This is a list of Brazilian federative units by homicide rate, according to data from the Atlas da Violência (years 1996 to 2021, prepared by the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) and the Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP) and the Mapa da Violência from 1998 (1980s to 1988 ) and 2000 (years 1989 to 1995, prepared by United Nations Educational Organization, Science and Culture (UNESCO).
List
The 2000s and 2020s
The list of decades, by default, is ordered by homicide rate in a decreasing manner according to 2021. That is, the federative units with the highest rates this year are closer to the top of the list.
Federative unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Rio Grande do Norte | 9,57 | 11,44 | 10,48 | 14,02 | 11,77 | 13,52 | 14,95 | 19,10 | 22,98 | 25,50 | 25,57 | 32,95 | 34,82 | 42,89 | 47,00 | 44,88 | 53,35 | 62,8 | 52,5 | 40,7 | 38,0 | 32,4 |
Acre | 19,56 | 21,07 | 25,73 | 24,48 | 18,56 | 18,51 | 23,01 | 19,48 | 19,56 | 22,14 | 22,49 | 21,97 | 27,41 | 30,14 | 29,36 | 27,01 | 44,45 | 62,2 | 47,1 | 33,6 | 32,9 | 21,2 |
Ceará | 17,19 | 17,01 | 18,88 | 20,15 | 20,12 | 20,98 | 21,81 | 23,19 | 23,89 | 25,33 | 31,80 | 32,73 | 44,63 | 50,95 | 52,31 | 46,75 | 40,63 | 60,2 | 54,0 | 26,2 | 45,2 | 37,0 |
Pernambuco | 56,17 | 58,81 | 54,37 | 55,34 | 50,66 | 51,46 | 52,60 | 53,04 | 50,90 | 44,98 | 39,48 | 39,15 | 37,25 | 33,92 | 36,19 | 41,16 | 47,26 | 57,2 | 44,1 | 36,3 | 38,3 | 34,8 |
Sergipe | 23,55 | 28,50 | 30,12 | 25,02 | 23,86 | 24,75 | 29,24 | 25,67 | 27,76 | 32,33 | 32,69 | 34,98 | 41,64 | 43,95 | 49,42 | 58,09 | 64,66 | 57,4 | 49,7 | 42,1 | 42,6 | 33,9 |
Alagoas | 26,55 | 29,06 | 34,32 | 35,61 | 35,11 | 39,89 | 53,10 | 59,51 | 60,33 | 59,35 | 66,88 | 71,39 | 64,63 | 65,07 | 62,78 | 52,33 | 54,18 | 53,7 | 43,4 | 34,2 | 37,3 | 31,8 |
Pará | 13,42 | 15,23 | 18,47 | 21,37 | 22,69 | 27,63 | 29,15 | 30,27 | 39,06 | 40,22 | 46,44 | 39,97 | 41,37 | 42,72 | 42,68 | 44,95 | 50,85 | 54,7 | 53,2 | 40,5 | 32,5 | 32,8 |
Bahia | 9,46 | 12,27 | 13,20 | 16,12 | 16,69 | 20,85 | 23,73 | 25,98 | 33,23 | 37,11 | 41,69 | 39,36 | 43,37 | 37,85 | 40,01 | 39,54 | 46,94 | 48,8 | 45,8 | 39,2 | 44,9 | 44,9 |
Amapá | 34,00 | 36,49 | 35,04 | 34,59 | 31,10 | 32,96 | 32,81 | 27,02 | 34,25 | 30,32 | 38,83 | 30,54 | 36,22 | 30,61 | 34,09 | 38,22 | 48,70 | 48,0 | 51,4 | 49,1 | 41,7 | 53,8 |
Roraima | 47,59 | 32,02 | 35,17 | 29,67 | 23,12 | 24,28 | 27,52 | 27,93 | 25,44 | 28,00 | 26,86 | 20,64 | 30,67 | 43,85 | 31,79 | 40,15 | 39,67 | 47,5 | 71,8 | 35,0 | 29,2 | 35,5 |
Goiás | 21,90 | 22,81 | 26,29 | 25,37 | 28,21 | 26,12 | 26,33 | 26,04 | 30,66 | 32,09 | 32,96 | 37,36 | 45,38 | 46,24 | 44,26 | 45,34 | 45,34 | 42,8 | 38,6 | 32,6 | 30,5 | 26,1 |
