Guatemala's homicide rate versus the region (2025)

Dossier: Guatemala against the region19-benchmark-regional.md
Domain: Guatemala against the regionbenchmark-regional
Room: Economy/economia
Audited: not audited

Homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2025: El Salvador 1.3 (an all-time low, down from 106 in 2015); Nicaragua about 6.0 (2024, a government figure with no independent verification; Latinometrics excludes it for that reason); Dominican Republic 8.2 (−12.4% against 2024); Costa Rica 16.3 (+43% since 2021, attributed to drug trafficking); Guatemala 17.4 (16.1 in 2024, +8.0%; Latinometrics reports 17.3); Mexico 17.5 (−9% year on year, −41% from the 2018 peak); Honduras 21.2-23.2 depending on the source (SEPOL vs InSight Crime). The regional turn: Costa Rica has stopped being the safe haven, while El Salvador and the Dominican Republic are today the low-violence countries; Guatemala has ended up in the high group with Mexico and Honduras, on a rising 2025 trend.

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Figures

Guatemala homicides/100kInSight Crime (verificado en dossier 10): 17.4 (16.1 in 2024, +8.0%)2025
El Salvador homicides/100kLatinometrics: 1.32025
Costa Rica homicides/100kLatinometrics (OIJ): 16.32025
Mexico homicides/100kLatinometrics (SESNSP): 17.52025
Honduras homicides/100kLatinometrics / InSight Crime: 21.2–23.2 depending on the source2025
Dominican Rep. homicides/100kLatinometrics: 8.22025

Caveat

the Honduras and Nicaragua figures cannot be re-verified (InSight Crime blocks fetching)

Sources

Latinometrics, homicidios en América Latina 2025latinometrics.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
InSight Crime, 2025 Homicide Round-Upinsightcrime.orgconsulted Aug 19, 2026

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LatinometricsA comparative 2025 homicide-rate series built from national police data: El Salvador 1.3, the Dominican Republic 8.2 (−12.4%), Costa Rica 16.3 (+43% since 2021), Guatemala 17.3, Mexico 17.5, Honduras 21.2 (−10.3%)Other
InSight CrimeHomicide Round-Up 2025: Guatemala 17.4 (16.1 in 2024, +8.0%), Nicaragua ~6.0 (2024, the last official figure), Honduras 23.2; proposed feed for benchmark_homicide_rateOther

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