Considering the nearly 48,000 homicides registered in Brazil in 2021, almost 92 percent had men as victims. Meanwhile, approximately 3,860 women were killed in the South American country that year.
Number of homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2021, by gender
(in 1,000s)
The source notes that the notable descend of homicides registered in 2019 may be due to a deterioration in data quality, as reflected by the disproportionate increase in the number of violent deaths by undetermined manner (which grew by 69,9 percent between 2017 and 2019). Moreover, that year there was a woman victim of violent death with no clear cause for every woman victim of homicide.
Figures have been rounded
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Ipea. (December 1, 2023). Number of homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2021, by gender (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/867690/number-homicides-brazil-gender/
Ipea. "Number of homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2021, by gender (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/867690/number-homicides-brazil-gender/
Ipea. (2023). Number of homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2021, by gender (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/867690/number-homicides-brazil-gender/
Ipea. "Number of Homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2021, by Gender (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/867690/number-homicides-brazil-gender/
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Number of homicides in Brazil from 2006 to 2021, by gender (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ipea, December 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/867690/number-homicides-brazil-gender/
