In 2024, a total of ****** homicides were registered in Mexico, over 1.1** murder victims more than the death toll reported a year earlier. The number of homicides in Mexico, including intentional homicides and cases of manslaughter, grew between 2015 and 2018, before plateauing around ****** victims per year. Kidnapping in Mexico In Mexico, even with a ** percent reduction in the kidnapping rate, which amounted to *** reported cases in 2023, the region continues to witness the distressing reality of **** individuals being subjected to violent abduction daily. These heinous acts are chiefly perpetrated in various settings, including workplaces, residences, and public areas. Furthermore, the state with the highest recorded kidnapping incidence is Mexico State, marking a significant disparity in numbers. This dire situation positions the country as the third highest in terms of kidnapping occurrences throughout Latin America. The increasing cases of human trafficking Regarded as a grievous form of exploitation encompassing coerced labor or sexual servitude, the prevalence of human trafficking in the nation exhibits a disquieting escalation. This trend coincides with a decline in cases involving children, shifting the focus towards teens and adolescents, particularly females, who are now the primary target demographic. Perpetrators manipulate victims through deceitful practices and fraudulent schemes, effectively entrapping them in a web of organized criminal activities that deprive them of their freedom.

In the last four years, May has been the most violent month in Mexico in three of them, exception for 2023, when June was the most violent month of the year. The peak of violence happened in May 2021, when an average of 150 people were murdered every day. On the other hand, October 2023 was the least violent month in this period of time, with an average of 125 people murdered daily.

This statistic displays a timeline of the annual number of deaths in Mexico in 2015, as well as a forecast until 2050. It is estimated that between 2015 and 2050, the death toll in Mexico will increase by more than *** thousands deaths.To find out about the annual number of births in Mexico in 2015, as well as a forecast until 2050, please click here.

In 2023, the number of deaths per 1,000 inhabitants in Mexico amounted to ****. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by ****, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Mexico MX: Number of Deaths Ages 20-24 Years data was reported at 15,746.000 Person in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 15,132.000 Person for 2018. Mexico MX: Number of Deaths Ages 20-24 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 11,229.500 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2019, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15,746.000 Person in 2019 and a record low of 9,650.000 Person in 2005. Mexico MX: Number of Deaths Ages 20-24 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Number of deaths of youths ages 20-24 years; ; Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Sum; Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation.

Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) in Mexico was reported at 6.161 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Mexico - Death rate, crude - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

Following the arrival of Spanish colonizers in 1519, namely Hernando Cortes and his 600 conquistadors, the indigenous population of the Mexican valley saw a dramatic decline. In the first two years of conquest, thousands of indigenous Americans perished while fighting the European invaders, including an estimated 100,000 who died of violence or starvation during Cortes' siege of the Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlan (present-day Mexico City), in 1520. However, the impact of European violence on population decline pales in comparison to the impact of Old World diseases, which saw the indigenous population of the region drop from roughly 22 million to less than two million within eight decades.. Virgin soil pandemics Almost immediately after the Spanish arrival, a wave of smallpox swept across the indigenous populations, with some estimates suggesting that five to eight million natives died in the subsequent pandemic between 1519 and 1520. This outbreak was not an isolated incident, with the entire indigenous population of the Americas dropping by roughly ninety percent in the next two centuries. The Mexican valley specifically, which was the most populous region of the pre-Columbian Americas, suffered greatly due to virgin soil pandemics (where new diseases are introduced to biologically defenseless populations). In the Middle Ages, the majority of Europeans contracted smallpox as children, which generally granted lifelong immunity. In contrast, indigenous Americans had never been exposed to these diseases, and their populations (of all ages) declined rapidly. Cocoliztli Roughly three decades after the smallpox pandemic, another pandemic swept across the valley, to a more devastating effect. This was an outbreak of cocoliztli, which almost wiped out the entire population, and was followed by a second pandemic three decades later. Until recently, historians were still unsure of the exact causes of cocoliztli, with most hypothesizing that it was a rodent-borne disease similar to plague or an extreme form of a haemorrhagic fever. In 2018, however, scientists in Jena, Germany, studied 29 sets of teeth from 16th century skeletons found in the Oaxaca region of Mexico (from a cemetery with known links to the 1545 pandemic); these tests concluded that cocoliztli was most likely an extreme and rare form of the salmonella bacterium, which caused paratyphoid fever. These pandemics coincided with some of the most extreme droughts ever recorded in North America, which exacerbates the spread and symptoms of this disease, and the symptoms described in historical texts give further credence to the claim that cocoliztli was caused by salmonella.

Mexico Road Fatalities: Per One Million Vehicle-km data was reported at 2.868 Ratio in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.631 Ratio for 2022. Mexico Road Fatalities: Per One Million Vehicle-km data is updated yearly, averaging 5.058 Ratio from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2023, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.354 Ratio in 2013 and a record low of 2.868 Ratio in 2023. Mexico Road Fatalities: Per One Million Vehicle-km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual. [COVERAGE] ROAD FATALITIES A road fatality is any person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of an injury accident, excluding suicides. A killed person is excluded if the competent authority declares the cause of death to be suicide, i.e. a deliberate act to injure oneself resulting in death. For countries that do not apply the threshold of 30 days, conversion coefficients are estimated so that comparison on the basis of the 30-day definition can be made. ROAD TRAFFIC Road traffic is any movement of a road vehicle on a given road network. When a road vehicle is being carried on another vehicle, only the movement of the carrying (active mode) is considered. [COVERAGE] ROAD TRAFFIC Data refer to road motor vehicle traffic of motorised two-wheelers, passenger cars, goods road motor vehicles and buses. [STAT_CONC_DEF] ROAD TRAFFIC Data are based on annual traffic counts (in the case of the federal highway network) and a study conducted by the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) in 2013 (in the case of the secondary road network).

In 2023, a total of *** people across Mexico lost their lives due to climate change-related disasters. This was roughly double the figure recorded one year prior. Since 1990, figures reached a record high in 1998, when a total of *** people died due to storms, floods, fires and other natural disasters related to climate change. That year, the Latin American country was hit by catastrophic flooding as well as wildfires. In addition to that, hurricane Georges traversed the Gulf of Mexico in September 1998.

The number of people murdered in Mexico amounted to almost 33,300 in 2021, a slightly lower figure to the one registered one year earlier. Mexico ranked as the second Latin American country with the highest number of intentional homicides in 2022, only exceeded by Brazil.

Mexico Establishment Death Rate: Sinaloa data was reported at 37.110 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 27.704 % for 2020. Mexico Establishment Death Rate: Sinaloa data is updated yearly, averaging 27.704 % from Dec 2020 (Median) to 2021, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.110 % in 2021 and a record low of 27.704 % in 2020. Mexico Establishment Death Rate: Sinaloa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Geography. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.O: Establishment Death Rate: by State.

Mexico MX: Completeness of Total Death Reporting data was reported at 100.000 % in 2009. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 % for 2008. Mexico MX: Completeness of Total Death Reporting data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 % from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2009, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 % in 2009 and a record low of 97.214 % in 2006. Mexico MX: Completeness of Total Death Reporting data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Completeness of total death reporting is the number of total deaths reported by national statistics authorities to the United Nations Statistics Division's Demography Yearbook divided by the number of total deaths estimated by the United Nations Population Division.; ; The United Nations Statistics Division's Population and Vital Statistics Report and the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.; Weighted average;

Mexico MX: Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data was reported at 99.000 % in 2011. This records an increase from the previous number of 93.900 % for 2009. Mexico MX: Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data is updated yearly, averaging 93.900 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2011, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.000 % in 2011 and a record low of 90.100 % in 1992. Mexico MX: Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Completeness of death registration is the estimated percentage of deaths that are registered with their cause of death information in the vital registration system of a country.; ; World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).; Weighted average;

Mexico MX: Number of Deaths Ages 15-19 Years data was reported at 9,823.000 Person in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 9,528.000 Person for 2018. Mexico MX: Number of Deaths Ages 15-19 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 8,424.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2019, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,827.000 Person in 2011 and a record low of 7,242.000 Person in 2004. Mexico MX: Number of Deaths Ages 15-19 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Number of deaths of adolescents ages 15-19 years; ; Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Sum; Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation.

This project provides a comprehensive dataset on intentional homicides in Mexico from 1990 to 2023, disaggregated by sex and state. It includes both raw data and tools for visualization, making it a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and analysts studying violence trends, gender disparities, and regional patterns.ContentsHomicide Data: Total number of male and female victims per state and year.Population Data: Corresponding male and female population estimates for each state and year.Homicide Rates: Per 100,000 inhabitants, calculated for both sexes.Choropleth Map Script: A Python script that generates homicide rate maps using a GeoJSON file.GeoJSON File: A spatial dataset defining Mexico's state boundaries, used for mapping.Sample Figure: A pre-generated homicide rate map for 2023 as an example.Requirements File: A requirements.txt file listing necessary dependencies for running the script.SourcesHomicide Data: INEGI - Vital Statistics MicrodataPopulation Data: Mexican Population Projections 2020-2070This dataset enables spatial analysis and data visualization, helping users explore homicide trends across Mexico in a structured and reproducible way.

The number of homicides registered in the term of former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto amounted to 150,451 cases as of 2017, a considerable increase in comparison with Felipe Calderón's presidential term. At the end of his term, Andrés Manuel López Obrador recorded over 151,000 homicides.

Mexico MX: Cause of Death: by Non-Communicable Diseases: % of Total data was reported at 79.900 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 79.700 % for 2015. Mexico MX: Cause of Death: by Non-Communicable Diseases: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 77.800 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.900 % in 2016 and a record low of 70.600 % in 2000. Mexico MX: Cause of Death: by Non-Communicable Diseases: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.; ; Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.; Weighted average;

Mexico recorded 334013 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Mexico reported 7603871 Coronavirus Cases. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Coronavirus Deaths.

Mexico MX: Mortality Rate Attributed to Unsafe Water, Unsafe Sanitation and Lack of Hygiene: per 100,000 Population data was reported at 1.100 Ratio in 2016. Mexico MX: Mortality Rate Attributed to Unsafe Water, Unsafe Sanitation and Lack of Hygiene: per 100,000 Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1.100 Ratio from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2016, with 1 observations. Mexico MX: Mortality Rate Attributed to Unsafe Water, Unsafe Sanitation and Lack of Hygiene: per 100,000 Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.; ; World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).; Weighted average;

Abstract Earthquakes are difficult to predict. On September 19, 2017, 32 years after an equally severe event, another one happened, of magnitude 7.1. Damages included an important death toll and material losses in the capital of Mexico, as well as in Morelos, where the epicenter was - the State had serious damages in 30 municipalities out of 33. In this article, we systematize society’s actions after the disaster in the context of structural vulnerability, in terms of poverty and lack of prevention in the public policy. To achieve this, we describe the characteristics of the damages and the organization between the university Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos and civil society to face the contingency, showing an unconventional form of organized response.