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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.
List of countries by suicide rate; List of cities by murder rate; List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate; List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate; List of United States cities by crime rate (250,000+) Percent of households with guns by country; United States cities by crime rate (100,000–250,000)
“If corruption was the big issue that turned Latin American politics upside down in the 2010s, violent crime may play the same role in the 2020s in many countries,” writes Brian Winter in the ...
Various analysts and politicians concur that in the 2020s crime in Chile is on the rise to levels similar to the rest of Latin America. [1] Increased murder rates and illegal drug trade are attributed by some to illegal immigration, other attribute the rise of crime more generally as the result of increased globalization. [1]
List of countries by suicide rate; List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate; List of Mexican states by homicides; List of U.S. states by homicide rate; List of United States cities by crime rate (2014) Number of guns per capita by country; Right to keep and bear arms in the United States; United States cities by crime rate (100,000 ...
Latin America has become a site of global competition. The United States must realign its focus on the region to promote economic prosperity and defeat corruption and organized crime, which will ...
In 2015, the OVV's murder rate data showed an increase of the rate to 90 per 100,000 with an estimated 27,878 Venezuelans murdered adding up to nearly 20% of murders in the Latin American region. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz stated to the United Nations that the rate was 62 per 100,000 for 2014, nearly twice as high as ...