In the state of São Paulo, Brazil, the population in 2021 was composed by 63.7 percent of people who identified as white. However, this ethnic group only represented 31 percent of the civilians killed by security agents. Meanwhile, 69 percent of civilian deaths caused by the police were black people, who constituted a little more than a third of the state's population. Moreover, the share of people of black ethnicity killed by the police in the state's capital reached nearly 70 percent of the total that year.
Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of São Paulo in 2021, by ethnicity
* This category includes Pardo Brazilians and black people. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), (pardos) are Brazilians with mixed ethnic ancestry.
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Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). (November 1, 2022). Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of São Paulo in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290691/distribution-population-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). "Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of São Paulo in 2021, by ethnicity ." Chart. November 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290691/distribution-population-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). (2022). Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of São Paulo in 2021, by ethnicity . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290691/distribution-population-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil). "Comparison between Population Composition and Deaths by The Police in The State of São Paulo in 2021, by Ethnicity ." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290691/distribution-population-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
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Comparison between population composition and deaths by the police in the state of São Paulo in 2021, by ethnicity [Graph], Rede de Observatórios da Segurança (Brazil), November 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290691/distribution-population-deaths-of-civilians-due-to-police-by-race-sao-paulo/
