World homicide · Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, UNODC via the World Bank · data vintage April 8, 2026.
Homicide rate (2022)
12.7per 100k
≈ 3,568 deaths (est.)
Year-over-year
-34.4%
2021 → 2022
vs. world average
+7.3per 100k
World rate 5.3 in 2022
Homicide rate since 2018
Per 100,000 people. Venezuela compared with the United States and the world average over the same years. Gaps in a line are years the country did not report.
Year-by-year
| Year | Rate /100k | Deaths (est.) | World rate | U.S. rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | — | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 41.0 | 11,874 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2020 | 29.5 | 8,384 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 19.3 | 5,444 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | 12.7 | 3,568 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5.2 | 5.8 |
— means Venezuela did not report that year. Death counts are estimates: the UNODC rate times that year's population.
A note on Venezuela's numbers
Venezuela's official numbers are widely seen as undercounts. Independent groups such as the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence report higher rates.
Methodology
Source: UNODC intentional homicide via the World Bank (indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.P5). Intentional homicide is an unlawful death inflicted with the intent to cause death or serious injury. War deaths do not count.
Countries report on their own schedules. Years Venezuela did not report render as "—" and break the trend line rather than bridging the gap. Year-over-year change is shown only for two back-to-back reported years.
See the world page methodology for the full rules: ranking gates, the small-country flag and how the world average is built.