List of Brazilian federative units by homicide rate

This is a list of Brazilian federative units by homicide rate, according to data from the Atlas da Violência (years 1996 to 2021,[1][2] prepared by the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) and the Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP)[3] and the Mapa da Violência from 1998 (1980s to 1988 [4]) and 2000 (years 1989 to 1995,[5] prepared by United Nations Educational Organization, Science and Culture (UNESCO).


Homicide rate in Brazil


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.

Homicide rate per 100 thousand inhabitants
Federative unit2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
 Rio Grande do Norte9,5711,4410,4814,0211,7713,5214,9519,1022,9825,5025,5732,9534,8242,8947,0044,8853,3562,852,540,738,032,4
 Acre19,5621,0725,7324,4818,5618,5123,0119,4819,5622,1422,4921,9727,4130,1429,3627,0144,4562,247,133,632,921,2
 Ceará17,1917,0118,8820,1520,1220,9821,8123,1923,8925,3331,8032,7344,6350,9552,3146,7540,6360,254,026,245,237,0
 Pernambuco56,1758,8154,3755,3450,6651,4652,6053,0450,9044,9839,4839,1537,2533,9236,1941,1647,2657,244,136,338,334,8
 Sergipe23,5528,5030,1225,0223,8624,7529,2425,6727,7632,3332,6934,9841,6443,9549,4258,0964,6657,449,742,142,633,9
 Alagoas26,5529,0634,3235,6135,1139,8953,1059,5160,3359,3566,8871,3964,6365,0762,7852,3354,1853,743,434,237,331,8
 Pará13,4215,2318,4721,3722,6927,6329,1530,2739,0640,2246,4439,9741,3742,7242,6844,9550,8554,753,240,532,532,8
 Bahia9,4612,2713,2016,1216,6920,8523,7325,9833,2337,1141,6939,3643,3737,8540,0139,5446,9448,845,839,244,944,9
 Amapá34,0036,4935,0434,5931,1032,9632,8127,0234,2530,3238,8330,5436,2230,6134,0938,2248,7048,051,449,141,753,8
 Roraima47,5932,0235,1729,6723,1224,2827,5227,9325,4428,0026,8620,6430,6743,8531,7940,1539,6747,571,835,029,235,5
 Goiás21,9022,8126,2925,3728,2126,1226,3326,0430,6632,0932,9637,3645,3846,2444,2645,3445,3442,838,632,630,526,1
 Amazonas20,9016,7217,3218,4116,9718,5321,1121,1024,8426,9931,0636,5137,4331,2832,0137,3836,2841,237,827,826,539,1
 Rio de Janeiro52,7550,5756,6154,5451,4348,1647,4841,6235,6733,5135,4429,6729,4031,2234,7430,6236,3838,437,634,628,327,2
 Espírito Santo48,1446,0251,3550,1249,0847,0050,8653,3356,3856,9250,9847,1446,5942,2541,4236,9031,9637,929,326,229,728,2
 Tocantins15,1517,8914,0816,5815,8014,5517,1916,6318,5122,3723,6425,7726,7323,6125,4533,2037,6435,936,724,228,524,3
 Paraíba14,9213,9517,3717,5119,0620,7222,7723,6727,4933,5038,6342,5739,9739,6239,3338,3233,8833,331,123,428,928,6
 Mato Grosso40,9238,0036,4034,2531,6232,3631,3630,5531,6833,3132,0332,8034,4736,3942,1236,8435,7032,928,726,028,124,9
 Brazil (total)27,3527,8628,5329,1426,9426,1326,6126,2026,7227,1827,8027,4529,4128,5529,8228,8930,3331,627,822,723,622,3
 Maranhão6,429,8210,4413,5412,3215,3215,6717,9920,2521,9623,1023,9426,4731,8435,9435,3134,6331,128,222,128,728,3
 Rondônia35,3740,7042,9538,8838,0436,1737,4427,1732,1435,7734,9528,5533,0827,9533,0633,9339,3330,727,125,923,025,0
 Rio Grande do Sul16,5517,9818,3718,1518,6718,6418,0919,8521,9220,5419,5019,3522,1220,8024,3126,1728,5729,323,816,817,615,9
 Paraná18,8521,1723,1325,7928,2229,0129,8229,5432,5334,6134,3332,1132,9826,7026,8926,3027,4024,421,519,421,620,8
 Mato Grosso do Sul31,6429,4231,9532,4929,8427,8729,7230,4629,9230,7126,7927,1627,2624,3526,7223,9125,0224,320,119,117,520,7
 Minas Gerais12,0613,0516,3220,8522,8421,9521,4420,9219,5918,6818,6021,6022,9822,9122,7821,7222,0120,416,013,412,611,4
 Distrito Federal34,0733,0429,8733,8831,1628,1627,6929,2131,7533,8330,5834,5636,0230,0029,5525,4625,5320,117,815,014,211,2
 Piauí8,359,1210,6310,1911,0912,2413,7712,4911,5712,2413,1814,0116,6118,7822,4520,2921,8219,419,017,821,523,8
 Santa Catarina8,388,7510,5811,9511,2210,7911,1810,4513,2513,4013,1712,8412,8611,8913,4514,0314,2415,211,911,411,210,1
 São Paulo42,8941,9238,0536,2928,8921,9320,4015,4515,4415,8414,6414,0515,6713,8214,0512,2210,8810,38,28,99,07,9

