Homicide rate ghe in El Salvador
El Salvador: Homicide rate ghe was 94.3 in 2021. β² Rising
Latest (2021)
94.3
Change on year
up 3.6%
World rank
1st
of 194 countries
All-time high
94.3
in 2021
All-time low
61.71
in 2002
Years of data
22
2000β2021
Homicide rate ghe in El Salvador, 2000β2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, homicide rate ghe in El Salvador stood at 94.3. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate ghe in El Salvador peaked at 94.3 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 61.71, in 2002.
El Salvador ranks 1st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.67 | 61.71 | 73.46 | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.67 | 63.05 | 88.86 | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.65 | 91 | 94.3 | 2 |
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- Political rights rating fh 5 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.511 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.09 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.321 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.646 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.356 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.159 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate ghe in El Salvador?
- Homicide rate ghe in El Salvador was 94.3 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate ghe recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 94.3 in 2021.
- What is the lowest homicide rate ghe recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.71 in 2002.
- How does El Salvador rank for homicide rate ghe?
- El Salvador ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate ghe rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate ghe. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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