For youngsters growing up in crime-ridden countries like El Salvador, Colombia or Venezuela the chances of being murdered are almost 30 times higher than in Europe. The study looked at 83 countries across the world and depressingly Latin America came out as the region with most youth killings in proportion to its population. And the readings become even more depressing if you choose to include Caribbean nations - as this grim top 10 list of youth killings per 100.000 indicates:
- El Salvador: 48.8
- Colombia: 43.8
- Venezuela: 29.5
- Guatemala: 28.5
- The Virgin Islands: 28.4
- Brazil: 25.2
- Santa Lucia: 24.5
- Puerto Rico: 19.1
- Guyana: 18.0
- Ecuador: 18.0
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Hi
Can you post the link to the statistics? I would like to see the data for other countries as well.
Hey Sebastian.
Here is the website for Ritla, the organization that compiled the statistics: http://www.ritla.net/. Just click on the link “Sumário Executivo” to download the whole report. It’s in Portuguese but the tables and statistics should be self-explanatory.
I notice that Peru and Bolivia were not included. From the time you've spent there, would you say that violence/murder is high in those two countries?
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