November 2024 ended as the second safest month in El Salvador’s history, with an impressive 26 days without homicides, including 14 consecutive days. This marks a significant achievement in the country’s ongoing battle against violence, following October 2024, which remains the safest month recorded.
President Nayib Bukele announced that El Salvador is on track to close 2024 with a homicide rate of just 1.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. If current trends continue, the country could see a rate of less than 1 in 2025, edging closer to its ambitious goal of becoming the safest country in the world. “This is part of our new security goal: to become the safest country globally,” Bukele said in a statement shared on his official X account.
November saw only four days with recorded homicides—on the 7th, 14th, 15th, and 16th—according to official statistics from the National Civil Police (PNC). The exceptional regime and Territorial Control Plan, launched by Bukele in 2019 and strengthened with a state of emergency in 2022, have been credited with these remarkable results.
In total, 2024 has seen 250 days without homicides, and the country has reached 768 days without violent deaths since Bukele took office, with 655 of those days occurring under the state of emergency. These strategies have transformed El Salvador from the world’s most violent nation to the safest in the Western Hemisphere.
As 2024 wraps up, El Salvador continues to make significant strides toward its goal of enhanced public safety, with a homicide rate projection that reaffirms the country’s progress and commitment to securing a safer future for its citizens.