In 2022, there were approximately 26 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in the country, almost double from the homicide rate of 25.9 reported the previous year. Between 2014 and 2018, the homicide rate in Ecuador decreases steadily with the exception of 2017. However, the 2022 homicide rate was the highest this South American country has seen at least since 2014.
Homicide rate in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
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InSight Crime. (February 8, 2023). Homicide rate in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/984868/homicide-rate-ecuador/?utm_campaign=an-assassination-rocks-ecuador&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=archives.internationalintrigue.io
InSight Crime. "Homicide rate in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. February 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984868/homicide-rate-ecuador/?utm_campaign=an-assassination-rocks-ecuador&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=archives.internationalintrigue.io
InSight Crime. (2023). Homicide rate in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984868/homicide-rate-ecuador/?utm_campaign=an-assassination-rocks-ecuador&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=archives.internationalintrigue.io
InSight Crime. "Homicide Rate in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022 (in Number of Homicides per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984868/homicide-rate-ecuador/?utm_campaign=an-assassination-rocks-ecuador&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=archives.internationalintrigue.io
InSight Crime, Homicide rate in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984868/homicide-rate-ecuador/?utm_campaign=an-assassination-rocks-ecuador&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=archives.internationalintrigue.io (last visited December 03, 2023)
Homicide rate in Ecuador from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], InSight Crime, February 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/984868/homicide-rate-ecuador/?utm_campaign=an-assassination-rocks-ecuador&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=archives.internationalintrigue.io