El Salvador
2021
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
Latest publications
Analysis of the state of citizen security in El salvador. January-September 2023
Source: Prepared by UNDP InfoSegura, with data provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of El Salvador (FGR) and the National Civil Police (PNC). This report was prepared…
Analysis of the state of the citizen security in El Salvador, January-June 2023
Source: Prepared by UNDP InfoSegura, with data provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of El Salvador (FGR) and the National Civil Police (PNC). This report was prepared…
Analysis of the State of Homicidal Violence in El Salvador. January-March 2023
Prepared by UNDP through InfoSegura based on data of the Working Group on Homicide Facts and Figures (2010-2021) and FGR (Information for 2022 and 2023 is based on data provided by the FGR),…
Summary of the State of Citizen Security in El Salvador 2022
This document presents a brief analysis on citizen security with the main findings in 2022.
Violence agaisnt women and girls throughout the life cycle in El Salvador 2021
The following infographic shows an analysis of violence against women differentiated throughout the life cycle for the year 2021 in El Salvador. It includes data on domestic violence, sexual…