List of Brazilian states by murder rate
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List of the Brazilian states by homicide rate (homicides per 100,000):
| State/Region | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Δ% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Acre (state) |
21.2 | 9.7 | 19.4 | 21.2 | 25.7 | 22.5 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 22.6 | 18.9 | 19.6 | -7.8 |
 Amapá |
38.7 | 43.9 | 32.5 | 36.9 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 31.3 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 26.9 | 34.4 | -11.2 |
 Amazonas (state, Brazil) |
21.3 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 24.8 | 16.4 |
 Pará |
13.3 | 10.8 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 22.7 | 27.6 | 29.2 | 30.4 | 39.2 | 193.8 |
 Rondônia |
38.3 | 33.5 | 33.8 | 40.1 | 42.3 | 38.4 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 37.7 | 27.4 | 32.1 | -16.1 |
 Roraima |
50.6 | 57.7 | 39.5 | 31.7 | 34.9 | 29.7 | 22.6 | 24.0 | 27.3 | 27.9 | 25.4 | -49.8 |
 Tocantins |
12.3 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 18.3 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 47.6 |
| Northern | 19.7 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 21.7 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 32.1 | 63.1 |
 Alagoas |
21.8 | 20.3 | 25.6 | 29.3 | 34.3 | 35.7 | 35.1 | 40.2 | 53.0 | 59.6 | 60.3 | 177.2 |
 Bahia |
9.7 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 20.4 | 23.5 | 25.7 | 32.9 | 237.5 |
 Ceará |
13.4 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 79.1 |
 Maranhão |
5.0 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 17.4 | 19.7 | 297.0 |
 Paraíba |
13.5 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 27.3 | 101.5 |
 Pernambuco |
58.9 | 55.4 | 54.0 | 58.7 | 54.8 | 55.3 | 50.7 | 51.2 | 52.7 | 53.1 | 50.7 | -13.8 |
 Piauí |
5.2 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 138.9 |
 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 | 172.8 |
 Sergipe |
10.4 | 19.7 | 23.3 | 29.3 | 29.7 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 29.8 | 25.9 | 28.7 | 174.8 |
| Northeast Northeast Region, Brazil The Northeast Region of Brazil is composed of the following states: Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia, and it represents 18.26% of the Brazilian territory.... |
18.5 | 17.5 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 22.4 | 24.0 | 23.2 | 25.4 | 27.9 | 29.6 | 32.1 | 73.9 |
 Espírito Santo |
58.4 | 52.5 | 46.8 | 46.7 | 51.2 | 50.5 | 49.4 | 46.9 | 51.2 | 53.6 | 56.4 | -3.5 |
 Minas Gerais |
8.6 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 16.2 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 21.3 | 20.8 | 19.5 | 126.6 |
 Rio de Janeiro (state) |
55.3 | 52.5 | 51.0 | 50.5 | 56.5 | 52.7 | 49.2 | 46.1 | 45.8 | 40.1 | 34.0 | -38.6 |
 São Paulo (state) |
39.7 | 44.1 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 38.0 | 35.9 | 28.6 | 21.6 | 19.9 | 15.0 | 14.9 | -62.4 |
| Southeast Southeast Region, Brazil The Southeast Region of Brazil is composed by the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It is the richest region of the country, responsible for approximately 60% of the Brazilian GDP. São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais are three richest states of Brazil,... |
35.9 | 37.4 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.8 | 36.1 | 32.1 | 27.6 | 26.7 | 23.0 | 21.6 | -39.7 |
 Paraná (state) |
17.6 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 28.1 | 29.0 | 29.8 | 29.6 | 32.6 | 84.9 |
 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 | 42.1 |
 Santa Catarina (state) |
7.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 64.3 |
| South Southern Region, Brazil The South Region of Brazil is one of the five regions of Brazil. It includes the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul and covers 576,409.6 km ², being the smallest portion of the country... |
14.7 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 20.6 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 24.0 | 63.7 |
 Brazilian Federal District |
37.4 | 36.7 | 37.5 | 36.9 | 34.7 | 39.1 | 36.5 | 31.9 | 32.3 | 33.5 | 34.1 | -8.8 |
 Goiás |
13.4 | 16.5 | 20.2 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 26.4 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 30.0 | 123.8 |
 Mato Grosso |
36.3 | 34.7 | 39.8 | 38.5 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 32.1 | 32.4 | 31.5 | 30.7 | 31.8 | -12.2 |
 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 | -11.9 |
| Center-West | 26.1 | 26.0 | 29.4 | 29.3 | 30.4 | 30.5 | 30.0 | 28.2 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 31.1 | 19.1 |
 Brazil |
25.9 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 27.8 | 28.5 | 28.9 | 27.0 | 25.8 | 26.3 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 1.9 |