El Salvador vs Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: Homicide rate

El Salvador
94.3 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
62.84 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
El Salvador rank
1st
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank
3rd

Homicide rate over time

  • El Salvador
  • Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 94.3 deaths per 100,000 people against 62.84 deaths per 100,000 people in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, a difference of 31.46 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.5 times Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 1st and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 3rd of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Difference Ahead
2000s 67.67 deaths per 100,000 people 50.79 deaths per 100,000 people 16.89 deaths per 100,000 people El Salvador
2010s 77.67 deaths per 100,000 people 58.34 deaths per 100,000 people 19.33 deaths per 100,000 people El Salvador
2020s 92.65 deaths per 100,000 people 62.39 deaths per 100,000 people 30.27 deaths per 100,000 people El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate, El Salvador or Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?
El Salvador, at 94.3 deaths per 100,000 people against 62.84 deaths per 100,000 people in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of as of 2021.
What is the difference in homicide rate between El Salvador and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?
31.46 deaths per 100,000 people, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do El Salvador and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank globally for homicide rate?
El Salvador ranks 1st and Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 3rd of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Homicide rate
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths from interpersonal violence in both sexes, per 100,000 people.