Female homicide rate in Peru
Peru: Female homicide rate was 3.99 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021. ▲ Rising
Female homicide rate in Peru, 2011–2021
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 Peru is 3.99 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 83.3% on the previous year and up 111.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female homicide rate in Peru peaked at 3.99 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.89 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2011.
Peru ranks 21st of 138 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.63 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.89 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.32 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2020s | 3.09 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.18 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.99 homicides per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 18 Seychelles 5.06 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 19 Bahamas 4.82 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 20 Belize 4.5 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 22 Brazil 3.92 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 23 United States Virgin Islands 3.68 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 24 Curacao 3.61 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More gender data for Peru
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 261,493 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 271,554 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 262,030 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 271,974 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 262,425 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 272,367 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 263,360 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 273,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 264,311 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 274,244 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female homicide rate in Peru?
- Female homicide rate in Peru was 3.99 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021, 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 3.99 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021.
- What is the lowest female homicide rate recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.89 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011.
- How does Peru rank for female homicide rate?
- Peru ranks 21st out of 138 countries with data for 2021.
- Is female homicide rate rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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 .