Haiti: 6.1 times more homicides per 100,000 people than in 2018
6.8 per 100,000 people in 2018, 41.2 in 2023, according to official national data compiled by the UN. For comparison, the US: 5.8 (2023).
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Intentional homicides: people deliberately killed in a year per 100,000 residents, according to the country’s police or health data. War deaths are not included.
The line is homicides per 100,000 people by year; the dot marks the start of the turn.
- Intentional homicides per 100,000 people
6.8 (2018) → 41.2 (2023)
- United States: Intentional homicides per 100,000 people
5.8 (2023)
UNODC via the World Bank (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5). Selection: countries of at least 3 million where the rate reached 30 or more within the last ten years of the series and changed at least sixfold, with the latest year at the end of that turn.
This is the country’s official count; a sharp rise is often tied to wars between gangs and drug cartels over routes and territory.
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How could the country return to its former level?