Brazil: femicide rate 2018-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 7, 2024

In 2023, it was estimated that approximately 1.4 per 100,000 Brazilian women were killed on account of their gender, around the same femicide rate recorded a year earlier. The number of femicides in Brazil has increased recently.

Femicide rate in Brazil in 2018 and 2023 (number of victims per 100,000 women)

CharacteristicNumber of femicides per 100,000 women
2023 1.4
2022 1.4
2021 1.2
2020 1.3
2019 1.2
2018 1.2
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July 2024

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Brazil

Survey time period

2018 to 2023

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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