Homicide rate in Chile
Chile: Homicide rate was 6.35 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate in Chile, 2003–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for homicide rate in Chile is 6.35 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and up 101.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Chile peaked at 6.8 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.32 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2015.
That places Chile 52nd out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.53 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.4 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.32 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.81 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.89 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.66 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.8 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 49 Cameroon 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 50 Zimbabwe 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 51 Suriname 6.52 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 53 Samoa 6.26 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 54 Bermuda 6.18 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 55 Yemen 5.81 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Chile
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 2,631 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5,358 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.86 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.93 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.781 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.574 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.93 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Chile?
- Homicide rate in Chile was 6.35 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.32 homicides per 100,000 population in 2015.
- How does Chile rank for homicide rate?
- Chile ranks 52nd out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.