The number of homicides with firearms has been increasing in Brazil throughout the years up until 2017. In that year, approximately 47.51 thousand murders were committed with guns in the South American country, up from around 44.48 thousand homicides recorded a year earlier. However, by 2021 it had decreased to over 33,000
Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
Data prior to 2011 come from previous reporting.
Figures have been rounded.
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). Nevertheless, the ratio of violent deaths with firearms that had no clear cause and homicides with firearms was low (6.5 percent).
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Ipea. (December 1, 2023). Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/867779/number-homicides-firearms-brazil/
Ipea. "Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/867779/number-homicides-firearms-brazil/
Ipea. (2023). Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/867779/number-homicides-firearms-brazil/
Ipea. "Number of Homicides with Firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/867779/number-homicides-firearms-brazil/
Ipea, Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/867779/number-homicides-firearms-brazil/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of homicides with firearms in Brazil from 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ipea, December 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/867779/number-homicides-firearms-brazil/
