Number of intentional homicides in South America in 2023 — 66,833 people. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 25.9%.
2001–2023 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 66,833 | −1,605 | −2.35% |
| 2022 | 68,438 | −2,832 | −3.97% |
| 2021 | 71,270 | −2,364 | −3.21% |
| 2020 | 73,634 | −2,406 | −3.16% |
| 2019 | 76,040 | +86 | +0.11% |
| 2018 | 75,954 | −23,072 | −23.3% |
| 2017 | 99,026 | −391 | −0.39% |
| 2016 | 99,417 | +4,607 | +4.86% |
| 2015 | 94,810 | −5,375 | −5.37% |
| 2014 | 100,185 | +19,504 | +24.17% |
| 2013 | 80,681 | −16,246 | −16.76% |
| 2012 | 96,927 | +6,376 | +7.04% |
| 2011 | 90,551 | +3,088 | +3.53% |
| 2010 | 87,463 | −861 | −0.97% |
| 2009 | 88,324 | +639 | +0.73% |
| 2008 | 87,685 | +3,435 | +4.08% |
| 2007 | 84,250 | +1,489 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 82,761 | +3,031 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 79,730 | — | — |
| 2003 | 91,160 | −3,833 | −4.04% |
| 2002 | 94,993 | +4,760 | +5.28% |
| 2001 | 90,233 | — | — |
The number of victims of intentional homicide during a calendar year. UNODC treats intentional homicide as unlawful death inflicted with the intent to cause it — the definition is standardized across all countries, so the figures are comparable regardless of how the act is classified in national law. The data are collected through the annual survey of countries on crime trends and supplemented with estimates from death registration systems and medical statistics.
Important: The absolute count and the rate per 100,000 answer different questions: large countries stand in the top rows by the number of homicides, and entirely different ones by the rate. Both are worth looking at.
Source: UNODC Crime Statistics, license UN data: free to use with attribution.
The number of intentional homicides per 100,000 people.
Crime Homicides: male victimsHow many men are killed by intentional homicide in a year. In most countries this is four victims out of five.
Crime Homicides: female victimsHow many women are killed by intentional homicide in a year — an indicator customarily viewed apart from the total.
Crime Prison population per 100,000How many people are held in places of detention per 100,000 population — including those still under investigation.