Contact Contacts
Intentional homicides — all countries

Intentional homicides — Paraguay

Intentional homicides in Paraguay in 2023 — 6.78 per 100k. Ranked 60 in the world out of 83. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 65.2%.

2023 6.78 per 100k −10.48% vs 2022
World rank 60of 83
Period maximum 26.08 per 100k2002
Period minimum 6.78 per 100k2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · per 100,000 people

Intentional homicides — Paraguay, 2000–202301020302000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 19.51 per 100k2001: 25.33 per 100k2002: 26.08 per 100k2003: 24.12 per 100k2004: 22.44 per 100k2005: 16.28 per 100k2006: 13.48 per 100k2007: 14.08 per 100k2008: 14.84 per 100k2009: 14.48 per 100k2010: 12.91 per 100k2011: 11.3 per 100k2012: 11.01 per 100k2013: 10.1 per 100k2014: 9.52 per 100k2015: 10.02 per 100k2016: 10.71 per 100k2017: 8.53 per 100k2018: 7.73 per 100k2019: 8.5 per 100k2020: 7.28 per 100k2021: 7.85 per 100k2022: 7.57 per 100k2023: 6.78 per 100k
Change over the period: −12.73 (−65.24%) Average annual rate: -4.49 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Paraguay

Paraguay 6.78 per 100k
World 5.2 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 19.7 per 100k
South America computed 18.04 per 100k
Intentional homicides — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 6.78 −0.79 −10.48%
2022 7.57 −0.28 −3.58%
2021 7.85 +0.57 +7.83%
2020 7.28 −1.22 −14.34%
2019 8.5 +0.77 +9.97%
2018 7.73 −0.8 −9.4%
2017 8.53 −2.17 −20.28%
2016 10.71 +0.69 +6.87%
2015 10.02 +0.5 +5.2%
2014 9.52 −0.57 −5.68%
2013 10.1 −0.91 −8.26%
2012 11.01 −0.29 −2.6%
2011 11.3 −1.61 −12.5%
2010 12.91 −1.56 −10.79%
2009 14.48 −0.36 −2.44%
2008 14.84 +0.75 +5.36%
2007 14.08 +0.61 +4.5%
2006 13.48 −2.8 −17.21%
2005 16.28 −6.16 −27.44%
2004 22.44 −1.69 −6.99%
2003 24.12 −1.95 −7.49%
2002 26.08 +0.75 +2.95%
2001 25.33 +5.82 +29.85%
2000 19.51 — —

South America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BO Bolivia 4.42 AR Argentina 4.49 CL Chile 6.35 SR Suriname 6.52 PY Paraguay 6.78 UY Uruguay 11.25 GY Guyana 19.12 BR Brazil 19.28 CO Colombia 24.91 EC Ecuador 45.72
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The number of intentional homicides per 100,000 people, from UNODC. It is considered the most comparable indicator of violent crime across countries: unlike statistics on theft or fraud, it depends little on the willingness of citizens to go to the police — most homicides are recorded in medical data as well.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

Other indicators for Paraguay

Mortality Suicide mortality rate

An age-standardized rate per 100,000 people.

Paraguay by year Labor Gini index

A measure of income inequality: 0 is complete equality, 100 is maximum inequality.

Paraguay by year Defense Military expenditure (% of GDP)

The share of GDP a country spends on defense.

Paraguay by year Crime Number of intentional homicides

How many people become victims of intentional homicide in a year — in absolute numbers, from UNODC.

Paraguay by year Crime Homicides: male victims

How many men are killed by intentional homicide in a year. In most countries this is four victims out of five.

Paraguay by year Crime Homicides: female victims

How many women are killed by intentional homicide in a year — an indicator customarily viewed apart from the total.

Paraguay by year
All indicators for Paraguay