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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Crime

SALVADORAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Kidnappings 19 kidnappings [24th of 39]
Manslaughters 48 [21st of 42]
Murders 2,024 [6th of 49]
Murders committed by youths 1,147 [10th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 50.2 [2nd of 0]
Murders with firearms 1,441 [5th of 36]
Police 16,149 [29th of 47]
Prisoners 11,055 prisoners [29th of 0]
Prisoners > Female 4.8% [49th of 134]
Prisoners > Per capita 158 per 100,000 people [56th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 49.7% [35th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 167.5% [23rd of 128]
Rapes 842 [21st of 50]
Robberies 5,327 [21st of 47]
Software piracy rate 81% [25th of 107]
Total crimes 44,762 [36th of 50]
United States extradition treaties > Citation
37 Stat. 1516; TS 560; 7 Bevans 507.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed April 18, 1911
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force July 10, 2011
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 1.7 [109th of 143]

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SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties ; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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matt (PA)
14th May 2007
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