The number of homicides of women decreased by 27.7% in Brazil, from 2014 to 2024. Even so, the record of this type of crime during the period was quite high, totaling 46,336 cases. The highest levels of lethal violence against women were concentrated, above all, in the North and Northeast regions, according to the , released this Tuesday (May 26, 2026) by and the . Here is the full text (PDF – 6 MB).
The study highlights that the drop in the number of these murders results from the reduction observed in the number of homicides committed outside the domestic environment, whose rate, which was 3.47 per 100 thousand in 2014, fell to 2.17 in 2024.
In the 11 years analyzed, the biggest reductions in the homicide rate per 100 thousand women were recorded in Sergipe (-67.2%) and Goiás (-62.5%). Roraima and Amazonas had the highest rates: 21.2% and 13.6%, respectively.
On the other hand, the rate of women murdered in the domestic environment remained relatively stable, varying from 1.25 to 1.18 per group of 100 thousand. According to Ipea and FBSP, this is a strong indication that there has been no reduction in the number of femicides.
In 2024, 3,642 women were victims of this type of crime in the country. Based on police records, the number of femicides reached 40.3% of the total number of homicides of women from 2014 to 2024.
The coordinator of the Atlas of Violence, Daniel Cerqueira, Planning and Research technician at Ipea, noted that the law against femicide came into force in 2015, and the first years were a learning process for the police authorities.
Until then, feminicides were classified as homicides. “One thing that doesn’t change is this unacceptable stability of feminicide violence in Brazil.”
Non-lethal violence
On the other hand, 293,842 women were victims of non-lethal violence in Brazil, with the majority of events occurring in the domestic environment (187,958), which represents 64% of the total.
Non-lethal violence has a high incidence of attacks in the victim’s home (79.9%), in addition to significant recurrence: 66.2% of women treated by the health network reported having suffered several episodes of violence in the same year.
Age difference
Violence against women differs according to age group. Between 0 and 9 years old (51.9%) and from 70 years old onwards, the predominant form of violence is negligence. For girls aged 10 to 14, 45.5% of all reported violence were cases of sexual violence.
From the age of 15 until the age of 69, physical violence is the greatest manifestation of violence against women, often associated with intimate relationships and accompanied by different types of aggression that usually occur simultaneously.
Black women
The survey confirms that black women are the biggest victims of lethal violence, with a rate 66.7% higher than the verified rate of 2.4 per 100 thousand women among non-black women, in 2024, which reaffirms the structuring racism that exists in the country.
Fourteen Brazilian states recorded homicide rates for black women above the country’s rate in 2024.
States with the highest rates:
- Ceará (7.2);
- Pernambuco (6,7);
- Espírito Santo (6.5);
- Roraima (6.3);
- Alagoas (5.9);
- Mato Grosso (5.4).
Conversely, 13 states showed rates lower than the national rate:
- São Paulo (1.4);
- Sergipe (2.4);
- Federal District (2.5);
- Santa Catarina (2.7);
- Minas Gerais (2.8).
In 2024, 2,457 black women were victims of homicide, which represents 67.5% of total crimes against women that year. It means a rate of four black women killed per 100,000 women. This result corresponds to a drop of 9.1% compared to the previous year, constituting the lowest index recorded in the last 11 years.
Even given this scenario, between 2014 and 2024, the homicide rate of black women per 100,000 women fell from 5.6 to 4, showing a reduction of 28.6%. The most pronounced falls in the period occurred in Sergipe (70.0%), Goiás (64.2%) and Distrito Federal (55.4%).
The states with the most significant increases were Ceará (56.5%), Piauí (12.5%) and Roraima (8.6%). Only Maranhão showed stability in the rate over these 11 years.
This text was originally published by , on May 26, 2026, at 10:04 am. The content is free for republication, the source is cited, and has been adapted to the standard of Poder360.
