List of Brazilian states by murder rate
This is a list of Brazilian federative units by homicide rate, according to data from the Atlas da Violência (years 1996 to 2021,[1][2] prepared by the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) and the Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP)[3] and the Mapa da Violência from 1998 (1980s to 1988 [4]) and 2000 (years 1989 to 1995,[5] prepared by United Nations Educational Organization, Science and Culture (UNESCO).
The 2000s and 2020s
The list of decades, by default, is ordered by homicide rate in a decreasing manner according to 2021. That is, the federative units with the highest rates this year are closer to the top of the list.
Unidade federativa | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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19,56 | 21,07 | 25,73 | 24,48 | 18,56 | 18,51 | 23,01 | 19,48 | 19,56 | 22,14 | 22,49 | 21,97 | 27,41 | 30,14 | 29,36 | 27,01 | 44,45 | 62,2 | 47,1 | 33,6 | 32,9 | 21,2 |
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26,55 | 29,06 | 34,32 | 35,61 | 35,11 | 39,89 | 53,10 | 59,51 | 60,33 | 59,35 | 66,88 | 71,39 | 64,63 | 65,07 | 62,78 | 52,33 | 54,18 | 53,7 | 43,4 | 34,2 | 37,3 | 31,8 |
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34,00 | 36,49 | 35,04 | 34,59 | 31,10 | 32,96 | 32,81 | 27,02 | 34,25 | 30,32 | 38,83 | 30,54 | 36,22 | 30,61 | 34,09 | 38,22 | 48,70 | 48,0 | 51,4 | 49,1 | 41,7 | 53,8 |
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20,90 | 16,72 | 17,32 | 18,41 | 16,97 | 18,53 | 21,11 | 21,10 | 24,84 | 26,99 | 31,06 | 36,51 | 37,43 | 31,28 | 32,01 | 37,38 | 36,28 | 41,2 | 37,8 | 27,8 | 26,5 | 39,1 |
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9,46 | 12,27 | 13,20 | 16,12 | 16,69 | 20,85 | 23,73 | 25,98 | 33,23 | 37,11 | 41,69 | 39,36 | 43,37 | 37,85 | 40,01 | 39,54 | 46,94 | 48,8 | 45,8 | 39,2 | 44,9 | 44,9 |
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17,19 | 17,01 | 18,88 | 20,15 | 20,12 | 20,98 | 21,81 | 23,19 | 23,89 | 25,33 | 31,80 | 32,73 | 44,63 | 50,95 | 52,31 | 46,75 | 40,63 | 60,2 | 54 | 26,2 | 45,2 | 37,0 |
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34,07 | 33,04 | 29,87 | 33,88 | 31,16 | 28,16 | 27,69 | 29,21 | 31,75 | 33,83 | 30,58 | 34,56 | 36,02 | 30,00 | 29,55 | 25,46 | 25,53 | 20,1 | 17,8 | 15,0 | 14,2 | 11,2 |
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48,14 | 46,02 | 51,35 | 50,12 | 49,08 | 47,00 | 50,86 | 53,33 | 56,38 | 56,92 | 50,98 | 47,14 | 46,59 | 42,25 | 41,42 | 36,90 | 31,96 | 37,9 | 29,3 | 26,2 | 29,7 | 28,2 |
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21,90 | 22,81 | 26,29 | 25,37 | 28,21 | 26,12 | 26,33 | 26,04 | 30,66 | 32,09 | 32,96 | 37,36 | 45,38 | 46,24 | 44,26 | 45,34 | 45,34 | 42,8 | 38,6 | 32,6 | 30,5 | 26,1 |
