Brazil: number of femicides 2018-2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 3, 2023
The number of femicides — murders committed against women because of their gender — in Brazil slightly increased in 2022, in comparison to the previous year. Throughout 2022, 1,437 femicides were registered in Brazil, up from 1,347 recorded one year before. That year, the Brazilian state with the highest number of femicides was São Paulo.

Number of femicides in Brazil in 2018 and 2022

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Release date

July 2023

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2018 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Femicide or feminicide is a term used to define the killing of a woman or girl on account of their gender.
Various sources include Secretarias Estaduais de Segurança Pública e/ou Defesa Social, Observatório de Análise Criminal, Coordenadoria de Informações Estatísticas e Análises Criminais, Monitor da Violência, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), and Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP).

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