Brazil Sets Record for Missing-Person Reports in 2025, Sinesp Data Show

Overview

• Authorities logged 84,760 reports nationwide in 2025, equal to roughly 39 cases per 100,000 residents and an average of 232 a day.
• Reports involving children and adolescents reached 23,919 for the year, an 8% rise from 2024 and about 66 cases per day.
• São Paulo had the largest number of cases at 20,546, while Roraima recorded the highest rate at about 78 per 100,000, followed by the Federal District at 75 and Rio Grande do Sul at 68.
• Sinesp notes that some states, including Alagoas, Paraíba, Pernambuco and São Paulo, submitted only partial data by the December cutoff, so totals could increase.
• Authorities continue to use Amber Alert protocols and Meta platforms to broadcast child alerts within a 200-kilometer radius, with active task forces exemplified by searches for two missing siblings in Bacabal, Maranhão.