Cuba vs Peru: Child homicide rate

Cuba
0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Peru
0.8607 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Cuba rank
31st
Peru rank
30th

Child homicide rate over time

  • Cuba
  • Peru
0123196419932022

How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.8607 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people in Cuba, a difference of 0.0213 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 31st and Peru ranks 30th of 113 countries.

Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Peru Difference Ahead
1990s 2.07 deaths per 100,000 people 0.8349 deaths per 100,000 people 1.24 deaths per 100,000 people Cuba
2000s 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people 0.4402 deaths per 100,000 people 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people Cuba
2010s 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people 0.7573 deaths per 100,000 people 0.6777 deaths per 100,000 people Cuba
2020s 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people 0.052 deaths per 100,000 people Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child homicide rate, Cuba or Peru?
Peru, at 0.8607 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people in Cuba as of 2022.
What is the difference in child homicide rate between Cuba and Peru?
0.0213 deaths per 100,000 people, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Peru?
27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2021.
How do Cuba and Peru rank globally for child homicide rate?
Cuba ranks 31st and Peru ranks 30th of 113 countries.
Where does this data come from?
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Child homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child homicide rate
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
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

Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.