El Salvador vs Paraguay: Female homicide rate

El Salvador
2.15 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2022
Paraguay
2.08 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
El Salvador rank
46th
Paraguay rank
47th

Female homicide rate over time

  • El Salvador
  • Paraguay
05101520200520142023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 2.15 homicides per 100,000 population against 2.08 homicides per 100,000 population in Paraguay, a difference of 0.07 homicides per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2007 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 46th and Paraguay ranks 47th of 138 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Paraguay Difference Ahead
2000s 13.19 homicides per 100,000 population 2.08 homicides per 100,000 population 11.11 homicides per 100,000 population El Salvador
2010s 13.05 homicides per 100,000 population 2.03 homicides per 100,000 population 11.02 homicides per 100,000 population El Salvador
2020s 3.4 homicides per 100,000 population 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population 1.34 homicides per 100,000 population El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher female homicide rate, El Salvador or Paraguay?
El Salvador, at 2.15 homicides per 100,000 population against 2.08 homicides per 100,000 population in Paraguay as of 2022.
What is the difference in female homicide rate between El Salvador and Paraguay?
0.07 homicides per 100,000 population, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Paraguay?
16 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Paraguay rank globally for female homicide rate?
El Salvador ranks 46th and Paraguay ranks 47th of 138 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Female homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Female homicide rate
Unit
homicides per 100,000 population
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
138 places, 2,732 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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