Overview
- CEPAL’s Gender Equality Observatory logged 3,828 gender‑related killings in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, averaging about 11 per day and totaling at least 19,254 over the past five years.
- The highest 2024 rates were reported in Honduras (4.3 per 100,000), Guatemala (1.9) and the Dominican Republic (1.5), with Chile among the lowest at 0.4.
- UN figures put the 2024 global toll at nearly 50,000, with estimated victims by region of Africa 22,600, Asia 17,400, the Americas 7,700, Europe 2,100 and Oceania 300.
- Partners or ex‑partners account for the majority of these killings, and the UN warns of growing tech‑enabled abuse including deepfakes, online surveillance and threats against journalists, politicians and activists.
- Peru’s national reporting through October lists 119,567 cases attended and 114 femicides, an 11% increase versus the same period in 2024.