In 2024, around 25.3 homicides were committed per 100,000 inhabitants in Honduras. This is the fourth consecutive year that the murder rate falls below 40 per 100,000 population since 2014, which was the deadliest year in the indicated period, at 66 homicides per 100,000 residents.

Honduras murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2021 was 38.34, a 7.12% increase from 2020.

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<li>Honduras murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>35.79</strong>, a <strong>12.93% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Honduras murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>41.11</strong>, a <strong>7.9% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Honduras murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>38.10</strong>, a <strong>5.08% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

In 2024, a total of 2,565 homicides were registered in Honduras, a considerable decrease compared to the 3,356 cases registered a year earlier. The highest number in the indicated period was recorded in 2012, with 7,172 homicides. Since then, the number of homicide cases have been experiencing a downward trend.

Honduras is one of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest homicide rates. Roughly 3,659 people were murdered in Honduras in 2022. However, the number of homicides reported has been significantly decreasing since 2012, a year in which 7,172 people were killed.

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Honduras HN: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data was reported at 10.206 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.641 Ratio for 2015. Honduras HN: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data is updated yearly, averaging 10.206 Ratio from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2016, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.203 Ratio in 2012 and a record low of 5.540 Ratio in 2006. Honduras HN: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Honduras – Table HN.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

In 2020, at least 17 murders of land activists or environmentalists were documented in Honduras, making it the deadliest year to date. Two years earlier, the killings of four activists fighting in land conflicts or for environmental causes had been reported.

In 2024, the highest homicide rate among 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries surveyed was in Haiti, with around 62 murders committed per 100,000 inhabitants. Trinidad and Tobago came in second, with a homicide rate of 46, while Honduras ranked seventh, with 25. In the same year, the lowest rate was recorded in El Salvador, with a homicide rate of 1.9 per 100,000 inhabitants. A violence-ridden region Violence and crime are some of the most pressing problems affecting Latin American society nowadays. More than 40 of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world are located in this region, as well as one of the twenty countries with the least peace in the world according to the Global Peace Index. Despite governments’ large spending on security and high imprisonment rates, drug and weapon trafficking, organized crime, and gangs have turned violence into an epidemic that affects the whole region and a solution to this issue appears to be hardly attainable. The cost of violence in Mexico Mexico stands out as an example of the great cost that violence inflicts upon a country, since beyond claiming human lives, it also affects everyday life and has a negative impact on the economy. Mexicans have a high perceived level of insecurity, as they do not only fear becoming victims of homicide, but also of other common crimes, such as assault or rape. Such fear prevents people from performing everyday activities, for instance, going out at night, taking a taxi or going to the movies or the theater. Furthermore, the economic toll of violence in Mexico is more than considerable. For example, the cost of homicide and violent crime amounted to 2099.8 and 1778.1 billion Mexican pesos in 2023, respectively.

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in Honduras was reported at 38.34 in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Honduras - Intentional homicides (per 100;000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on April of 2025.

Honduras HN: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data was reported at 63.800 Ratio in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 74.600 Ratio for 2014. Honduras HN: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 61.400 Ratio from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2015, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93.200 Ratio in 2011 and a record low of 42.084 Ratio in 1999. Honduras HN: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Honduras – Table HN.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; Weighted average;

Honduras: Homicides per 100,000 people: The latest value from is homicides per 100,000 people, unavailable from homicides per 100,000 people in . In comparison, the world average is 0.00 homicides per 100,000 people, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Honduras from to is homicides per 100,000 people. The minimum value, homicides per 100,000 people, was reached in while the maximum of homicides per 100,000 people was recorded in .

During 2023, a total of 386 femicides were recorded in Honduras. Junes was the deadliest month by far, with 91 women murdered on account of their gender.

