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

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

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

28 years are reported by both, from 1995 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 Peru: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Chile

4.19 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Peru

3.41 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Chile rank

28th

Peru rank

31st

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Chile
Peru

How they compare

Chile currently reports 4.19 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.41 deaths per 100,000 people in Peru, a difference of 0.78 deaths per 100,000 people.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Peru ahead.

Chile ranks 28th and Peru ranks 31st of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.9 deaths per 100,000 people	2.49 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4108 deaths per 100,000 people	Chile
2000s	5.22 deaths per 100,000 people	1.51 deaths per 100,000 people	3.71 deaths per 100,000 people	Chile
2010s	3.8 deaths per 100,000 people	2.22 deaths per 100,000 people	1.58 deaths per 100,000 people	Chile
2020s	3.35 deaths per 100,000 people	3.3 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0502 deaths per 100,000 people	Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Chile or Peru?: Chile, at 4.19 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.41 deaths per 100,000 people in Peru as of 2022.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Chile and Peru?: 0.78 deaths per 100,000 people, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Peru?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
How do Chile and Peru rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Chile ranks 28th and Peru ranks 31st 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.