Brazil vs India: Female homicide victims
Brazil
4,202 homicides
in 2023
India
16,379 homicides
in 2022
Brazil rank
3rd
India rank
1st
Female homicide victims over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 16,379 homicides against 4,202 homicides in Brazil, a difference of 12,177 homicides.
That makes India's figure about 3.9 times Brazil's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 138 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,536 homicides | 14,663 homicides | 11,127 homicides | India |
| 2000s | 3,921 homicides | 15,750 homicides | 11,829 homicides | India |
| 2010s | 4,575 homicides | 17,911 homicides | 13,336 homicides | India |
| 2020s | 4,244 homicides | 16,677 homicides | 12,433 homicides | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher female homicide victims, Brazil or India?
- India, at 16,379 homicides against 4,202 homicides in Brazil as of 2022.
- What is the difference in female homicide victims between Brazil and India?
- 12,177 homicides, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2022.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for female homicide victims?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 138 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Female homicide victims. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of intentional homicidesof female victims .