GLOBAL STUDY on Homicide
Map 1.2: Homicide rates at the sub-national level (2012 or latest year)
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Homicide rate 0.00 - 2.99 3.00 - 4.99 5.00 - 9.99 10.00 - 19.99 20.00 - 29.99 >= 30.00 Not available
Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Dashed lines represent undeterNote: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. mined boundaries. The dotted line represents the LinetheofLine Control Kashmir agreed upon by India Pakistan. The status andupon Kashmir has Dashed lines represent undetermined boundaries. Dotted approximately line represents approximately of Controlin in Jammu Jammu andand Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. Theand final status of Jammu andfinal Kashmir has notof yetJammu been agreed by the parties. The final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. not yet been agreed upon by the parties. The final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
Source: UNODC Homicide Statistics (2013).
Brazil: Stability in the national homicide rate masks disparities at the sub-national level Map 1.3: Percentage change in sub-national homicide rates, Brazil (2007-2011) VENEZUELA
SURINAME 13
COLOMBIA
GUYANA
FRENCH GUIANA
3.4
ECUADOR 15.5
31
23.2
PERU 19.8
26.3
Homicide rate (2011) 1 10 !
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41
33
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17.3
50
BOLIVIA
100
33.9
PARAIBA 38.1 PERNAMBUCO 76.3
BAHIA 19.2
18.5
Percentage change in homicide rate (2007-2011) -100% - 50% -49.9% - 20% -19.9% - 10% -9.9% - 0% 0.1% - 10% 10.1% - 20% 20.1% - 50% 50.1% - 145.8%
Brasília 29.2
33.4
44
11.1
19.8
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32.4
41.8
10.8
PARAGUAY
CHILE
25.8 RIO DE JANEIRO
31.7
SAO PAULO
ARGENTINA
National capital
17.5
13.9
A good example of stability in a country’s national homicide rate disguising disparities in homicide rates within its territory is Brazil, where, although the national homicide rate has changed little over the last 30 years, there have been significant changes within its different states. Homicide rates have declined in the States (and cities) of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, but they have risen in other parts of the country, particularly the north and north-east. As homicides in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo States decreased (by 29 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively) from 2007 to 2011, the homicide rate increased by almost 150 per cent in Paraiba and by half in Bahia.* An exception to these trends is the north-eastern State of Pernambuco, which experienced a decrease in its homicide rate during that time period, though it is still at a high level.
URUGUAY
Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Source: Ministry of Justice, Brazil (2012).
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* Ministry of Justice, Brazil (2012). Anuário Brasileiro de Segurança Pública.