SVEl Salvador
El Salvador: crime, homicide rate and trend
- 7.9 homicides per 100,000 people (2022)
- -81% in 10 years (since 2012)
- 1st lowest rate of 8 in Central America
- World median: 3.8 per 100,000
- Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2022.
Safety 2 out of 10 compared with the world
El Salvador: we do not have local crime data yet.
Homicides per 100,000 people by year
| Year | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 17.3 |
| 2020 | 21.5 |
| 2019 | 38.5 |
| 2018 | 53.8 |
| 2017 | 63.8 |
| 2016 | 85.1 |
| 2015 | 107.6 |
| 2014 | 63.6 |
| 2013 | 40.9 |
| 2012 | 42.4 |
| 2011 | 71.8 |
| 2010 | 65.7 |
| 2009 | 72.5 |
| 2008 | 52.7 |
| 2007 | 58.2 |
| 2006 | 65.4 |
| 2005 | 64.6 |
| 2004 | 64.9 |
| 2003 | 55.9 |
| 2002 | 47.4 |
| 2001 | 60.2 |
| 2000 | 59.7 |
