Colombia: number of femicides 2018-2023
In 2023, 525 women were murdered on account of their gender in Colombia. Between 2019 and 2020 the number of femicides grew from 571 to 630. This increase of more than ten percent occurred during the social isolation measures taken after the COVID-19 outbreak. In September of 2020 alone, 85 women in Colombia were victims of femicide. Antioquia is usually the department with the highest number of femicides in the South American country.