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Crime is slowing economic growth and undermining democratic consolidation in Latin America. [17] [18] Today, Latin America has the dubious distinction of being most violent region in the world, with combined crime rates more than triple the world average and are comparable to rates in nations experiencing war.
The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.
Homicide rates (from firearms) per 100,000 people by country. [1]This is a list of countries by firearm-related homicide rate per 100,000 population by year.. Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standards.
Latin Americans are blaming leftist leaders’ failure to confront rising lawlessness, says Andres Oppenheimer. Rising crime rates are pushing Latin America’s political pendulum to the right ...
In recent years, Latin America has seen an expansion of criminal organizations. Today, Mexican cartels have 175,000 members and are active in all 31 Mexican states.
In recent years, the homicide rate of El Salvador has plummeted drastically, both before and since the 2022 Salvadoran gang crackdown. [18] In 2024, El Salvador reported a homicide rate of 1.9 per 100,000 people, a figure lower than any other Latin American country. [19] This rate represents a 98% decrease in nine years. [20]
The Inter-American Development Bank on Thursday announced the launch of a regional security alliance against crime that brings together 18 governments across Latin America and the Caribbean as ...
In 2021, the United Nations declared that violence against women was “the other pandemic” in Honduras, which has a femicide rate of 6.62 per 100,000—the highest in Latin America. [10] The UN noted that 278 Honduran women were killed in 2020, and the National Autonomous University of Honduras along with the National Observatory of Violence ...