Colombia vs Mexico: Homicides

Colombia
14,457 deaths
in 2021
Mexico
31,895 deaths
in 2022
Colombia rank
4th
Mexico rank
2nd

Homicides over time

  • Colombia
  • Mexico
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k195319872022

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 31,895 deaths against 14,457 deaths in Colombia, a difference of 17,438 deaths.

That makes Mexico's figure about 2.2 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Mexico ahead.

Colombia ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 2nd of 113 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicides
Unit
deaths
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.