Homicides: male victims in South America in 2023 — 59,731 people. Since 2007, the indicator has fallen by 21.2%.
2007–2023 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 59,731 | +1,759 | +3.03% |
| 2022 | 57,972 | −415 | −0.71% |
| 2021 | 58,387 | +323 | +0.56% |
| 2020 | 58,064 | +223 | +0.39% |
| 2019 | 57,841 | −10,912 | −15.87% |
| 2018 | 68,753 | −21,336 | −23.68% |
| 2017 | 90,089 | +1,427 | +1.61% |
| 2016 | 88,662 | +2,088 | +2.41% |
| 2015 | 86,574 | — | — |
| 2013 | 70,685 | −15,721 | −18.19% |
| 2012 | 86,406 | +5,892 | +7.32% |
| 2011 | 80,514 | — | — |
| 2008 | 79,448 | +3,680 | +4.86% |
| 2007 | 75,768 | — | — |
The number of male victims of intentional homicide during a calendar year, from UNODC. The split of victims by sex is a stable regularity of world crime statistics: men make up about 80% of homicide victims in the world, and the gap is wider where the overall homicide rate is higher.
Important: The sum of male and female victims may not match the total number of homicides: some countries report data without a breakdown by sex, and such cases enter only the total indicator. The number of territories here is therefore smaller than in the “Number of intentional homicides” indicator.
Source: UNODC Crime Statistics, license UN data: free to use with attribution.
How many people become victims of intentional homicide in a year — in absolute numbers, from UNODC.
Crime Homicides: female victimsHow many women are killed by intentional homicide in a year — an indicator customarily viewed apart from the total.
Crime Homicides of men per 100,000The homicide rate among men — how many victims there are per 100,000 men.
Crime Intentional homicidesThe number of intentional homicides per 100,000 people.