Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil 2019

The number of homicides with firearms has been increasing in Brazil throughout the years up until 2017. In that year, approximately 47.51 thousand murders were committed with guns in the South American country, up from around 44.48 thousand homicides recorded a year earlier. However, by 2019 it had decreased to 30.83 thousand.

Moreover, the number of handguns imported in Brazil has been escalating lately.

Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2019 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of homicides in thousands
2019	30.83
2018	41.18
2017	47.51
2016	44.48
2015	41.82
2014	42.76
2013	40.37
2012	40.08
2011	36.74
2010	36.79
2009	36.62
2008	35.68
2007	34.15
2006	34.92

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Release date

August 2021

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2006 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Data prior to 20018 come from previous reporting.
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). Nevertheless, the ratio of violent deaths with firearms that had no clear cause and homicides with firearms was low (6.5 percent).

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