Intentional homicides in Puerto Rico (US)
Puerto Rico (US) recorded 14.6 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Puerto Rico (US), 2023
14.6
Change from 2022
−3.1per 100,000 people
World, 2023
5.2 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in Puerto Rico (US) over time
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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 | Puerto Rico (US) | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.6 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | 17.6 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | 19.4 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | 17.0 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | 19.3 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 20.2 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 21.6 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 20.3 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 17.4 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 19.7 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 25.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 27.8 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 32.0 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 27.7 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 25.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 23.3 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 20.6 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 20.7 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 21.8 per 100,000 people | 6.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 22.2 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 21.5 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 21.5 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 21.0 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 19.3 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 1999 | 15.6 per 100,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.1 from 17.6 per 100,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 25.6 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −11.0.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 5.2 per 100,000 people.