Brazil: number of homicides 2022, by state

In 2022, the state of Bahia reported the largest number of homicides in Brazil. That year, 6,776 homicides were recorded in this northeastern state. Bahia was followed by the state of Rio de Janeiro, with 3,762 murders reported. Despite that, the number of homicides in Brazil reached the lowest figure that year since at least 2006, totaling 40,464. Homicide targetsData shows that homicides affected men disproportionaly more than women in this South American country. Considering the over 46,340 homicides registered in Brazil in 2022, nearly 92 percent had men as victims. Again, it is important to remember the deterioration of data quality, specially in the case of femicides: there was a woman victim of violent death with no clear cause for every woman victim of homicide in Brazil. In that regard, the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Rondônia had the highest femicide rates. At least three of every 100,000 women who lived in those territories were murdered on account of their gender in 2023. Not only women, but the number of black and brown people murdered in Brazil had been growing throughout the years up until 2017, revealing that minorities are increasingly becoming the targets of violence. In 2022, nearly 35,500 people of color were killed in Brazil, over three times the number of non-black or non-brown people. Police ViolencePolice brutality has been gaining attention from the media, especially after George Floyd violent death in 2020. In Brazil, police violence, particularly in poor areas, such as favelas, is an old and well-known problem that affects society as a whole. Figures have shown that the number of civilians killed by police officers in Brazil surpassed 6,350 in both 2021 and 2022. Coincidentally, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, the Brazilian states with the highest number of homicides, are also the ones with the highest number of people killed by the police. In Rio, the state with the second-highest figure, people of color were the main victims of deadly police interventions.

2022年，巴西巴伊亚州报告了该国历史上最高的谋杀案数量。当年，该东北部州记录了6,776起谋杀案。巴伊亚州之后是里约热内卢州，报告了3,762起谋杀案。尽管如此，那一年巴西的谋杀案数量达到了自至少2006年以来的最低点，总计40,464起。据数据显示，在巴西，谋杀案对男性的影响远大于女性。考虑到2022年在巴西登记的超过46,340起谋杀案，其中近92%的受害者为男性。再次强调，数据质量的恶化尤其体现在针对女性的谋杀案上：在巴西，每起谋杀案中都有女性暴力死亡的受害者，且原因不明。在这方面，巴西的马托格罗索州和罗纳尼亚州拥有最高的女性谋杀率。至少每10万居住在这些地区的女性中，就有三名因性别原因被谋杀，这一数据发生在2023年。不仅女性，黑人和棕色人种在巴西被谋杀的数量在近年来持续增长，直至2017年，这表明少数族裔正日益成为暴力的目标。2022年，巴西有近35,500名有色人种被杀害，是非黑人或非棕色人种的三倍以上。警察暴力问题已引起媒体的关注，特别是在2020年乔治·弗洛伊德暴力死亡事件之后。在巴西，警察暴力，尤其是在贫民窟等贫困地区，是一个由来已久且众所周知的问题，它影响着整个社会。数据显示，2021年和2022年，巴西警察杀害平民的数量均超过了6,350人。巧合的是，谋杀案数量最多的巴西州——里约热内卢和巴伊亚州，也是警察杀害人数最多的地区。在里约热内卢这个第二高的州，有色人种是致命警察干预的主要受害者。