Panama Crime Rate & Statistics 1990-2024

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.
  • Panama crime rate & statistics for 2021 was 12.73, a 9.35% increase from 2020.
  • Panama crime rate & statistics for 2020 was 11.64, a 2.67% increase from 2019.
  • Panama crime rate & statistics for 2019 was 11.34, a 17.8% increase from 2018.
  • Panama crime rate & statistics for 2018 was 9.63, a 4.32% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Per 100K Population
St. Kitts and Nevis 29.41
Trinidad and Tobago 29.36
Bahamas 29.17
Antigua and Barbuda 17.16
Panama 12.73
Barbados 11.38
Bermuda 10.91
Uruguay 8.90
United States 6.81
Liechtenstein 5.12
Seychelles 4.70
Argentina 4.62
Chile 3.63
Latvia 3.04
Lithuania 2.58
Canada 2.07
Estonia 1.96
Israel 1.94
Cyprus 1.29
France 1.14
Sweden 1.08
Belgium 1.08
Slovak Republic 1.01
Greece 0.85
Germany 0.83
Croatia 0.81
Denmark 0.80
Portugal 0.80
Hungary 0.77
Australia 0.74
Austria 0.73
Poland 0.71
Netherlands 0.65
Luxembourg 0.63
Spain 0.61
Iceland 0.54
Norway 0.54
South Korea 0.52
Italy 0.51
Switzerland 0.48
UAE 0.47
Czech Republic 0.45
Ireland 0.44
Macao 0.44
Slovenia 0.42
Malta 0.38
Qatar 0.33
Hong Kong 0.31
Oman 0.24
Japan 0.23
Singapore 0.10
Bahrain 0.07
Panama Crime Rate & Statistics - Historical Data
Year Per 100K Population Annual % Change
2021 12.73 9.35%
2020 11.64 2.67%
2019 11.34 17.80%
2018 9.63 4.32%
2017 9.23 -8.26%
2016 10.06 -15.49%
2015 11.90 -23.37%
2014 15.53 -10.47%
2013 17.35 2.27%
2012 16.96 13.98%
2011 14.88 17.24%
2010 12.69 -19.60%
2009 15.79 11.94%
2008 14.10 73.48%
2007 8.13 23.93%
2006 6.56 -40.42%
2005 11.01 15.94%
2004 9.50 -10.34%
2003 10.59 -12.08%
2002 12.05 20.51%
2001 10.00 0.36%
2000 9.96 2.86%
1999 9.68 -0.57%
1998 9.74 -12.56%
1997 11.14 24.48%
1996 8.95 -35.54%
1995 13.88 14.37%
1994 12.14 2.75%
1993 11.81 -2.98%
1992 12.18 3.62%
1991 11.75 3.55%
1990 11.35 3.55%