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title: "NRC North of Central America and Mexico | Fact sheet"
description: "El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico continue to face widespread violence linked to organised crime and gangs, deep-rooted poverty and inequality, recurrent extreme weather events, and institutional fragility."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/fact-sheets/ntca"
language: "en"
published: "2018-07-31T22:00:00Z"
modified: "2023-01-10T09:33:13Z"
---

Facts and figures

# NRC North of Central America and Mexico | Fact sheet

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[El Salvador](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=50) [Honduras](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=64) [Mexico](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=82) [Country fact sheet](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=331)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico continue to face widespread violence linked to organised crime and gangs, deep-rooted poverty and inequality, recurrent extreme weather events, and institutional fragility.

- [Download factsheet (February 2026)](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/fact-sheets/2026/factsheet_ncam_feb2026.pdf)