Homicide rate ghe in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Homicide rate ghe was 9.23 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
9.23
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
46th
of 194 countries
All-time high
15.06
in 2009
All-time low
9.23
in 2021
Years of data
22
2000–2021
Homicide rate ghe in Nicaragua, 2000–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 9.23 for homicide rate ghe in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate ghe in Nicaragua peaked at 15.06 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 9.23, in 2021.
Nicaragua ranks 46th of 194 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 | 13.76 | 11.48 | 15.06 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.16 | 9.28 | 14.65 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.27 | 9.23 | 9.3 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More social development data for Nicaragua
- 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)
- Political rights rating fh 7 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.077 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.019 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.151 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.042 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.018 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.098 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate ghe in Nicaragua?
- Homicide rate ghe in Nicaragua was 9.23 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate ghe recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 15.06 in 2009.
- What is the lowest homicide rate ghe recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.23 in 2021.
- How does Nicaragua rank for homicide rate ghe?
- Nicaragua ranks 46th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate ghe rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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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