Mexico vs Nigeria: Homicides

Mexico

36,072 deaths

in 2021

Nigeria

18,463 deaths

in 2021

Mexico rank

3rd

Nigeria rank

6th

Homicides over time

Mexico currently reports 36,072 deaths against 18,463 deaths in Nigeria, a difference of 17,609 deaths.

That makes Mexico's figure about 2.0 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Mexico ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 6th of 194 countries.

Indicator: Homicides
Unit: deaths
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: 07 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths from interpersonal violence in both sexes.