Number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex was 372 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in Nicaragua, 1990–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 372 for number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.7% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in Nicaragua peaked at 826 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 372, in 2023.
Nicaragua ranks 71st of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 672 | — |
| 1991 | 732 | +8.9% |
| 1992 | 826 | +12.8% |
| 1993 | 762 | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 725 | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 707 | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 662 | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 679 | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 639 | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 561 | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 476 | -15.2% |
| 2001 | 537 | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 554 | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 635 | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 646 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 729 | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 722 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 714 | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 736 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 802 | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 785 | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 738 | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 673 | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 594 | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 525 | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 524 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 453 | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 431 | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 682 | +58.2% |
| 2019 | 515 | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 754 | +46.4% |
| 2023 | 372 | -50.7% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 372 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 607, 61% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 372 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 372, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +58.2% | 431 | 682 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 696.5 | 561 | 826 | 10 |
| 2000s | 655.1 | 476 | 802 | 10 |
| 2010s | 592 | 431 | 785 | 10 |
| 2020s | 563 | 372 | 754 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More development goals data for Nicaragua
- Red List Index 0.8326 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 445.91 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 327.14 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 53 (2023)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 53 (2023)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 53 (2023)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 9 (2023)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 9 (2023)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 9 (2023)
- Infant deaths 1,246 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in Nicaragua?
- Number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex in Nicaragua was 372 in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 826 in 1992.
- What is the lowest number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 372 in 2023.
- How does Nicaragua rank for number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex?
- Nicaragua ranks 71st out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of victims of intentional homicide, by sex (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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