Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in El Salvador
El Salvador: Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner was 0 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in El Salvador, 2012–2022
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 where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in El Salvador is 0 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in El Salvador peaked at 0.5409 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2014.
El Salvador ranks 47th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | homicides per 100,000 population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.3432 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2013 | 0.0342 homicides per 100,000 population | -90.0% |
| 2014 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2016 | 0.0339 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2017 | 0.2367 homicides per 100,000 population | +598.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5409 homicides per 100,000 population | +128.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0676 homicides per 100,000 population | -87.5% |
| 2020 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2022 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1571 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5409 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
| 2020s | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 44 Philippines 0.0157 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 45 Mexico 0.0064 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 46 Colombia 0.0039 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Andorra 0 homicides per 100,000 population
- 47 Antigua and Barbuda 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Armenia 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Barbados 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Belize 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Chile 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Honduras 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Iceland 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Israel 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Jamaica 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Jordan 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Latvia 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Malta 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Montenegro 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Oman 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Slovenia 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Sweden 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Vatican 0 homicides per 100,000 population
More social development data for El Salvador
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 182 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 68,182 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0107 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 68,182 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in El Salvador?
- Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in El Salvador was 0 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, 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 where the perpetrator is an intimate partner recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5409 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.
- What is the lowest homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 homicides per 100,000 population in 2014.
- How does El Salvador rank for homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner?
- El Salvador ranks 47th out of 67 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador 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 where the perpetrator is an intimate partner. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population of male victims where the perpetrator is an intimate partner.