Homicide Rates for Ecuador

Year – 2015

SOURCE: INSIGHT.ORG / 14 January 2016
Written by David Gagne

Ecuador: 6 per 100,000

Ecuador’s Ministry of the Interior recorded a homicide rate of 6.3 per 100,000 residents in 2015, a record low for the country. Officials say the demilitarization of the police and greater resources for law enforcement has helped lower Ecuador’s murder rate, which stood at over 20 per 100,000 just four years ago.

2015 Homicide Rates for Latin America and the Caribbean

*per 100,000 inhabitants

El Salvador 103

Venezuela 90

Honduras 57

Jamaica 45

Guatemala 30

Brazil 26

Colombia 25

Dominican Republic 17

Puerto Rico 16

Mexico 13

Costa Rica 11

Panama 11

Argentina 9

Nicaragua 8

Paraguay 8

Uruguay 8

Peru 7

Ecuador 6

Bolivia 5

Chile 3

SAFETY, HEALTH, SECURITY IN ECUADOR – 100 POINTS TO CONSIDER BEFORE MOVING OR RETIRING IN ECUADOR

SOURCE: INSIGHT.ORG / 14 January 2016
Written by David Gagne
During the past year InSight Crime examined the challenges that come with registering homicide data, and how 100 percent accuracy is akin to finding the mythical “El Dorado.” It is worth noting, therefore, that while the following homicide data is sourced from government agencies or violence observatories, these figures should be treated as reasonable approximations of the true number of homicides committed in each country, not as a definitive number. Read Full Article