Homicide rate from firearms in Ecuador
Ecuador: Homicide rate from firearms was 39.53 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Homicide rate from firearms in Ecuador, 2014–2023
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
Ecuador recorded 39.53 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate from firearms in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 73.0% on the previous year and up 812.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Ecuador peaked at 39.53 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.72 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2016.
Ecuador ranks 4th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.32 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 6 |
| 2020s | 19.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.6 homicides per 100,000 population | 39.53 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57.74 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 42.44 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 3 Jamaica 41.87 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 5 Saint Lucia 31.24 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 6 Bahamas 29.43 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 7 Honduras 23.15 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Ecuador
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 26,428 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5,723 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.719 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.692 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.386 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.462 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.692 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Ecuador?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Ecuador was 39.53 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 from firearms recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 39.53 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.72 homicides per 100,000 population in 2016.
- How does Ecuador rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Ecuador ranks 4th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 812.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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 from firearms. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population where the weapon was a firearm.