What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Chile and Nicaragua?

0.77 deaths per 100,000 people, with Chile ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Nicaragua?

18 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate by age of the victim. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chile vs Nicaragua: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Chile

4.19 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Nicaragua

3.42 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Chile rank

28th

Nicaragua rank

30th

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Chile
Nicaragua

How they compare

Chile currently reports 4.19 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.42 deaths per 100,000 people in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.77 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.2 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Chile ranks 28th and Nicaragua ranks 30th of 111 countries.

Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
2000s	5.14 deaths per 100,000 people	8.85 deaths per 100,000 people	3.71 deaths per 100,000 people	Nicaragua
2010s	3.8 deaths per 100,000 people	6.03 deaths per 100,000 people	2.23 deaths per 100,000 people	Nicaragua
2020s	3.35 deaths per 100,000 people	4.36 deaths per 100,000 people	1.01 deaths per 100,000 people	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Chile or Nicaragua?: Chile, at 4.19 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.42 deaths per 100,000 people in Nicaragua as of 2022.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Chile and Nicaragua?: 0.77 deaths per 100,000 people, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Nicaragua?: 18 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Chile and Nicaragua rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Chile ranks 28th and Nicaragua ranks 30th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate by age of the victim. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Homicide rate by age of the victim
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: 111 places, 4,803 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Annual number of deaths from homicides, per 100,000 people within the same age-group.