Female homicide rate in Ecuador
Ecuador: Female homicide rate was 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising
Female homicide rate in Ecuador, 1990–2023
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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 11 Honduras 7.66 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 12 Trinidad and Tobago 7.21 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 13 Guatemala 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 15 Mexico 5.6 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 16 Venezuela 5.12 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 17 Liechtenstein 5.08 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More gender data for Ecuador
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 129,930 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 135,561 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 130,156 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 135,822 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 131,369 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 137,174 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 133,677 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 139,563 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 136,584 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 142,568 (2025)
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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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof female victims .