Homicide rate in Mexico
Mexico: Homicide rate was 24.86 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate in Mexico, 1990–2023
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
Mexico recorded 24.86 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2023.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Mexico peaked at 29.45 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8.15 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2007.
Mexico ranks 19th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.49 homicides per 100,000 population | 12.61 homicides per 100,000 population | 19.29 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.75 homicides per 100,000 population | 8.15 homicides per 100,000 population | 17.68 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.65 homicides per 100,000 population | 16.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 29.45 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.93 homicides per 100,000 population | 24.86 homicides per 100,000 population | 29 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 16 Dominica 27.06 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 17 Saint Martin (French part) 26.9 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 18 Colombia 24.91 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 20 Guatemala 23.37 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 21 Brazil 19.28 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 22 Guyana 19.12 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Mexico
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 152,002 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 41,307 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.702 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.626 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.221 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.337 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.626 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Mexico?
- Homicide rate in Mexico was 24.86 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 29.45 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.15 homicides per 100,000 population in 2007.
- How does Mexico rank for homicide rate?
- Mexico ranks 19th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.