Bolivia's intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) was 5.85 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.89% from 5.8 in 2018 (0.18% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.85 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 5.8 | 2018 |
| Highest | 13.88 | 2008 |
| Lowest | 3.77 | 2021 |
| Average since 2015 | 5.6 | 2015–2023 |
| First recorded | 13.88 | 2008 |
Over five years it is up 0.89% from 5.8 in 2018 (0.18% a year on average, compounded). Since 2008 it is down 57.86% from 13.88 in 2008 (5.6% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.37 in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.62 in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.31 a year. A straight line explains 33% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Bolivia had the 30th highest value of the 78 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 5.85 | 2023 |
| World | 8.3 | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 36 | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 6.2 | 2023 |
Closest to Bolivia in the 2023 ranking
- Russian Federation — 27th of 78: 9.87
- United States — 28th of 78: 8.94
- Philippines — 29th of 78: 7.54
- Türkiye — 31st of 78: 4.78
- Myanmar — 32nd of 78: 4.25
- Moldova — 33rd of 78: 4.04
What this measures
An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.
Limitations: Statistics reported to the United Nations in the context of its various surveys on crime levels and criminal justice trends are incidents of victimization that have been reported to the authorities in any given country. That means that this data is subject to the problems of accuracy of all official crime data. The survey results provide an overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the criminal justice system to promote informed decision-making in administration, nationally and internationally. The degree to which different societies apportion the level of culpability to acts resulting in death is also subject to variation.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a aggregate values are computed by unodc. for additional information, please see the unodc website: https://dataunodc.un.org/sites/dataunodc.un.org/files/metadata_intentional_homicide.pdf.
All 10 values
| Year | Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.85 |
| 2022 | 4.71 |
| 2021 | 3.77 |
| 2020 | 3.94 |
| 2019 | 4.87 |
| 2018 | 5.8 |
| 2017 | 8.42 |
| 2016 | 7.05 |
| 2015 | 6.02 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 |
Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 20.27 (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 62.03 (2022)
- Barbados — 14.77 (2023)
- Belize — 51.25 (2022)
- Brazil — 34.66 (2023)
- Chile — 11.36 (2023)
- Colombia — 46.95 (2023)
- Costa Rica — 33.09 (2023)
- Cuba — 7.12 (2019)
- Dominica — 45.05 (2023)
More public sector data for Bolivia
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 688.31 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 4.76 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.21% (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 0 (2024)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 3.18% (2025)
- Armed forces personnel, total — 71,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 1.21% (2020)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 80 (2024)
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100)
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Questions people ask
- What is Bolivia's intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)?
- 5.85 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2008?
- It is down 57.86% from 13.88 in 2008 (5.6% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 13.88 in 2008 and the lowest 3.77 in 2021.
- How does Bolivia rank?
- 30th highest of 78 economies with data for 2023.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.MA.P5, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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