In the state Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the population in 2021 was composed by 47.4 percent of people who identified themselves as white and 51.7 percent as black, which also included Pardo Brazilian individuals. However, white civilians who were killed due to police intervention reached nearly 13 percent that year, while black victims made up for the other 87 percent. Moreover, the share of people of black ethnicity killed by the police in the state's capital reached nearly 90 percent in 2020.
Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2021, by ethnicity
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Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). (November 14, 2022). Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290650/population-and-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-rio-de-janeiro/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). "Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2021, by ethnicity ." Chart. November 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290650/population-and-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-rio-de-janeiro/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). (2022). Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2021, by ethnicity . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290650/population-and-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-rio-de-janeiro/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). "Comparison between Population Composition and Deaths by The Police in The State of Rio De Janeiro in 2021, by Ethnicity ." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290650/population-and-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-rio-de-janeiro/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil), Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2021, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290650/population-and-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-rio-de-janeiro/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph], Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil), November 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290650/population-and-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-rio-de-janeiro/
