What is the difference in homicide rate between Brazil and Puerto Rico?

1.09 deaths per 100,000 people, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Puerto Rico?

40 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Puerto Rico: Homicide rate

Brazil

21.76 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Puerto Rico

20.67 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Brazil rank

10th

Puerto Rico rank

11th

Homicide rate over time

Brazil
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 21.76 deaths per 100,000 people against 20.67 deaths per 100,000 people in Puerto Rico, a difference of 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Brazil ranks 10th and Puerto Rico ranks 11th of 111 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1970s	9.43 deaths per 100,000 people	15.29 deaths per 100,000 people	5.86 deaths per 100,000 people	Puerto Rico
1980s	14.61 deaths per 100,000 people	15.5 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8917 deaths per 100,000 people	Puerto Rico
1990s	22.03 deaths per 100,000 people	23.51 deaths per 100,000 people	1.49 deaths per 100,000 people	Puerto Rico
2000s	26.41 deaths per 100,000 people	20.87 deaths per 100,000 people	5.54 deaths per 100,000 people	Brazil
2010s	28.5 deaths per 100,000 people	23.48 deaths per 100,000 people	5.02 deaths per 100,000 people	Brazil
2020s	21.76 deaths per 100,000 people	21.32 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4384 deaths per 100,000 people	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate, Brazil or Puerto Rico?: Brazil, at 21.76 deaths per 100,000 people against 20.67 deaths per 100,000 people in Puerto Rico as of 2021.
What is the difference in homicide rate between Brazil and Puerto Rico?: 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Puerto Rico?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2021.
How do Brazil and Puerto Rico rank globally for homicide rate?: Brazil ranks 10th and Puerto Rico ranks 11th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Homicide rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 4,803 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Annual number of homicides per 100,000 people.