Several countries located in Central America and the Caribbean registered some of the highest homicide rates in the Latin American region in 2022. Jamaica ranked first, with around 53.34 homicides committed per 100,000 inhabitants. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines came second, with 40.41 homicides per 100,000 people. The source defines intentional homicide as the unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury. When it comes to the total case count, Brazil was the Latin American country with the largest number of homicide victims. Central America and the falling rates El Salvador was commonly named the murder capital of the world for a few years. The inability of previous governments to control organized crime and gangs resulted in the highest homicide rate in the world for a couple of years. Nonetheless, the current administration and the measures applied during the Emergency State had an incredibly positive impact in terms of the security of the Salvadorean citizens. But not only El Salvador has seen a considerable reduction in its murder rate in Central America. Honduras and Guatemala are also two great examples of crime reduction, introducing new policies, institutions, and changes to their judicial system to achieve better results.
The Caribbean still ridden by crime Some islands in the Caribbean are not only known as tax heavens, as some nations in the region are considered the main enablers of tax evasion in the world, but also for being ridden by crime. Haiti is one example of the still rising levels of criminality. As a country with precarious conditions and extreme food insecurity, the homicide rate has been on the rise for almost four consecutive years. Another one is Jamaica, the top of the Latin American ranking, that has also seen an increase in the youth involved in organized crime due to lack of employment and economic conditions.

Saint Kitts and Nevis saw a murder rate of 65 per 100,000 inhabitants, making it the most dangerous country for this kind of crime worldwide as of 2023. Interestingly, El Salvador, which long had the highest global homicide rates, has dropped out of the top 20 after a high number of gang members have been incarcerated. Meanwhile, Celaya in Mexico was the most dangerous city for murders. Violent conflicts worldwide Notably, these figures do not include deaths that resulted from war or a violent conflict. While there is a persistent number of conflicts worldwide, resulting casualties are not considered murders. Partially due to this reason, homicide rates in Latin America are higher than those in Afghanistan or Syria. A different definition of murder in these circumstances could change the rate significantly in some countries. Causes of death Also noteworthy is that murders are usually not random events. In the United States, the circumstances of murders are most commonly arguments, followed by narcotics incidents and robberies. Additionally, murders are not a leading cause of death. Heart diseases, strokes and cancer pose a greater threat to life than violent crime.

In 2024, there were approximately 1.9 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in El Salvador. Since 2015, when it stood at 103, the murder rate has been dropping annually in this Central American country. Crime current state The region has witnessed a substantial reduction in the number of homicides since 2015, resulting in the most common crimes becoming increasingly more centered on non-lethal offenses and material-related transgressions, which now pose the most prevalent threats. This shift is equally apparent across both genders, with the rate of femicides steadily declining, paralleling a consistent decrease in overall victimization rates. Consequently, El Salvador achieved the ranking of the third safest country within the Latin American homicide rate context. Notwithstanding these notable improvements, a lingering sense of caution endures among the populace, as nearly half of them remain apprehensive about the prospect of falling victim to criminal activities. Main economic problems Following an extended phase marked by elevated inflation, the region continues to grapple with challenges in its efforts to recover. The impact has been most pronounced on the prices of essential food items, rendering them increasingly unaffordable for a population where approximately 20 percent live under poverty conditions. Furthermore, the unemployment rate persists, with one out of every two individuals still seeking employment opportunities. A significant proportion, approximately 60 percent, remain apprehensive about job loss, recognizing the subsequent loss of their primary income source. In response, the government is envisaging an enhancement in both the employment rate and the GDP, albeit with a gradual recovery trajectory following the substantial downturn experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Context

Do you know that Pakistan is the second most dangerous country in the world to be a politician or to run the elections? Thirty politicians have been killed in fifty-one attacks in last 70 years, and the trend does not seem to change its trajectory. Out of those participating in these political rallies, 734 got killed and 1,752 were injured.