Amazonas | 20,90 | 16,72 | 17,32 | 18,41 | 16,97 | 18,53 | 21,11 | 21,10 | 24,84 | 26,99 | 31,06 | 36,51 | 37,43 | 31,28 | 32,01 | 37,38 | 36,28 | 41,2 | 37,8 | 27,8 | 26,5 | 39,1 |
Rio de Janeiro | 52,75 | 50,57 | 56,61 | 54,54 | 51,43 | 48,16 | 47,48 | 41,62 | 35,67 | 33,51 | 35,44 | 29,67 | 29,40 | 31,22 | 34,74 | 30,62 | 36,38 | 38,4 | 37,6 | 34,6 | 28,3 | 27,2 |
Espírito Santo | 48,14 | 46,02 | 51,35 | 50,12 | 49,08 | 47,00 | 50,86 | 53,33 | 56,38 | 56,92 | 50,98 | 47,14 | 46,59 | 42,25 | 41,42 | 36,90 | 31,96 | 37,9 | 29,3 | 26,2 | 29,7 | 28,2 |
Tocantins | 15,15 | 17,89 | 14,08 | 16,58 | 15,80 | 14,55 | 17,19 | 16,63 | 18,51 | 22,37 | 23,64 | 25,77 | 26,73 | 23,61 | 25,45 | 33,20 | 37,64 | 35,9 | 36,7 | 24,2 | 28,5 | 24,3 |
Paraíba | 14,92 | 13,95 | 17,37 | 17,51 | 19,06 | 20,72 | 22,77 | 23,67 | 27,49 | 33,50 | 38,63 | 42,57 | 39,97 | 39,62 | 39,33 | 38,32 | 33,88 | 33,3 | 31,1 | 23,4 | 28,9 | 28,6 |
Mato Grosso | 40,92 | 38,00 | 36,40 | 34,25 | 31,62 | 32,36 | 31,36 | 30,55 | 31,68 | 33,31 | 32,03 | 32,80 | 34,47 | 36,39 | 42,12 | 36,84 | 35,70 | 32,9 | 28,7 | 26,0 | 28,1 | 24,9 |
Brazil (total) | 27,35 | 27,86 | 28,53 | 29,14 | 26,94 | 26,13 | 26,61 | 26,20 | 26,72 | 27,18 | 27,80 | 27,45 | 29,41 | 28,55 | 29,82 | 28,89 | 30,33 | 31,6 | 27,8 | 22,7 | 23,6 | 22,3 |
Maranhão | 6,42 | 9,82 | 10,44 | 13,54 | 12,32 | 15,32 | 15,67 | 17,99 | 20,25 | 21,96 | 23,10 | 23,94 | 26,47 | 31,84 | 35,94 | 35,31 | 34,63 | 31,1 | 28,2 | 22,1 | 28,7 | 28,3 |
Rondônia | 35,37 | 40,70 | 42,95 | 38,88 | 38,04 | 36,17 | 37,44 | 27,17 | 32,14 | 35,77 | 34,95 | 28,55 | 33,08 | 27,95 | 33,06 | 33,93 | 39,33 | 30,7 | 27,1 | 25,9 | 23,0 | 25,0 |
Rio Grande do Sul | 16,55 | 17,98 | 18,37 | 18,15 | 18,67 | 18,64 | 18,09 | 19,85 | 21,92 | 20,54 | 19,50 | 19,35 | 22,12 | 20,80 | 24,31 | 26,17 | 28,57 | 29,3 | 23,8 | 16,8 | 17,6 | 15,9 |
Paraná | 18,85 | 21,17 | 23,13 | 25,79 | 28,22 | 29,01 | 29,82 | 29,54 | 32,53 | 34,61 | 34,33 | 32,11 | 32,98 | 26,70 | 26,89 | 26,30 | 27,40 | 24,4 | 21,5 | 19,4 | 21,6 | 20,8 |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 31,64 | 29,42 | 31,95 | 32,49 | 29,84 | 27,87 | 29,72 | 30,46 | 29,92 | 30,71 | 26,79 | 27,16 | 27,26 | 24,35 | 26,72 | 23,91 | 25,02 | 24,3 | 20,1 | 19,1 | 17,5 | 20,7 |
Minas Gerais | 12,06 | 13,05 | 16,32 | 20,85 | 22,84 | 21,95 | 21,44 | 20,92 | 19,59 | 18,68 | 18,60 | 21,60 | 22,98 | 22,91 | 22,78 | 21,72 | 22,01 | 20,4 | 16,0 | 13,4 | 12,6 | 11,4 |
Distrito Federal | 34,07 | 33,04 | 29,87 | 33,88 | 31,16 | 28,16 | 27,69 | 29,21 | 31,75 | 33,83 | 30,58 | 34,56 | 36,02 | 30,00 | 29,55 | 25,46 | 25,53 | 20,1 | 17,8 | 15,0 | 14,2 | 11,2 |
