List of Brazilian states by murder rate

A list of the Brazilian states by their homicide rate (homicides per 100,000):

States

State/Region	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	?%
Acre	21.2	9.7	19.4	21.2	25.7	22.5	18.7	18.7	22.6	18.9	19.6	22.0	23.3	22.5	27.5	29.7
Amapá	38.7	43.9	32.5	36.9	35.0	35.5	31.3	33.0	33.0	26.9	34.4	30.5	40.2	30.4	35.9	-7.2
Amazonas	21.3	20.4	19.8	16.7	17.3	18.5	16.9	18.5	21.1	21.0	24.8	27.0	31.5	36.4	36.7	72.3
Pará	13.3	10.8	13.0	15.1	18.4	21.0	22.7	27.6	29.2	30.4	39.2	40.3	47.5	40.0	41.7	213.5
Rondônia	38.3	33.5	33.8	40.1	42.3	38.4	38.0	36.0	37.7	27.4	32.1	35.6	35.6	28.4	32.9	-14.1
Roraima	50.6	57.7	39.5	31.7	34.9	29.7	22.6	24.0	27.3	27.9	25.4	27.8	28.5	20.6	35.4	-30.0
Tocantins	12.3	13.0	15.5	18.8	14.9	18.3	16.4	15.5	17.7	16.5	18.1	22.0	23.5	25.5	26.2	113.0
Northern	19.7	17.7	18.6	19.9	21.7	22.9	22.6	25.1	27.0	26.0	32.1	33.8	38.8	35.1	37.3	89.3
Alagoas	17.8	20.3	25.6	29.3	34.3	35.7	35.1	40.2	53.0	59.6	60.3	59.3	66.8	72.2	78.6	441.5
Bahia	9.7	6.8	9.4	11.9	13.0	16.0	16.6	20.4	23.5	25.7	32.9	36.8	40.4	49.7	58.9	607.2
Ceará	13.4	15.6	16.5	17.2	18.9	20.1	20.0	20.9	21.8	23.2	24.0	25.4	31.9	32.7	44.6	332.8
Maranhão	5.0	4.6	6.1	9.4	9.9	13.0	11.7	14.8	15.0	17.4	19.7	21.8	23.2	28.7	35.0	700.0
Paraíba	13.5	12.0	15.1	14.1	17.4	17.6	18.6	20.6	22.6	23.6	27.3	33.7	38.8	47.7	52.1	385.9
Pernambuco	72.9	63.4	54.0	58.7	54.8	55.3	50.7	51.2	52.7	53.1	50.7	44.9	39.3	35.1	30.1	-58.7
Piauí	5.2	4.8	8.2	9.7	10.9	10.8	11.8	12.8	14.4	13.2	17.4	25.7	36.8	52.7	68.2	1311.0
Rio Grande do Norte	8.5	8.5	9.0	11.2	10.6	14.2	11.7	13.6	14.8	19.3	23.2	28.2	33.0	40.6	48.7	572.9
Sergipe	10.4	19.7	23.3	29.3	29.7	25.2	24.4	25.0	29.8	25.9	28.7	32.8	40.9	47.4	55.8	536.5
Northeast	18.5	17.5	19.3	21.9	22.4	24.0	23.2	25.4	27.9	29.6	32.1	35.4	41.5	48.3	52.4	283.2
Espírito Santo	65.4	52.5	46.8	46.7	51.2	50.5	49.4	46.9	51.2	53.6	56.4	57.2	51.5	47.4	25.3	-61.3
Minas Gerais	8.6	8.9	11.5	12.9	16.2	20.6	22.6	21.9	21.3	20.8	19.5	18.5	18.4	17.5	15.8	83.7
Rio de Janeiro	55.3	52.5	51.0	50.5	56.5	52.7	49.2	46.1	45.8	40.1	34.0	31.7	33.1	28.3	20.3	-63.3
São Paulo	48.7	44.1	42.2	41.8	38.0	35.9	28.6	21.6	19.9	15.0	14.9	15.3	14.1	13.5	11.1	-77.2
Southeast	43.3	37.4	36.6	36.6	36.8	36.1	32.1	27.6	26.7	23.0	21.6	21.1	20.5	19.9	18.1	-58.2
Paraná	17.6	18.1	18.5	21.0	22.7	25.5	28.1	29.0	29.8	29.6	32.6	34.6	34.3	31.7	32.7	85.8
Rio Grande do Sul	15.3	15.3	16.3	17.9	18.3	18.1	18.5	18.6	17.9	19.6	21.8	20.4	19.2	19.2	21.9	43.1
Santa Catarina	7.9	7.5	7.9	8.4	10.3	11.6	11.1	10.5	11.0	10.4	13.0	13.1	13.2	12.6	10.8	36.0
South	14.7	14.7	15.3	17.1	18.3	19.5	20.6	20.8	20.9	21.4	24.0	24.3	23.6	22.4	24.0	63.3
Distrito Federal	37.4	36.7	37.5	36.9	34.7	39.1	36.5	31.9	32.3	33.5	34.1	32.6	28.4	22.4	18.9	-49.5
Goiás	13.4	16.5	20.2	21.5	24.5	23.7	26.4	24.9	24.6	24.4	30.0	30.2	32.0	28.4	24.3	47.2
Mato Grosso	36.3	34.7	39.8	38.5	37.0	35.0	32.1	32.4	31.5	30.7	31.8	33.3	30.6	26.3	24.1	-33.0
Mato Grosso do Sul	33.5	28.2	31.0	29.3	32.4	32.7	29.6	27.7	29.5	30.0	29.5	30.8	26.7	24.0	22.1	-34.0
Center-West	26.1	26.0	29.4	29.3	30.4	30.5	30.0	28.2	28.3	28.4	31.1	32.6	31.7	27.1	22.3	-14.5
Brazil	25.9	26.2	26.7	27.8	28.5	28.9	27.0	25.8	26.3	25.2	26.4	26.9	27.5	27.1	29.0	12.0

See also

• Crime in Brazil
• List of U.S. states by homicide rate
• List of cities by murder rate
• Homicide in world cities
• List of countries by firearm-related death rate
• List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate