Trinidad and Tobago: Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Trinidad and Tobago's intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) fell 17.41 on 2019 (from 64.53 to 47.12).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2019), the average change was +1.75 and a typical year strayed about 8.81 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18.76 in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.41 in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.27 a year. A straight line explains 31% 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Trinidad and Tobago in the 2020 ranking

• Tanzania — 2nd of 6: 5.81
• Lebanon — 3rd of 6: 5.6
• Tonga — 4th of 6: 3.91

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 16 values

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)
• Bolivia — 5.85 (2023)
• Brazil — 34.66 (2023)
• Chile — 11.36 (2023)
• Colombia — 46.95 (2023)
• Costa Rica — 33.09 (2023)
• Cuba — 7.12 (2019)

More public sector data for Trinidad and Tobago

• Military expenditure (current USD) — 229.9 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 1.56 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.94% (2025)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 5,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 0.77% (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 2.54% (2025)
• Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 7.21 billion (2019)
• Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) — 18.74% (2019)
• Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) — 38.48 billion (2019)

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Questions people ask

What is Trinidad and Tobago's intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)?

47.12 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2004?

It is up 34.19% from 35.11 in 2004 (1.86% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 72.19 in 2008 and the lowest 35.11 in 2004.

Is the latest change in intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) unusual for Trinidad and Tobago?

In 2020, Trinidad and Tobago's intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) fell 17.41 on 2019 (from 64.53 to 47.12). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2019), the average change was +1.75 and a typical year strayed about 8.81 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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