Intentional homicides in Paraguay

Paraguay recorded 6.8 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2023 6.8 Victims per 100,000 people
Change from 2022 −0.8per 100,000 people 2022: 7.6 per 100,000 people
World, 2023 5.2 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Intentional homicides in Paraguay 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), 2000 to 2023
Period ParaguayWorld
2023 6.8 per 100,000 people 5.2 per 100,000 people
2022 7.6 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2021 7.9 per 100,000 people 5.5 per 100,000 people
2020 7.3 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2019 8.5 per 100,000 people 5.4 per 100,000 people
2018 7.7 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 8.5 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2016 10.7 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2015 10.0 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2014 9.5 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 10.1 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2012 11.0 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2011 11.3 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2010 12.9 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2009 14.5 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2008 14.8 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2007 14.1 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2006 13.5 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2005 16.3 per 100,000 people 6.3 per 100,000 people
2004 22.4 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2003 24.1 per 100,000 people 6.7 per 100,000 people
2002 26.1 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2001 25.3 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2000 19.5 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 from 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 10.1 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −3.3.
  • 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
2000 to 2023 for Paraguay
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