Curaçao vs Puerto Rico: Homicide rate by sex of the victim
Curaçao
32.62 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2007
Puerto Rico
27.69 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Curaçao rank
20th
Puerto Rico rank
21st
Homicide rate by sex of the victim over time
- Curaçao
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Curaçao currently reports 32.62 homicides per 100,000 population against 27.69 homicides per 100,000 population in Puerto Rico, a difference of 4.93 homicides per 100,000 population.
That makes Curaçao's figure about 1.2 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Curaçao ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 21st of 138 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate by sex of the victim, Curaçao or Puerto Rico?
- Curaçao, at 32.62 homicides per 100,000 population against 27.69 homicides per 100,000 population in Puerto Rico as of 2007.
- What is the difference in homicide rate by sex of the victim between Curaçao and Puerto Rico?
- 4.93 homicides per 100,000 population, with Curaçao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Curaçao and Puerto Rico?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2007.
- How do Curaçao and Puerto Rico rank globally for homicide rate by sex of the victim?
- Curaçao ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 21st of 138 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate by sex of the victim. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof male victims.