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6,42 | 9,82 | 10,44 | 13,54 | 12,32 | 15,32 | 15,67 | 17,99 | 20,25 | 21,96 | 23,10 | 23,94 | 26,47 | 31,84 | 35,94 | 35,31 | 34,63 | 31,1 | 28,2 | 22,1 | 28,7 | 28,3 |
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40,92 | 38,00 | 36,40 | 34,25 | 31,62 | 32,36 | 31,36 | 30,55 | 31,68 | 33,31 | 32,03 | 32,80 | 34,47 | 36,39 | 42,12 | 36,84 | 35,70 | 32,9 | 28,7 | 26,0 | 28,1 | 24,9 |
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31,64 | 29,42 | 31,95 | 32,49 | 29,84 | 27,87 | 29,72 | 30,46 | 29,92 | 30,71 | 26,79 | 27,16 | 27,26 | 24,35 | 26,72 | 23,91 | 25,02 | 24,3 | 20,1 | 19,1 | 17,5 | 20,7 |
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12,06 | 13,05 | 16,32 | 20,85 | 22,84 | 21,95 | 21,44 | 20,92 | 19,59 | 18,68 | 18,60 | 21,60 | 22,98 | 22,91 | 22,78 | 21,72 | 22,01 | 20,4 | 16,0 | 13,4 | 12,6 | 11,4 |
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13,42 | 15,23 | 18,47 | 21,37 | 22,69 | 27,63 | 29,15 | 30,27 | 39,06 | 40,22 | 46,44 | 39,97 | 41,37 | 42,72 | 42,68 | 44,95 | 50,85 | 54,7 | 53,2 | 40,5 | 32,5 | 32,8 |
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14,92 | 13,95 | 17,37 | 17,51 | 19,06 | 20,72 | 22,77 | 23,67 | 27,49 | 33,50 | 38,63 | 42,57 | 39,97 | 39,62 | 39,33 | 38,32 | 33,88 | 33,3 | 31,1 | 23,4 | 28,9 | 28,6 |
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18,85 | 21,17 | 23,13 | 25,79 | 28,22 | 29,01 | 29,82 | 29,54 | 32,53 | 34,61 | 34,33 | 32,11 | 32,98 | 26,70 | 26,89 | 26,30 | 27,40 | 24,4 | 21,5 | 19,4 | 21,6 | 20,8 |
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56,17 | 58,81 | 54,37 | 55,34 | 50,66 | 51,46 | 52,60 | 53,04 | 50,90 | 44,98 | 39,48 | 39,15 | 37,25 | 33,92 | 36,19 | 41,16 | 47,26 | 57,2 | 44,1 | 36,3 | 38,3 | 34,8 |
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8,35 | 9,12 | 10,63 | 10,19 | 11,09 | 12,24 | 13,77 | 12,49 | 11,57 | 12,24 | 13,18 | 14,01 | 16,61 | 18,78 | 22,45 | 20,29 | 21,82 | 19,4 | 19 | 17,8 | 21,5 | 23,8 |
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52,75 | 50,57 | 56,61 | 54,54 | 51,43 | 48,16 | 47,48 | 41,62 | 35,67 | 33,51 | 35,44 | 29,67 | 29,40 | 31,22 | 34,74 | 30,62 | 36,38 | 38,4 | 37,6 | 34,6 | 28,3 | 27,2 |
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9,57 | 11,44 | 10,48 | 14,02 | 11,77 | 13,52 | 14,95 | 19,10 | 22,98 | 25,50 | 25,57 | 32,95 | 34,82 | 42,89 | 47,00 | 44,88 | 53,35 | 62,8 | 52,5 | 40,7 | 38,0 | 32,4 |
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16,55 | 17,98 | 18,37 | 18,15 | 18,67 | 18,64 | 18,09 | 19,85 | 21,92 | 20,54 | 19,50 | 19,35 | 22,12 | 20,80 | 24,31 | 26,17 | 28,57 | 29,3 | 23,8 | 16,8 | 17,6 | 15,9 |
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35,37 | 40,70 | 42,95 | 38,88 | 38,04 | 36,17 | 37,44 | 27,17 | 32,14 | 35,77 | 34,95 | 28,55 | 33,08 | 27,95 | 33,06 | 33,93 | 39,33 | 30,7 | 27,1 | 25,9 | 23,0 | 25,0 |
