Intentional homicides in Brazil
Brazil recorded 19.3 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 1994.
Brazil, 2023
19.3
Change from 2022
−0.8per 100,000 people
World, 2023
5.2 per 100,000 people
Median of G20 countries, 2023
1.7 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in Brazil over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Brazil | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.3 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | 20.1 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | 20.5 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | 21.8 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | 21.2 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 27.2 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 31.2 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 30.1 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 28.9 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 29.9 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 28.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 28.6 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 26.7 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 27.0 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 26.8 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 26.3 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 25.3 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 26.3 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 25.8 per 100,000 people | 6.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 26.5 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 28.3 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 27.8 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 27.2 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 26.1 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 1999 | 25.0 per 100,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.8 from 20.1 per 100,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 28.6 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −9.4.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 5.2 per 100,000 people.