Colombia: number of femicides 2018-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 5, 2024
In 2022, 612 women were murdered on account of their gender in Colombia. Between 2019 and 2020 the number of femicides grew from 571 to 630. This increase of more than ten percent occurred during the social isolation measures taken after the COVID-19 outbreak. In September of 2020 alone, 85 women in Colombia were victims of femicide. Antioquia is usually the department with the highest number of femicides in the South American country.

Number of femicides in Colombia from 2018 to 2023

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Release date

December 2023

Region

Colombia

Survey time period

2018 to 2023

Supplementary notes

* Data prior to 2021 was retrieved from previous studies.
The figure for 2018 was calculated by Statista based on the data provided by the source.
** From January to September.

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