About 31 percent of civilians killed by the police in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021 were from white ethnicity, while the share of black people among the total of deaths during police interventions was more than double. In the state of São Paulo black population made up for 34.8 percent of the total, which reveals a huge discrepancy between the share of black population and the share of black victims of police interventions.
Share of people killed due to police interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, by ethnicity
* This category includes people with various shades of brown and black skin. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), brown-skinned people ('pardos') are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry.
The share excludes all cases that were not informed.
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Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). (November 14, 2022). Share of people killed due to police interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290111/share-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). "Share of people killed due to police interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, by ethnicity." Chart. November 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290111/share-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). (2022). Share of people killed due to police interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290111/share-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). "Share of People Killed Due to Police Interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290111/share-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil), Share of people killed due to police interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290111/share-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/ (last visited November 18, 2024)
Share of people killed due to police interventions in São Paulo, Brazil in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph], Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil), November 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290111/share-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
