Child homicide rate in Paraguay
Paraguay: Child homicide rate was 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▼ Falling
Child homicide rate in Paraguay, 2000–2021
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people for child homicide rate in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 23.6% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child homicide rate in Paraguay peaked at 3.89 deaths per 100,000 people in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2021.
Paraguay ranks 21st of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 18 Seychelles 3.07 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 19 Saint Lucia 2.13 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 20 South Africa 2.09 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 22 French Guiana 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 23 Chile 1.67 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 24 Serbia 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people compare
More social development data for Paraguay
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 4,621 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 162 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.581 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.751 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.8 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.581 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.342 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.376 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child homicide rate in Paraguay?
- Child homicide rate in Paraguay was 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3.89 deaths per 100,000 people in 2010.
- What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021.
- How does Paraguay rank for child homicide rate?
- Paraguay ranks 21st out of 113 countries with data for 2021.
- Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.