In 2024, there were a total of *** homicides in El Salvador. 2020 experienced the largest decrease, when compared with the previous year. Just a few years before, in 2016, more than ***** people were victims of murder in this Central American country.
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Policía Nacional Civil, & Presidencia de El Salvador. (January 8, 2025). Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/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 2024." Chart. January 8, 2025. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil, Presidencia de El Salvador. (2025). Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/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 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jan 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
Policía Nacional Civil & Presidencia de El Salvador, Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/ (last visited July 15, 2025)
Number of homicides in El Salvador from 2016 to 2024 [Graph], Policía Nacional Civil, & Presidencia de El Salvador, January 8, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/696144/number-of-homicides-in-el-salvador/
