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Brasil, which has long held the number one spot for transgender murders, recorded 80 such deaths during 2025, down from 122 in 2024, a 34% decrease according to Agência Brasil
The figures come from the latest edition of a dossier produced by the country’s National Association of Transsexual and Transgender People (ANTRA), released this week.
The result represents a drop of 34 percent from the previous year’s 122 murders – but does not remove Brazil from the top of the ranking, a position it has held for almost 18 years.
"The data is a reflection of an entire system that normalizes oppression against transgender people," said ANTRA’s President Bruna Benevides.Bruna Benevides, also an author of the dossier, believes that the association’s report “is an embarrassment to the state,” educates society, and breaks the silence.
“We must recognize that policies to protect women need to be accessible and available to transgender women, for instance. We need to think about making what already exists accessible and implementing what has not yet been properly achieved. There is a lot of production, including data, but a lack of action on the part of decision-makers,” she added.
If trans people didn't report on the violence targeting our community, our murders would go unnoticed.
These numbers align with TransLivesMatter, which reported 73 murders during 2025. The potential under-reporting by the UK-based Translivesmatter project could be attributed to Brasil's unique language, Português Brasileiro. It is difficult to translate even for someone from Portugal, and murders often are not reported using Google search.
