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Female homicide rate in Ecuador

Ecuador: Female homicide rate was 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
6.66 homicides per 100,000 population
Change on year
up 40.3%
World rank
14th
of 138 countries
All-time high
6.66 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
All-time low
1.43 homicides per 100,000 population
in 1992
Years of data
29
1990–2023

Female homicide rate in Ecuador, 1990–2023

2461990200620231990: 1.6 homicides per 100,000 population1991: 2.1 homicides per 100,000 population1992: 1.4 homicides per 100,000 population1993: 1.5 homicides per 100,000 population1994: 1.6 homicides per 100,000 population2000: 2.3 homicides per 100,000 population2001: 2.3 homicides per 100,000 population2002: 2.8 homicides per 100,000 population2003: 2.7 homicides per 100,000 population2004: 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population2005: 2.4 homicides per 100,000 population2006: 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population2007: 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population2008: 2.9 homicides per 100,000 population2009: 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population2010: 3.1 homicides per 100,000 population2011: 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population2012: 3 homicides per 100,000 population2013: 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population2014: 2.3 homicides per 100,000 population2015: 2.1 homicides per 100,000 population2016: 2.1 homicides per 100,000 population2017: 2.3 homicides per 100,000 population2018: 1.6 homicides per 100,000 population2019: 1.7 homicides per 100,000 population2020: 1.9 homicides per 100,000 population2021: 2.6 homicides per 100,000 population2022: 4.7 homicides per 100,000 population2023: 6.7 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. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.

Analysis

The most recent figure for female homicide rate in Ecuador is 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.3% on the previous year and up 108.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, female homicide rate in Ecuador peaked at 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.43 homicides per 100,000 population, in 1992.

Ecuador ranks 14th of 138 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.

Female homicide rate in Ecuador, year by year

Year homicides per 100,000 population Change
1990 1.59 homicides per 100,000 population —
1991 2.07 homicides per 100,000 population +30.0%
1992 1.43 homicides per 100,000 population -31.0%
1993 1.46 homicides per 100,000 population +2.3%
1994 1.63 homicides per 100,000 population +11.4%
2000 2.28 homicides per 100,000 population +40.1%
2001 2.3 homicides per 100,000 population +0.7%
2002 2.82 homicides per 100,000 population +22.9%
2003 2.73 homicides per 100,000 population -3.4%
2004 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population +17.4%
2005 2.39 homicides per 100,000 population -25.3%
2006 3.16 homicides per 100,000 population +32.0%
2007 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population +1.4%
2008 2.92 homicides per 100,000 population -8.8%
2009 3.72 homicides per 100,000 population +27.5%
2010 3.14 homicides per 100,000 population -15.6%
2011 3.25 homicides per 100,000 population +3.3%
2012 2.96 homicides per 100,000 population -8.7%
2013 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population +7.9%
2014 2.32 homicides per 100,000 population -27.5%
2015 2.11 homicides per 100,000 population -8.8%
2016 2.14 homicides per 100,000 population +1.4%
2017 2.34 homicides per 100,000 population +9.1%
2018 1.62 homicides per 100,000 population -30.8%
2019 1.72 homicides per 100,000 population +6.2%
2020 1.88 homicides per 100,000 population +9.4%
2021 2.56 homicides per 100,000 population +36.4%
2022 4.75 homicides per 100,000 population +85.2%
2023 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population +40.3%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.88 homicides per 100,000 population, 3.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.52 homicides per 100,000 population, 1.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.64 homicides per 100,000 population 1.43 homicides per 100,000 population 2.07 homicides per 100,000 population 5
2000s 2.87 homicides per 100,000 population 2.28 homicides per 100,000 population 3.72 homicides per 100,000 population 10
2010s 2.48 homicides per 100,000 population 1.62 homicides per 100,000 population 3.25 homicides per 100,000 population 10
2020s 3.96 homicides per 100,000 population 1.88 homicides per 100,000 population 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population 4

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 11 Honduras 7.66 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  2. 12 Trinidad and Tobago 7.21 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  3. 13 Guatemala 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  4. 15 Mexico 5.6 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  5. 16 Venezuela 5.12 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  6. 17 Liechtenstein 5.08 homicides per 100,000 population compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is female homicide rate in Ecuador?
Female homicide rate in Ecuador was 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest female homicide rate recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023.
What is the lowest female homicide rate recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 1.43 homicides per 100,000 population in 1992.
How does Ecuador rank for female homicide rate?
Ecuador ranks 14th out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
Is female homicide rate rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 108.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures 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 part of Female homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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