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47,59 | 32,02 | 35,17 | 29,67 | 23,12 | 24,28 | 27,52 | 27,93 | 25,44 | 28,00 | 26,86 | 20,64 | 30,67 | 43,85 | 31,79 | 40,15 | 39,67 | 47,5 | 71,8 | 35,0 | 29,2 | 35,5 |
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8,38 | 8,75 | 10,58 | 11,95 | 11,22 | 10,79 | 11,18 | 10,45 | 13,25 | 13,40 | 13,17 | 12,84 | 12,86 | 11,89 | 13,45 | 14,03 | 14,24 | 15,2 | 11,9 | 11,4 | 11,2 | 10,1 |
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42,89 | 41,92 | 38,05 | 36,29 | 28,89 | 21,93 | 20,40 | 15,45 | 15,44 | 15,84 | 14,64 | 14,05 | 15,67 | 13,82 | 14,05 | 12,22 | 10,88 | 10,3 | 8,2 | 8,9 | 9,0 | 7,9 |
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23,55 | 28,50 | 30,12 | 25,02 | 23,86 | 24,75 | 29,24 | 25,67 | 27,76 | 32,33 | 32,69 | 34,98 | 41,64 | 43,95 | 49,42 | 58,09 | 64,66 | 57,4 | 49,7 | 42,1 | 42,6 | 33,9 |
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15,15 | 17,89 | 14,08 | 16,58 | 15,80 | 14,55 | 17,19 | 16,63 | 18,51 | 22,37 | 23,64 | 25,77 | 26,73 | 23,61 | 25,45 | 33,20 | 37,64 | 35,9 | 36,7 | 24,2 | 28,5 | 24,3 |
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27,35 | 27,86 | 28,53 | 29,14 | 26,94 | 26,13 | 26,61 | 26,20 | 26,72 | 27,18 | 27,80 | 27,45 | 29,41 | 28,55 | 29,82 | 28,89 | 30,33 | 31,6 | 27,8 | 22,7 | 23,6 | 22,3 |
States
The 2000s and 2020s
The list of decades, by default, is ordered by homicide rate in a decreasing manner according to 2021. That is, the federative units with the highest rates this year are closer to the top of the list.
Unidade federativa | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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19,56 | 21,07 | 25,73 | 24,48 | 18,56 | 18,51 | 23,01 | 19,48 | 19,56 | 22,14 | 22,49 | 21,97 | 27,41 | 30,14 | 29,36 | 27,01 | 44,45 | 62,2 | 47,1 | 33,6 | 32,9 | 21,2 |
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26,55 | 29,06 | 34,32 | 35,61 | 35,11 | 39,89 | 53,10 | 59,51 | 60,33 | 59,35 | 66,88 | 71,39 | 64,63 | 65,07 | 62,78 | 52,33 | 54,18 | 53,7 | 43,4 | 34,2 | 37,3 | 31,8 |
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34,00 | 36,49 | 35,04 | 34,59 | 31,10 | 32,96 | 32,81 | 27,02 | 34,25 | 30,32 | 38,83 | 30,54 | 36,22 | 30,61 | 34,09 | 38,22 | 48,70 | 48,0 | 51,4 | 49,1 | 41,7 | 53,8 |
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20,90 | 16,72 | 17,32 | 18,41 | 16,97 | 18,53 | 21,11 | 21,10 | 24,84 | 26,99 | 31,06 | 36,51 | 37,43 | 31,28 | 32,01 | 37,38 | 36,28 | 41,2 | 37,8 | 27,8 | 26,5 | 39,1 |
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9,46 | 12,27 | 13,20 | 16,12 | 16,69 | 20,85 | 23,73 | 25,98 | 33,23 | 37,11 | 41,69 | 39,36 | 43,37 | 37,85 | 40,01 | 39,54 | 46,94 | 48,8 | 45,8 | 39,2 | 44,9 | 44,9 |
