Homicide rate in Peru
Peru: Homicide rate was 8.6 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate in Peru, 2011–2021
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
Peru recorded 8.6 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2021. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 48.5% on the previous year and up 55.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Peru peaked at 8.6 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.52 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2011.
That places Peru 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 5.52 homicides per 100,000 population | 7.94 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2020s | 7.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 5.8 homicides per 100,000 population | 8.6 homicides per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 37 Iraq 9.46 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 38 Papua New Guinea 9.34 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 39 Uganda 8.97 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 41 British Virgin Islands 8.17 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 42 Seychelles 7.97 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 43 El Salvador 7.9 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Peru
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 6,788 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 7,885 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.777 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.8 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.506 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.448 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.8 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Peru?
- Homicide rate in Peru was 8.6 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021, 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.52 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011.
- How does Peru rank for homicide rate?
- Peru ranks 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.