Homicide Rate in Panama: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

To quantify the loss of life is to recognize the weight of individual stories within a collective history. A homicide rate is not merely a digit; it represents a life interrupted and a community forever altered. Across three centuries, these statistics chart the frequency of violence that has shaped the social fabric of Panama. By examining these trends, we attempt to understand the evolution of safety and the persistent nature of risk. Each value serves as a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there, preserving the memory of those counted.

The historical arc begins with an 1800s estimate of 25. Over the next hundred years, the rate shifted slowly, reaching 24 in 1900. Throughout the mid-twentieth century, the numbers followed a downward trajectory, bottoming out at 18 in the 1980s. Volatility followed, with the rate climbing to 24 in the 2000s before cooling to 22 in the 2010s. In the 2020s, the homicide rate in Panama stands at 20 per 100,000, ranking #149 of 157 countries as we look toward a projected 13.27 by the 2100s.

If you were born in a time of higher instability, your environment was defined by different pressures than those of today. These fluctuations in the rate per 100,000 provide a mirror for the changing conditions of existence across generations. While past decades often carried higher risks, the ongoing projections suggest a steady decline in these tragic events as the century progresses. Understanding this trajectory allows us to contextualize the safety of our own era. Visit the MYRIAD portal to compute your own parallel lives among the total population of everyone ever born.