It all started with the assassination of the first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan on October 16, 1951. Hayat Sherpao, General Zia-ul-Haq, Siddiq Khan Kanju, Hakim Muhammad Saeed, Azam Tariq, Imran Farooq, Iqbal Masih, Shahzad Bhatti, Salman Taseer, Bashir Bilour, Abdul Raziq Bugti, Bungal Bugti, Benazir Bhutto and most recently Haroon Bilour and Siraj Raisani were added to the list of assassinated Pakistani politicians. There were a few failed attempts too, for example, Pervez Musharraf survived four while MQM’s Izhar-ul-hassan and Rashid Godil escaped one assassination attempts each. Moreover, I am not counting assassinations carried out by state-actors like for Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Akbar Bugti, Murtaza Bhutto and Shahnawaz Bhutto.
Mexico comes at first place with 133 politicians killed, Russia comes third with 33 and India comes at fourth place with 23 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Partab Singh, Phoolan Devi and Pramod Mahajan are few notable ones. The list includes 1 prime minister, 2 opposition leaders, 3 home ministers and 2 chief ministers.

There is also an old recipe of using violence and killings as an apparatus for election delays, maneuvers and control. The history of elections and the violence go hand in hand – 92 people getting killed in Kenya’s election or 31 in Honduras, 80 candidates in Mexico or 11 in Assam, India, or even 74 in Pakistan’s last elections.

The deadly cycle of violence has already started for this election. Haroon Bilour of Awami National Party (ANP) got killed with 20 others and 65 wounded in a suicide bombing attack in Peshawar. 149 got killed, and 186 left injured in a deadly suicide bombing attack on BAP’s leader Siraj Raisani. Four people died, and 10 got injured after an explosion near JUI-F’s Akram Durrani rally in Bannu. And former senator and ANP leader Daud Achakzai got injured in a firing incident at Qilla Abdullah, Baluchistan. Total tally comes to 174 dead, and 262 injured so far, making it one of the deadliest elections in Pakistan. Mastung blast is the second most lethal terrorist attack in the history of Pakistan with 149 dead, 139 people died in 2007 attack on Benazir Bhutto in Karachi, and 150 killed in the APS attack in Peshawar in 2014.

Content

The dataset contains the following fields:

Serial No, Politicians Name, Day, Date, Day Type, Time, City, Province, Location, Location Type, Latitude, Longitude, Party Name, Number of people killed and Injured and Target Status (Survived or Dead).

Acknowledgements

The dataset should be referenced as “Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani, Shams-ul-Arfeen, Sana Rasheed, Assassination of Pakistan’s Politicians (1951-2018), Kaggle, July 16, 2018.

Inspiration

Here is the list of ideas we are working on and like you to help. Please post your kernels and analysis

1. Help us improve the dataset and list the missing incidents with details (if any). You can do so by uploading a new version of the dataset or contacting us

2. See how these incidents have influence voter’s turn out in respective and adjacent constituencies. You can link our Pakistan Elections Dataset for analysis

3. Find out if killing the politician would help opponents win the election?

4. Plot if visually on Pakistan’s map as we have provided long-lat information

5. Compare the numbers with other countries

6. Historically, find out which constituencies are dangerous with a heat map and see if we can predict the location of next violence

7. Rank the parties based on the number of attacks and killings

8. What day or time is the deadliest

9. Any other pattern you can see or visualize

10. Any other dataset suggestion we should combine with this dataset

11. Surprise Me!

洪都拉斯 HN: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female在2016达10.206 Ratio，相较于2015的10.641 Ratio有所下降。洪都拉斯 HN: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female数据按每年更新，2006至2016期间平均值为10.206 Ratio，共11份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于2012，达14.203 Ratio，而历史最低值则出现于2006，为5.540 Ratio。CEIC提供的洪都拉斯 HN: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的洪都拉斯 – Table HN.World Bank: Health Statistics。

In 2023, the percentage of the population aged over 18 who is very afraid of being a victim of crime in Honduras was estimated at approximately 24 percent. Between 2007 and 2023, the figure dropped by around 21 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

In 2023, the feminicide rate per 100,000 women in Honduras was estimated at approximately 7.20. Between 2011 and 2023, the figure dropped by around 0.70, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

In 2023, the countries in Central America with the highest cost of violence as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was Honduras with 14 percent. Followed by El Salvador and Guatemala with 10 and 9 percent respectively.