Brazil vs Colombia: Homicides

Brazil

45,596 deaths

in 2021

Colombia

14,457 deaths

in 2021

Brazil rank

1st

Colombia rank

4th

Homicides over time

Brazil currently reports 45,596 deaths against 14,457 deaths in Colombia, a difference of 31,139 deaths.

That makes Brazil's figure about 3.2 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 1st and Colombia ranks 4th of 113 countries.

Indicator: Homicides
Unit: deaths
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual number of homicides.