Decades of 1980 and 1990

Homicide rate per 100 thousand
Federative unit19801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999
 Acre17192021151724332323,915,725,324,825,919,422,021,5119,9921,409,66
 Alagoas15202127252325243133,529,227,023,424,323,928,128,1424,1121,6520,42
 Amapá4101312121413111114,216,618,124,020,1235,935,041,3734,8338,0243,66
 Amazonas11121211141210121516,518,119,216,315,817,018,418,8319,0221,1820,42
 Bahia6354555679,47,55,06,912,414,312,415,0115,599,897,03
 Ceará101091111101011139,88,89,78,510,89,512,613,0014,8313,4915,53
 Distrito Federal45312023162120252323,731,133,528,435,935,438,933,7632,6632,9133,45
 Espírito Santo29221919202128303034,035,337,732,141,343,342,242,4949,6357,8551,87
 Goiás34434639404431323520,617,020,419,316,617,216,717,3216,0414,8417,59
 Maranhão7458878888,49,19,38,47,86,17,46,956,295,194,84
 Mato Grosso36511131823232625,521,322,517,417,115,027,59,5233,4835,6834,60
 Mato Grosso do Sul42474444433939383721,620,322,123,625,127,633,137,4537,1133,5728,18
 Minas Gerais2120202021202323167,87,47,76,97,56,77,27,567,978,849,23
 Pará14141315151616151614,515,616,515,112,113,512,912,7013,3413,4210,91
 Paraíba12151516171516121314,413,712,510,611,212,113,919,2414,7713,5711,94
 Paraná26272421191616161813,314,014,512,814,314,415,715,3217,2917,5518,20
 Pernambuco33303233353740434736,438,938,835,237,634,736,140,8449,7358,7955,63
 Piauí77109668695,94,54,43,74,63,94,64,385,275,164,86
 Rio de Janeiro59485248606471698234,055,939,635,041,248,962,259,9358,6855,3552,59
 Rio Grande do Norte10101213141615111110,08,69,28,19,98,49,99,429,068,468,44
 Rio Grande do Sul25242425252327261817,518,718,517,012,614,215,015,3816,8815,4515,37
 Rondônia38343243455464696049,651,944,235,042,633,627,224,4928,2838,7133,31
 Roraima1418281815131345058,362,136,943,631,833,636,943,3035,3651,4057,69
 Santa Catarina1821201615181614148,08,47,87,67,77,18,48,458,538,237,55
 São Paulo22252424302931333130,230,727,124,426,330,334,636,1136,0839,6444,01
 Sergipe79111822292931339,210,121,730,720,422,116,214,6511,4710,3919,21
 Tocantins7,25,910,27,19,610,87,412,0210,3611,6412,07
 Brazil (total)23232322252727272720,222,220,919,120,321,424,024,7825,3925,9426,20

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