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

The history of a nation is often written in the ink of its violence. Behind the statistical drift of these figures lies the reality of thousands of lives cut short, each representing a quiet tragedy within the broader national narrative of Peru. When we examine the homicide rate, we are looking at the foundational security of a society. From the 1800s estimate of 19.62 to the current 2020s rate of 7.7 per 100,000, these numbers translate the volatility of history into a measure of the risk inherent in daily existence.

The historical arc of Peru traces a long, uneven descent. In 1900 it was 16.92 per 100,000, marking a gradual decline from the nineteenth century. While the 1980s saw a rate of 9.81, the following decades fluctuated, moving through the 1990s at 10.48 and the 2000s at 11.16 before reaching the 2010s at 9.43. Projections suggest this trajectory will continue, with the 2030s projection at 7.32, eventually tapering toward the 2100s projection of 5.11. This progress reflects the complex, changing structures of order across three centuries.

If you were born in a different era, your exposure to these risks would be fundamentally altered. A citizen living through the 1820s estimate of 19.08 faced a landscape of instability vastly different from the conditions captured in our 2020s data, where Peru holds a ranking of #98 of 157 countries. As the century unfolds toward the 2090s projection of 5.38, the statistical probability of survival changes for every new generation. Discover how your own existence sits within these shifting currents by exploring where you rank among everyone ever born.