Child homicide rate in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Child homicide rate was 0.5692 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022. ▼ Falling
Child homicide rate in Nicaragua, 2005–2022
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 Nicaragua stood at 0.5692 deaths per 100,000 people. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.4% on the previous year and down 69.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child homicide rate in Nicaragua peaked at 4.22 deaths per 100,000 people in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5692 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2022.
Nicaragua ranks 41st of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 4.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8773 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8488 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5692 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9892 deaths per 100,000 people | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 38 Montenegro 0.6615 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 39 Thailand 0.6328 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 40 Israel 0.6151 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 42 South Korea 0.5348 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 43 Lithuania 0.5323 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 44 Finland 0.5202 deaths per 100,000 people compare
More social development data for Nicaragua
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 311 (2023)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 35,341 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.151 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.018 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.042 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.151 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.098 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.019 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child homicide rate in Nicaragua?
- Child homicide rate in Nicaragua was 0.5692 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 4.22 deaths per 100,000 people in 2005.
- What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5692 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.
- How does Nicaragua rank for child homicide rate?
- Nicaragua ranks 41st out of 113 countries with data for 2022.
- Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.