Brazil vs Mexico: Homicides

Brazil

45,596 deaths

in 2021

Mexico

31,895 deaths

in 2022

Brazil rank

1st

Mexico rank

2nd

Homicides over time

Brazil currently reports 45,596 deaths against 31,895 deaths in Mexico, a difference of 13,701 deaths.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Mexico ahead.

Brazil ranks 1st and Mexico ranks 2nd 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.