Intentional homicides in Peru
Peru recorded 8.6 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2011.
Peru, 2021
8.6
Change from 2020
+2.8per 100,000 people
World, 2021
5.5 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in Peru over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 5.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | – | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | 5.8 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | 7.3 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 7.7 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 7.4 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 6.9 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 6.7 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 5.5 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | – | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | – | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | – | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | – | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | – | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | – | 6.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | – | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | – | 6.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | – | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | – | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | – | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.8 from 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 5.5 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +3.1.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 5.5 per 100,000 people.