Piauí | 8,35 | 9,12 | 10,63 | 10,19 | 11,09 | 12,24 | 13,77 | 12,49 | 11,57 | 12,24 | 13,18 | 14,01 | 16,61 | 18,78 | 22,45 | 20,29 | 21,82 | 19,4 | 19,0 | 17,8 | 21,5 | 23,8 |
Santa Catarina | 8,38 | 8,75 | 10,58 | 11,95 | 11,22 | 10,79 | 11,18 | 10,45 | 13,25 | 13,40 | 13,17 | 12,84 | 12,86 | 11,89 | 13,45 | 14,03 | 14,24 | 15,2 | 11,9 | 11,4 | 11,2 | 10,1 |
São Paulo | 42,89 | 41,92 | 38,05 | 36,29 | 28,89 | 21,93 | 20,40 | 15,45 | 15,44 | 15,84 | 14,64 | 14,05 | 15,67 | 13,82 | 14,05 | 12,22 | 10,88 | 10,3 | 8,2 | 8,9 | 9,0 | 7,9 |
Decades of 1980 and 1990
Federative unit | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Acre | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 33 | 23 | 23,9 | 15,7 | 25,3 | 24,8 | 25,9 | 19,4 | 22,0 | 21,51 | 19,99 | 21,40 | 9,66 |
Alagoas | 15 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 33,5 | 29,2 | 27,0 | 23,4 | 24,3 | 23,9 | 28,1 | 28,14 | 24,11 | 21,65 | 20,42 |
Amapá | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14,2 | 16,6 | 18,1 | 24,0 | 20,12 | 35,9 | 35,0 | 41,37 | 34,83 | 38,02 | 43,66 |
Amazonas | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16,5 | 18,1 | 19,2 | 16,3 | 15,8 | 17,0 | 18,4 | 18,83 | 19,02 | 21,18 | 20,42 |
Bahia | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9,4 | 7,5 | 5,0 | 6,9 | 12,4 | 14,3 | 12,4 | 15,01 | 15,59 | 9,89 | 7,03 |
Ceará | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9,8 | 8,8 | 9,7 | 8,5 | 10,8 | 9,5 | 12,6 | 13,00 | 14,83 | 13,49 | 15,53 |
Distrito Federal | 45 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 23,7 | 31,1 | 33,5 | 28,4 | 35,9 | 35,4 | 38,9 | 33,76 | 32,66 | 32,91 | 33,45 |
Espírito Santo | 29 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 34,0 | 35,3 | 37,7 | 32,1 | 41,3 | 43,3 | 42,2 | 42,49 | 49,63 | 57,85 | 51,87 |
Goiás | 34 | 43 | 46 | 39 | 40 | 44 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 20,6 | 17,0 | 20,4 | 19,3 | 16,6 | 17,2 | 16,7 | 17,32 | 16,04 | 14,84 | 17,59 |
Maranhão | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8,4 | 9,1 | 9,3 | 8,4 | 7,8 | 6,1 | 7,4 | 6,95 | 6,29 | 5,19 | 4,84 |
Mato Grosso | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25,5 | 21,3 | 22,5 | 17,4 | 17,1 | 15,0 | 27,5 | 9,52 | 33,48 | 35,68 | 34,60 |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 42 | 47 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 21,6 | 20,3 | 22,1 | 23,6 | 25,1 | 27,6 | 33,1 | 37,45 | 37,11 | 33,57 | 28,18 |
Minas Gerais | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 7,8 | 7,4 | 7,7 | 6,9 | 7,5 | 6,7 | 7,2 | 7,56 | 7,97 | 8,84 | 9,23 |
Pará | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14,5 | 15,6 | 16,5 | 15,1 | 12,1 | 13,5 | 12,9 | 12,70 | 13,34 | 13,42 | 10,91 |
Paraíba | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14,4 | 13,7 | 12,5 | 10,6 | 11,2 | 12,1 | 13,9 | 19,24 | 14,77 | 13,57 | 11,94 |
Paraná | 26 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 13,3 | 14,0 | 14,5 | 12,8 | 14,3 | 14,4 | 15,7 | 15,32 | 17,29 | 17,55 | 18,20 |
Pernambuco | 33 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 47 | 36,4 | 38,9 | 38,8 | 35,2 | 37,6 | 34,7 | 36,1 | 40,84 | 49,73 | 58,79 | 55,63 |
Piauí | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5,9 | 4,5 | 4,4 | 3,7 | 4,6 | 3,9 | 4,6 | 4,38 | 5,27 | 5,16 | 4,86 |
Rio de Janeiro | 59 | 48 | 52 | 48 | 60 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 82 | 34,0 | 55,9 | 39,6 | 35,0 | 41,2 | 48,9 | 62,2 | 59,93 | 58,68 | 55,35 | 52,59 |
Rio Grande do Norte | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10,0 | 8,6 | 9,2 | 8,1 | 9,9 | 8,4 | 9,9 | 9,42 | 9,06 | 8,46 | 8,44 |
Rio Grande do Sul | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 17,5 | 18,7 | 18,5 | 17,0 | 12,6 | 14,2 | 15,0 | 15,38 | 16,88 | 15,45 | 15,37 |
Rondônia | 38 | 34 | 32 | 43 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 60 | 49,6 | 51,9 | 44,2 | 35,0 | 42,6 | 33,6 | 27,2 | 24,49 | 28,28 | 38,71 | 33,31 |
Roraima | 14 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 58,3 | 62,1 | 36,9 | 43,6 | 31,8 | 33,6 | 36,9 | 43,30 | 35,36 | 51,40 | 57,69 |
Santa Catarina | 18 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 8,0 | 8,4 | 7,8 | 7,6 | 7,7 | 7,1 | 8,4 | 8,45 | 8,53 | 8,23 | 7,55 |
São Paulo | 22 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 30,2 | 30,7 | 27,1 | 24,4 | 26,3 | 30,3 | 34,6 | 36,11 | 36,08 | 39,64 | 44,01 |
Sergipe | 7 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 9,2 | 10,1 | 21,7 | 30,7 | 20,4 | 22,1 | 16,2 | 14,65 | 11,47 | 10,39 | 19,21 |
Tocantins | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7,2 | 5,9 | 10,2 | 7,1 | 9,6 | 10,8 | 7,4 | 12,02 | 10,36 | 11,64 | 12,07 |
Brazil (total) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 20,2 | 22,2 | 20,9 | 19,1 | 20,3 | 21,4 | 24,0 | 24,78 | 25,39 | 25,94 | 26,20 |
See also
- Crime in Brazil
- List of cities by murder rate
- Homicide in world cities
- List of countries by firearm-related death rate
- List of Brazilian states
References
- "Atlas of Violence v.2.2.33". Ipea. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- "Atlas da Violência 2019" (PDF). Ipea. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- "Anuário Brasileiro de Segurança Pública". Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- Map of Violence (PDF). Rio de Janeiro: Garamond. 1998. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- Map of Violence II (PDF). Brasília. 2000.
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