Child homicide rate in Ecuador
Ecuador: Child homicide rate was 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022. ▲ Rising
Child homicide rate in Ecuador, 1966–2022
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
In 2022, child homicide rate in Ecuador stood at 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is up 372.1% on the previous year and up 132.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child homicide rate in Ecuador peaked at 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8789 deaths per 100,000 people, in 1968.
Ecuador ranks 8th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8789 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 4 |
| 1970s | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 9 |
| 1980s | 2.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 5 Puerto Rico 7.43 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 6 Trinidad and Tobago 7.29 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.75 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 9 Mexico 6.03 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 10 Belize 5.99 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 11 Guyana 5.46 deaths per 100,000 people compare
More social development data for Ecuador
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 26,428 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5,723 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.607 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.706 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.719 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.607 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.462 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.386 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child homicide rate in Ecuador?
- Child homicide rate in Ecuador was 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.
- What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8789 deaths per 100,000 people in 1968.
- How does Ecuador rank for child homicide rate?
- Ecuador ranks 8th out of 113 countries with data for 2022.
- Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 132.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Child homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.