Ecuador

In brief

Homicides per 100,000 people: 45.7 (2023). World rank 145 of 149 (1 = best); in Americas, 35 of 39. Road deaths per 100,000 people: 20.1 (2019). World rank 117 of 186 (1 = best); in Americas, 25 of 34. Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–⁠100: 54.4 (2025). World rank 164 of 207 (1 = best); in Americas, 38 of 41. From 2015 to 2025: political stability and absence of violence 62.5 → 54.4 (score 0–⁠100). Worse than all its neighbours (Colombia and Peru): homicides per 100,000 people, road deaths per 100,000 people, and suicides per 100,000 people.