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17,19 | 17,01 | 18,88 | 20,15 | 20,12 | 20,98 | 21,81 | 23,19 | 23,89 | 25,33 | 31,80 | 32,73 | 44,63 | 50,95 | 52,31 | 46,75 | 40,63 | 60,2 | 54 | 26,2 | 45,2 | 37,0 |
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34,07 | 33,04 | 29,87 | 33,88 | 31,16 | 28,16 | 27,69 | 29,21 | 31,75 | 33,83 | 30,58 | 34,56 | 36,02 | 30,00 | 29,55 | 25,46 | 25,53 | 20,1 | 17,8 | 15,0 | 14,2 | 11,2 |
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48,14 | 46,02 | 51,35 | 50,12 | 49,08 | 47,00 | 50,86 | 53,33 | 56,38 | 56,92 | 50,98 | 47,14 | 46,59 | 42,25 | 41,42 | 36,90 | 31,96 | 37,9 | 29,3 | 26,2 | 29,7 | 28,2 |
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21,90 | 22,81 | 26,29 | 25,37 | 28,21 | 26,12 | 26,33 | 26,04 | 30,66 | 32,09 | 32,96 | 37,36 | 45,38 | 46,24 | 44,26 | 45,34 | 45,34 | 42,8 | 38,6 | 32,6 | 30,5 | 26,1 |
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6,42 | 9,82 | 10,44 | 13,54 | 12,32 | 15,32 | 15,67 | 17,99 | 20,25 | 21,96 | 23,10 | 23,94 | 26,47 | 31,84 | 35,94 | 35,31 | 34,63 | 31,1 | 28,2 | 22,1 | 28,7 | 28,3 |
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40,92 | 38,00 | 36,40 | 34,25 | 31,62 | 32,36 | 31,36 | 30,55 | 31,68 | 33,31 | 32,03 | 32,80 | 34,47 | 36,39 | 42,12 | 36,84 | 35,70 | 32,9 | 28,7 | 26,0 | 28,1 | 24,9 |
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31,64 | 29,42 | 31,95 | 32,49 | 29,84 | 27,87 | 29,72 | 30,46 | 29,92 | 30,71 | 26,79 | 27,16 | 27,26 | 24,35 | 26,72 | 23,91 | 25,02 | 24,3 | 20,1 | 19,1 | 17,5 | 20,7 |
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12,06 | 13,05 | 16,32 | 20,85 | 22,84 | 21,95 | 21,44 | 20,92 | 19,59 | 18,68 | 18,60 | 21,60 | 22,98 | 22,91 | 22,78 | 21,72 | 22,01 | 20,4 | 16,0 | 13,4 | 12,6 | 11,4 |
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13,42 | 15,23 | 18,47 | 21,37 | 22,69 | 27,63 | 29,15 | 30,27 | 39,06 | 40,22 | 46,44 | 39,97 | 41,37 | 42,72 | 42,68 | 44,95 | 50,85 | 54,7 | 53,2 | 40,5 | 32,5 | 32,8 |
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14,92 | 13,95 | 17,37 | 17,51 | 19,06 | 20,72 | 22,77 | 23,67 | 27,49 | 33,50 | 38,63 | 42,57 | 39,97 | 39,62 | 39,33 | 38,32 | 33,88 | 33,3 | 31,1 | 23,4 | 28,9 | 28,6 |
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18,85 | 21,17 | 23,13 | 25,79 | 28,22 | 29,01 | 29,82 | 29,54 | 32,53 | 34,61 | 34,33 | 32,11 | 32,98 | 26,70 | 26,89 | 26,30 | 27,40 | 24,4 | 21,5 | 19,4 | 21,6 | 20,8 |
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56,17 | 58,81 | 54,37 | 55,34 | 50,66 | 51,46 | 52,60 | 53,04 | 50,90 | 44,98 | 39,48 | 39,15 | 37,25 | 33,92 | 36,19 | 41,16 | 47,26 | 57,2 | 44,1 | 36,3 | 38,3 | 34,8 |
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8,35 | 9,12 | 10,63 | 10,19 | 11,09 | 12,24 | 13,77 | 12,49 | 11,57 | 12,24 | 13,18 | 14,01 | 16,61 | 18,78 | 22,45 | 20,29 | 21,82 | 19,4 | 19 | 17,8 | 21,5 | 23,8 |
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52,75 | 50,57 | 56,61 | 54,54 | 51,43 | 48,16 | 47,48 | 41,62 | 35,67 | 33,51 | 35,44 | 29,67 | 29,40 | 31,22 | 34,74 | 30,62 | 36,38 | 38,4 | 37,6 | 34,6 | 28,3 | 27,2 |
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9,57 | 11,44 | 10,48 | 14,02 | 11,77 | 13,52 | 14,95 | 19,10 | 22,98 | 25,50 | 25,57 | 32,95 | 34,82 | 42,89 | 47,00 | 44,88 | 53,35 | 62,8 | 52,5 | 40,7 | 38,0 | 32,4 |
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16,55 | 17,98 | 18,37 | 18,15 | 18,67 | 18,64 | 18,09 | 19,85 | 21,92 | 20,54 | 19,50 | 19,35 | 22,12 | 20,80 | 24,31 | 26,17 | 28,57 | 29,3 | 23,8 | 16,8 | 17,6 | 15,9 |
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35,37 | 40,70 | 42,95 | 38,88 | 38,04 | 36,17 | 37,44 | 27,17 | 32,14 | 35,77 | 34,95 | 28,55 | 33,08 | 27,95 | 33,06 | 33,93 | 39,33 | 30,7 | 27,1 | 25,9 | 23,0 | 25,0 |
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47,59 | 32,02 | 35,17 | 29,67 | 23,12 | 24,28 | 27,52 | 27,93 | 25,44 | 28,00 | 26,86 | 20,64 | 30,67 | 43,85 | 31,79 | 40,15 | 39,67 | 47,5 | 71,8 | 35,0 | 29,2 | 35,5 |
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8,38 | 8,75 | 10,58 | 11,95 | 11,22 | 10,79 | 11,18 | 10,45 | 13,25 | 13,40 | 13,17 | 12,84 | 12,86 | 11,89 | 13,45 | 14,03 | 14,24 | 15,2 | 11,9 | 11,4 | 11,2 | 10,1 |
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42,89 | 41,92 | 38,05 | 36,29 | 28,89 | 21,93 | 20,40 | 15,45 | 15,44 | 15,84 | 14,64 | 14,05 | 15,67 | 13,82 | 14,05 | 12,22 | 10,88 | 10,3 | 8,2 | 8,9 | 9,0 | 7,9 |
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23,55 | 28,50 | 30,12 | 25,02 | 23,86 | 24,75 | 29,24 | 25,67 | 27,76 | 32,33 | 32,69 | 34,98 | 41,64 | 43,95 | 49,42 | 58,09 | 64,66 | 57,4 | 49,7 | 42,1 | 42,6 | 33,9 |
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15,15 | 17,89 | 14,08 | 16,58 | 15,80 | 14,55 | 17,19 | 16,63 | 18,51 | 22,37 | 23,64 | 25,77 | 26,73 | 23,61 | 25,45 | 33,20 | 37,64 | 35,9 | 36,7 | 24,2 | 28,5 | 24,3 |
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27,35 | 27,86 | 28,53 | 29,14 | 26,94 | 26,13 | 26,61 | 26,20 | 26,72 | 27,18 | 27,80 | 27,45 | 29,41 | 28,55 | 29,82 | 28,89 | 30,33 | 31,6 | 27,8 | 22,7 | 23,6 | 22,3 |
See also
List of Brazilian federative units by homicide rate
- Crime in Brazil
- List of cities by murder rate
- Homicide in world cities
- List of countries by firearm-related death rate
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate
References
- ^ "Atlas of Violence v.2.2.33". Ipea. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Atlas da Violência 2019" (PDF). Ipea. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Anuário Brasileiro de Segurança Pública". Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ^ Map of Violence (PDF). Rio de Janeiro: Garamond. 1998. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ Map of Violence II (PDF). Brasília. 2000.