In 2022, there were a total of 495 homicides in El Salvador. 2020 experienced the largest decrease, when compared with the previous year. Just a few years before, in 2016, more than 5,000 people were victims of murder in this Central American country.
Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2022
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Policía Nacional Civil, & Presidencia de El Salvador. (January 17, 2023). Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil, und Presidencia de El Salvador. "Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2022." Chart. January 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil, Presidencia de El Salvador. (2023). Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil, and Presidencia de El Salvador. "Number of Homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil & Presidencia de El Salvador, Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/ (last visited October 03, 2023)
Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2022 [Graph], Policía Nacional Civil, & Presidencia de El Salvador, January 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/