Homicide rate from firearms in Peru
Peru: Homicide rate from firearms was 3.84 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate from firearms in Peru, 2011–2021
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
Peru recorded 3.84 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate from firearms in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.8% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Peru peaked at 4.23 homicides per 100,000 population in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2.31 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2019.
Peru ranks 24th of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.42 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.31 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2020s | 3.41 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.98 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.84 homicides per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 21 Bermuda 4.64 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 22 United States 4.42 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 23 Guatemala 4.41 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 25 Paraguay 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 26 Chile 3.32 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 27 Guyana 3.03 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Peru
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 6,788 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 7,885 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.777 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.8 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.506 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.448 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.8 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Peru?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Peru was 3.84 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021, 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 4.23 homicides per 100,000 population in 2014.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.31 homicides per 100,000 population in 2019.
- How does Peru rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Peru ranks 24th out of 82 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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.