Homicide rate in Ecuador
Ecuador: Homicide rate was 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
24.57 deaths per 100,000 people
Change on year
up 230.0%
World rank
7th
of 111 countries
All-time high
24.57 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
All-time low
5.35 deaths per 100,000 people
in 1979
Years of data
56
1966–2022
Homicide rate in Ecuador, 1966–2022
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for homicide rate in Ecuador is 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is up 230.0% on the previous year and up 122.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Ecuador peaked at 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.35 deaths per 100,000 people, in 1979.
Ecuador ranks 7th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Homicide rate in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 6.56 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 1967 | 7.64 deaths per 100,000 people | +16.6% |
| 1968 | 5.68 deaths per 100,000 people | -25.7% |
| 1969 | 7.16 deaths per 100,000 people | +26.1% |
| 1970 | 8.07 deaths per 100,000 people | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 7.27 deaths per 100,000 people | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 6.86 deaths per 100,000 people | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 6.17 deaths per 100,000 people | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 7.19 deaths per 100,000 people | +16.5% |
| 1975 | 6.96 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 6.95 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 6.06 deaths per 100,000 people | -12.7% |
| 1979 | 5.35 deaths per 100,000 people | -11.8% |
| 1980 | 6.03 deaths per 100,000 people | +12.8% |
| 1981 | 7.97 deaths per 100,000 people | +32.0% |
| 1982 | 8.03 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 8.7 deaths per 100,000 people | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 9.08 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 8.73 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 9.92 deaths per 100,000 people | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 10.1 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 10.07 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 11.23 deaths per 100,000 people | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 10.36 deaths per 100,000 people | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 11.41 deaths per 100,000 people | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 12.19 deaths per 100,000 people | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 13.17 deaths per 100,000 people | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 11.42 deaths per 100,000 people | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 13.37 deaths per 100,000 people | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 13.94 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 12.29 deaths per 100,000 people | -11.9% |
| 1998 | 15.03 deaths per 100,000 people | +22.3% |
| 1999 | 14.7 deaths per 100,000 people | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 16.39 deaths per 100,000 people | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 15.33 deaths per 100,000 people | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 15.64 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 13.19 deaths per 100,000 people | -15.7% |
| 2004 | 17.02 deaths per 100,000 people | +29.1% |
| 2005 | 17.41 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 16.7 deaths per 100,000 people | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 16.07 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 16.98 deaths per 100,000 people | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 14.74 deaths per 100,000 people | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 15.47 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 13.82 deaths per 100,000 people | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 11.02 deaths per 100,000 people | -20.2% |
| 2013 | 8.09 deaths per 100,000 people | -26.6% |
| 2014 | 6.55 deaths per 100,000 people | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 5.57 deaths per 100,000 people | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 5.57 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.84 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 6.99 deaths per 100,000 people | +19.8% |
| 2020 | 5.95 deaths per 100,000 people | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 7.45 deaths per 100,000 people | +25.1% |
| 2022 | 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people | +230.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.11 deaths per 100,000 people, 7.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12.02 deaths per 100,000 people, 2.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Homicide rate in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +230.0% | 7.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 5.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 7.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 4 |
| 1970s | 6.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 5.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 8.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 9 |
| 1980s | 8.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 6.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 11.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 10.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 15.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 13.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 17.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 5.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 15.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 5.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.27 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 5 Colombia 28.2 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 6 Trinidad and Tobago 28.01 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 8 Mexico 24.24 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 9 Saint Lucia 23.42 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 10 Brazil 21.76 deaths per 100,000 people compare
More social development data for Ecuador
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 26,428 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5,723 (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 0.0003 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5,723 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0014 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 in Ecuador?
- Homicide rate in Ecuador was 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 24.57 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.35 deaths per 100,000 people in 1979.
- How does Ecuador rank for homicide rate?
- Ecuador ranks 7th out of 111 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (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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Annual number of homicides per 100,000 people.