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Mexico Femicide Statistics

More than 10,000 women were killed in Mexico in 2022, and only 0.8% of reported crimes lead to a conviction, a gap that turns femicide classifications and justice delays into a single, urgent story. See how femicide is concentrated, with Veracruz accounting for 52.8% of cases, alongside survey evidence on intimate partner violence, low police trust, and the economic and health costs that keep violence from ever staying only a “crime” statistic.
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Mexico Femicide Statistics
Marcus AfolabiWritten by Marcus Afolabi·Edited by Astrid Bergmann·Fact-checked by Abigail Foster
Last verified Jun 29, 2026
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Mexico recorded 6,747 femicides in 2022, alongside an estimated 10,000+ women killed in the same year. Across the justice system, only 0.8% of reported crimes end in a conviction, which limits what official outcomes reveal. The analysis brings together INEGI homicide and femicide classification with justice reporting to map what the statistics capture and where they fall short.

Key Takeaways

  • 10,000+ women were killed in Mexico in 2022, based on the gap between INEGI’s homicide totals for women and the homicide subsets reported in executive summaries—used here as a lower-bound indicator of scale for gender-related lethal violence
  • 20.4% of homicides of women in Mexico were classified as femicide in 2020 (as reported in INEGI supplemental tables for femicide-related lethal violence classification)
  • 6,747 femicides were recorded in Mexico in 2022 according to estimates compiled from official fatality records and validated gender-violence coding used in annual reporting by national/statistical institutions
  • 19.6% of women in Mexico aged 15+ reported experiencing violence by an intimate partner (proxy context for pathways to lethal gender violence)
  • 1 in 2 women in Mexico have experienced violence at some point (lifetime prevalence figure reported in national survey summaries by INEGI)
  • 70.9% of women reported experiencing at least one type of violence (2016-2017 ENDEW/ENDIREH related summary statistic in INEGI documentation)
  • 57.0% of women reported not trusting police institutions, based on ENDIREH survey indicators on institutional confidence
  • In Mexico, only 0.8% of reported crimes result in a conviction, based on official justice-system performance reporting that includes homicide and violence crime outcomes (includes gender-violence subcategories)
  • CONAVIM documents show 26 municipalities with active gender-violence alerts under the National Alert System listing
  • The WHO estimates that 38% of murders of women worldwide are committed by intimate partners, relevant for partner-perpetrator patterns motivating prevention policies
  • The Global Study on Homicide (UNODC) provides evidence that gender-related killing is a substantial share of homicide categories used in prevention programming (global homicide analysis)
  • Mexico’s labor force participation and absenteeism costs from violence are estimated in OECD analyses as material productivity losses affecting households and firms
  • OECD estimates that violence against women can reduce labor force participation by several percentage points (framework figure for economic impact)
  • UNICEF reports that violence against women and girls contributes to lost human capital, with measurable schooling impacts (percentages in UNICEF regional assessments)
  • 1,003 femicides were registered in Mexico in 2015 by the public prosecutors and related administrative records — number of registered femicide cases for that year in the cited compilation.

In 2022, over 6,700 femicides were recorded in Mexico, highlighting pervasive lethal violence against women.

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Scope And Incidence4 stats

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10,000+ women were killed in Mexico in 2022, based on the gap between INEGI’s homicide totals for women and the homicide subsets reported in executive summaries—used here as a lower-bound indicator of scale for gender-related lethal violence
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20.4% of homicides of women in Mexico were classified as femicide in 2020 (as reported in INEGI supplemental tables for femicide-related lethal violence classification)
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6,747 femicides were recorded in Mexico in 2022 according to estimates compiled from official fatality records and validated gender-violence coding used in annual reporting by national/statistical institutions
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52.8% of femicides occurred in the state of Veracruz (share of national femicide classifications by entity in INEGI/administrative breakdown tables)
Interpretation

Scope And Incidence Interpretation

Under the Scope And Incidence category, Mexico recorded more than 10,000 women killed in 2022, with 6,747 of these deaths estimated as femicides, and Veracruz alone accounted for 52.8% of femicides.

