Intentional homicides - El Salvador
Value & RankThe Intentional homicides of El Salvador is 41.2 (per 100,000 people) with a global rank of 5.
El Salvador compared to other CountriesThe Intentional homicides of El Salvador is similar to that of Honduras, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Belize, Guatemala, Jamaica, Lesotho, Swaziland, St. Kitts and Nevis, South Africa with a respective Intentional homicides of 90.4, 53.7, 52.6, 44.7, 39.9, 39.3, 38.0, 33.8, 33.6, 31.0 (per 100,000 people) and a global rank of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.10 years growthEl Salvador's Intentional homicides had a positive growth of 11.4 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Last 10 years averageEl Salvador had an average Intentional homicides of 54.6 (per 100,000 people) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
El Salvador during the Great RecessionEl Salvador's Intentional homicides had a positive growth of 10.1% during the Great RecessionEl Salvador since the end of the Great RecessionEl Salvador's Intentional homicides had a negative growth (decline) of 41.9% since the end of the Great Recession
El Salvador compared to other CountriesThe Intentional homicides of El Salvador is similar to that of Honduras, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Belize, Guatemala, Jamaica, Lesotho, Swaziland, St. Kitts and Nevis, South Africa with a respective Intentional homicides of 90.4, 53.7, 52.6, 44.7, 39.9, 39.3, 38.0, 33.8, 33.6, 31.0 (per 100,000 people) and a global rank of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.10 years growthEl Salvador's Intentional homicides had a positive growth of 11.4 (%) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
Last 10 years averageEl Salvador had an average Intentional homicides of 54.6 (per 100,000 people) in the last 10 years from (2002 to 2012).
El Salvador during the Great RecessionEl Salvador's Intentional homicides had a positive growth of 10.1% during the Great RecessionEl Salvador since the end of the Great RecessionEl Salvador's Intentional homicides had a negative growth (decline) of 41.9% since the end of the Great Recession
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1995 | 139.1 |
1996 | 117.3 |
1997 | 112.6 |
1998 | 95.0 |
1999 | 65.0 |
2000 | 39.3 |
2001 | 36.9 |
2002 | 37.0 |
2003 | 36.4 |
2004 | 45.8 |
2005 | 62.2 |
2006 | 64.4 |
2007 | 57.1 |
2008 | 51.7 |
2009 | 70.9 |
2010 | 64.1 |
2011 | 69.9 |
2012 | 41.2 |
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Honduras | 1 | 90.4 |
Venezuela | 2 | 53.7 |
Virgin Islands | 3 | 52.6 |
Belize | 4 | 44.7 |
El Salvador | 5 | 41.2 |
Guatemala | 6 | 39.9 |
Jamaica | 7 | 39.3 |
Lesotho | 8 | 38.0 |
Swaziland | 9 | 33.8 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 10 | 33.6 |
South Africa | 11 | 31.0 |
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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators