El Salvador

2021

18.1
Homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants
80
Feminicide
1830
Avisos por desaparición de personas

Key Data

  • In El Salvador, the 2021 homicide rate per 100,000 population was the lowest registered in the last decade.
  • In 2021, the downward trend in violent deaths of women reversed for the first time since 2016
  • Feminicide rose by seven victims with respect to the previous year
  • Male homicide registered a 15.2% decrease, but female victims of homicidal violence increased by 1.5%
  • Almost seven in ten homicides were committed with a firearm
  • Some 24 municipalities accounted for over 50% of homicides in 2021
  • One in two victims of homicide was registered in the departments of San Salvador, La Libertad and Sonsonate.
  • Reported cases of disappearance increased by 18.9% more than in 2020. The upturn was sharper among females (26.2%) than males (15.1%). 47.5% of these cases involved people under 25 years of age.
  • Reports of sexual violence increased by 30.3% in relation to 2020. 90% of the victims were female.
  • Every day there were four reports of intrafamily violence, for a 15.1% increase. Nine in ten victims were women and girls.

 

Sources: Working Group on Homicide Facts and Figures (2010-2021), DIGESTYC (now BCR), PNC-UAIP, FGR

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