Honduras was the Latin American country with the highest femicide rate as of 2022. In that year, it was estimated that around six women were murdered on account of their gender per 100,000 female population in this Central American country. Chile recorded one of the lowest femicide rates, at 0.4 victims every 100,000 women. In that same year, Brazil registered the largest number of femicide cases in the region.
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Brazil
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Mexico
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Argentina
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Colombia
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Peru
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Ecuador
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (February 1, 2024). Femicide rate in selected countries in Latin America in 2022 (number of femicides per 100,000 women) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102327/femicide-rate-latin-america-by-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Femicide rate in selected countries in Latin America in 2022 (number of femicides per 100,000 women)." Chart. February 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102327/femicide-rate-latin-america-by-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2024). Femicide rate in selected countries in Latin America in 2022 (number of femicides per 100,000 women). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102327/femicide-rate-latin-america-by-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Femicide Rate in Selected Countries in Latin America in 2022 (Number of Femicides per 100,000 Women)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102327/femicide-rate-latin-america-by-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Femicide rate in selected countries in Latin America in 2022 (number of femicides per 100,000 women) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102327/femicide-rate-latin-america-by-country/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Femicide rate in selected countries in Latin America in 2022 (number of femicides per 100,000 women) [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, February 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102327/femicide-rate-latin-america-by-country/