Homicide rate who age standardized in Ecuador
Ecuador: Homicide rate who age standardized was 24.57 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate who age standardized in Ecuador, 1966–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for homicide rate who age standardized in Ecuador is 24.57, 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 who age standardized in Ecuador peaked at 24.57 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.35, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.76 | 5.68 | 7.64 | 4 |
| 1970s | 6.76 | 5.35 | 8.07 | 9 |
| 1980s | 8.99 | 6.03 | 11.23 | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.79 | 10.36 | 15.03 | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.95 | 13.19 | 17.41 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.5 | 5.57 | 15.47 | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.66 | 5.95 | 24.57 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.27 compare
- 5 Colombia 28.2 compare
- 6 Trinidad and Tobago 28.01 compare
- 8 Mexico 24.24 compare
- 9 Saint Lucia 23.42 compare
- 10 Brazil 21.76 compare
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- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5,723 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 3 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.692 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.386 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.607 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.719 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.706 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.462 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate who age standardized in Ecuador?
- Homicide rate who age standardized in Ecuador was 24.57 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate who age standardized recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 24.57 in 2022.
- What is the lowest homicide rate who age standardized recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.35 in 1979.
- How does Ecuador rank for homicide rate who age standardized?
- Ecuador ranks 7th out of 111 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate who age standardized 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate who age standardized. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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