Brazil vs Colombia

Organized violence recorded by UCDP, 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Both countries are in the Americas region.

Colombia recorded 923 organized-violence events in the last 12 months against 372 in Brazil, about 2.5 times as many. Estimated deaths: 409 in Brazil and 1,466 in Colombia. Adjusted for population, Brazil had 1.7 events per million people and Colombia 17.3.

	Brazil	Colombia
Events, last 90 days	55	488
Change vs prior 90 days	-48%	+198%
Events, last 12 months	372	923
Est. deaths, last 12 months	409	1,466
Civilian deaths, last 12 months	65	314
Events per million people	1.7	17.3
Deaths per million people	1.9	27.4
Regions with 5+ events	8	18
Main type of violence	Non-state	Non-state
Most recorded party	Unidentified armed group	Unidentified armed group

Brazil

Events per month in Brazil

Colombia

Events per month in Colombia

Population: World Bank. See methodology.