El Salvador

In brief

Homicides per 100,000 people: 7.9 (2022). World rank 113 of 149 (1 = best); in Americas, 12 of 39. Road deaths per 100,000 people: 20.9 (2019). World rank 121 of 186 (1 = best); in Americas, 26 of 34. Suicides per 100,000 people: 7.6 (2021). World rank 97 of 185 (1 = best); in Americas, 22 of 34. From 2015 to 2025: political stability and absence of violence 62.5 → 67.6 (score 0–⁠100). Better than all its neighbours (Guatemala and Honduras): political stability and absence of violence and homicides per 100,000 people. Worse than all its neighbours (Guatemala and Honduras): suicides per 100,000 people.