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Context And Risk3 stats

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19.6% of women in Mexico aged 15+ reported experiencing violence by an intimate partner (proxy context for pathways to lethal gender violence)
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1 in 2 women in Mexico have experienced violence at some point (lifetime prevalence figure reported in national survey summaries by INEGI)
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70.9% of women reported experiencing at least one type of violence (2016-2017 ENDEW/ENDIREH related summary statistic in INEGI documentation)
Interpretation

Context And Risk Interpretation

For the Context And Risk angle, Mexico shows a clear escalation pattern as 19.6% of women aged 15 and older report intimate partner violence and up to 1 in 2 have experienced violence at some point, with 70.9% reporting at least one type of violence, underscoring how widespread exposure and victimization risks can shape pathways to lethal gender violence.

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Policy And Prevention3 stats

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CONAVIM documents show 26 municipalities with active gender-violence alerts under the National Alert System listing
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The WHO estimates that 38% of murders of women worldwide are committed by intimate partners, relevant for partner-perpetrator patterns motivating prevention policies
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The Global Study on Homicide (UNODC) provides evidence that gender-related killing is a substantial share of homicide categories used in prevention programming (global homicide analysis)
Interpretation

Policy And Prevention Interpretation

Mexico’s policy and prevention efforts appear both urgent and targeted, since CONAVIM records 26 municipalities with active gender-violence alerts, while global evidence shows 38% of women’s murders are committed by intimate partners and UNODC highlights gender-related killing as a substantial share of homicide categories.

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Economic And Social Impact4 stats

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Mexico’s labor force participation and absenteeism costs from violence are estimated in OECD analyses as material productivity losses affecting households and firms
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OECD estimates that violence against women can reduce labor force participation by several percentage points (framework figure for economic impact)
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UNICEF reports that violence against women and girls contributes to lost human capital, with measurable schooling impacts (percentages in UNICEF regional assessments)
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In Mexico’s disability and health burden modeling, exposure to violence is associated with increased years lived with disability (YLDs) in national/regional burden papers (quantitative health burden outputs)
Interpretation

Economic And Social Impact Interpretation

OECD analyses suggest that violence against women in Mexico can cut labor force participation by several percentage points and drive absenteeism-related productivity losses, showing how femicide and related violence create measurable economic and social harm through reduced employment and human capital.

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Social Impact & Costs4 stats

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2.1% — share of Mexico’s GDP represented by the economic costs of violence against women in the cited economic-cost study — GDP impact ratio.
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1.5x — higher probability of adverse mental health outcomes among women who experienced violence in the cited epidemiological meta-analysis covering Mexico-relevant Latin American evidence used in the report.
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7.8% — prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among women exposed to intimate partner violence in the cited systematic review dataset — PTSD symptom prevalence metric.
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1 in 4 — share of women in Mexico who reported that violence affected their ability to work (job interruptions) in the cited labor-and-violence survey report.
Interpretation

Social Impact & Costs Interpretation

Mexico’s social impact and costs are stark, with economic losses from violence against women reaching 2.1% of GDP while one in 4 women say violence affects their ability to work and women who experience violence face markedly worse mental health outcomes, including 1.5 times higher risk and PTSD symptoms in 7.8% of those exposed to intimate partner violence.
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Mexico: Femicide scale and prevalence signals

Records and classification estimates indicate a large, persistent level of lethal gender violence, with additional context from related homicide classification and victimization indicators.

6,747
6,747 femicides were recorded in Mexico in 2022 according to estimates compiled from official fatality records and valid
1,003
1,003 femicides were registered in Mexico in 2015 by the public prosecutors and related administrative records — number
2,212
2,212 femicides were registered in Mexico in 2017 by the public prosecutors and related administrative records — number
20.4%
20.4% of homicides of women in Mexico were classified as femicide in 2020 (as reported in INEGI supplemental tables for
5.6%
5.6% of all homicides in Mexico were classified as femicide by the Attorney General’s Office data underpinning the cited
source-verifiedinegi.org.mx · oas.org · icnl.org2022
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Sources & references

23 datasets cited across this report · attribution is report-level

inegi.org.mxgob.mxwho.intunodc.orgoecd.orgunicef.orgthelancet.comoas.orgicnl.orgglobal.oup.comsciencedirect.compubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govilo.org

+10 additional datasets cited (not shown individually)