“Brazil recorded a 20.3% drop in the number of homicides between 2013 and 2023, according to the Atlas of Violence, produced by Ipea and the Brazilian Forum on Public Security. Between 2022 —with 46,409 deaths— and 2023, the decrease was 1.4%. Compared to 2017 —the most violent year in the historical series, with 65,602 deaths— the drop reaches 30.2%. Despite the improvement, Brazil remains among the most violent countries in the world. According to UNODC data, between 2022 and 2023 only 14 countries had higher homicide rates than Brazil, which posted a rate of 21.2 per 100,000 inhabitants —its lowest in 11 years.”From Folha de S.Paulo.