In 2023, there were a total of 154 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 2023
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Policía Nacional Civil, & Presidencia de El Salvador. (January 3, 2024). Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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 2023." Chart. January 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil, Presidencia de El Salvador. (2024). Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil & Presidencia de El Salvador, Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2023 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2023 [Graph], Policía Nacional Civil, & Presidencia de El Salvador, January 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
