Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Paraguay
Paraguay: Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner was 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Paraguay, 2013–2023
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
In 2023, homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Paraguay stood at 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 125.5% on the previous year and up 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Paraguay peaked at 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2019.
That places Paraguay 16th out of 67 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | homicides per 100,000 population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.1328 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2014 | 0.0655 homicides per 100,000 population | -50.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0968 homicides per 100,000 population | +47.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1272 homicides per 100,000 population | +31.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0314 homicides per 100,000 population | -75.3% |
| 2018 | 0.031 homicides per 100,000 population | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0904 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2023 | 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population | +125.5% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0669 homicides per 100,000 population, 3.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0669 homicides per 100,000 population, 3.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0692 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1328 homicides per 100,000 population | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.1472 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.0904 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 13 Mongolia 0.2885 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 14 North Macedonia 0.2235 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 15 Slovakia 0.2227 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 17 Belarus 0.1819 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 18 Panama 0.1794 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 19 Argentina 0.1682 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Paraguay
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,621 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 162 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (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 162 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 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 Paraguay?
- Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Paraguay was 0.2039 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 where the perpetrator is an intimate partner recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2039 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023.
- What is the lowest homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 homicides per 100,000 population in 2019.
- How does Paraguay rank for homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner?
- Paraguay ranks 16th out of 67 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.