Intentional homicides in Panama

Panama recorded 11.7 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023.

Measure: Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Panama, 2023 11.7 Victims per 100,000 people
Change from 2022 +0.4per 100,000 people 2022: 11.3 per 100,000 people
World, 2023 5.2 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Intentional homicides in Panama over time

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Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) (victims per 100,000 people), 1999 to 2023
Period PanamaWorld
2023 11.7 per 100,000 people 5.2 per 100,000 people
2022 11.3 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2021 12.7 per 100,000 people 5.5 per 100,000 people
2020 11.6 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2019 11.3 per 100,000 people 5.4 per 100,000 people
2018 9.6 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 9.2 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2016 10.1 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2015 11.9 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2014 15.5 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 17.3 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2012 16.9 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2011 14.9 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2010 12.7 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2009 15.8 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2008 14.1 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2007 8.1 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2006 6.5 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2005 11.0 per 100,000 people 6.3 per 100,000 people
2004 9.5 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2003 10.6 per 100,000 people 6.7 per 100,000 people
2002 12.0 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2001 10.0 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2000 9.9 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
1999 9.7 per 100,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 from 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 17.3 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −5.6.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 5.2 per 100,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2023 for Panama
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime