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Women's deaths at the hands of their intimate partner or former partner

Women aged 15 years and over who are killed by their intimate partner or former partner: absolute number and rate per 100,000 women.

Analysis

The Latin American countries that reported the highest incidence of death of women due to an intimate partner or ex-intimate partner in 2022 are the Dominican Republic (1.3 per 100,000 women), and Uruguay (1.1 per 100,000 women), these being the only ones two Latin American countries with a rate equal to or greater than 1.0 per 100,000 women. Paraguay follows with a rate of 0.8 per 100,000 women. For its part, in the Caribbean, the highest rate of death of women caused by their intimate partner or former partner in 2022 was recorded in Grenada with 3.2 per 100,000 women. in the Caribbean, the highest rate of death of women caused by their partner or ex-intimate partner in 2022 was recorded in Grenada with 3.2 per 100,000 women, followed by Trinidad and Tobago with a rate of 1. 8.