of non-black or brown individuals dropped by nearly 19 percent in the same period. In 2019, the homicide rate for both ethnicity groups decreased when compared to the previous year.

Homicide rate in Brazil from 2006 to 2019, by ethnicity (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)

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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

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.

* 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.

Figures prior to 2009 were retrieved from earlier releases.

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