Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) by country
An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.
Countries reporting
129
Highest
12.2 per 100,000 female
South Africa
Lowest
0.0715 per 100,000 female
Singapore
Median
1.39 per 100,000 female
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,776
What the numbers show
Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 12.2 per 100,000 female in South Africa; the lowest is 0.0715 per 100,000 female in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.39 per 100,000 female, and the mean is 2.28 per 100,000 female.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 171.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 541.3%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 88.8%).
Intentional homicides, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 12.2 per 100,000 female | 2022 | up 39.7% | flat |
| 2 | Guyana | 11.56 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 46.1% | falling |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 9.92 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 4 | Dominica | 9.03 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 5 | Haiti | 8.73 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 541.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Jamaica | 8.22 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.21 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 96.3% | falling |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | 8.12 per 100,000 female | 2006 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.06 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 43.2% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 7.66 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.21 per 100,000 female | 2020 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 12 | Guatemala | 6.76 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 13 | Ecuador | 6.66 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 14 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6 per 100,000 female | 2013 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 5.6 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela | 5.12 per 100,000 female | 2017 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 17 | Seychelles | 5.06 per 100,000 female | 2014 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Bahamas | 4.82 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 19 | Belize | 4.5 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 3.99 per 100,000 female | 2021 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 3.92 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 22 | Cayman Islands | 3.75 per 100,000 female | 2009 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 23 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.68 per 100,000 female | 2012 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 24 | Curacao | 3.61 per 100,000 female | 2007 | up 39.6% | flat |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 3.56 per 100,000 female | 2020 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.44 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 27 | Uruguay | 3.21 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 3.2 per 100,000 female | 2021 | up 71.5% | falling |
| 29 | Iraq | 3.06 per 100,000 female | 2013 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 30 | Bermuda | 3.04 per 100,000 female | 2021 | down 51.3% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 3 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 32 | Latvia | 2.87 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 33 | Russia | 2.78 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 2.75 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 35 | Kenya | 2.66 per 100,000 female | 2022 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 36 | United States | 2.55 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 37 | Bolivia | 2.54 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 2.39 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 39 | India | 2.37 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 2.37 per 100,000 female | 2022 | — | falling |
| 41 | Fiji | 2.36 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 2.35 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 43 | Suriname | 2.23 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 109.2% | falling |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 2.15 per 100,000 female | 2019 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 45 | El Salvador | 2.15 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 46 | Paraguay | 2.08 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.04 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Ukraine | 1.9 per 100,000 female | 2017 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 49 | Aruba | 1.86 per 100,000 female | 2013 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 50 | Cuba | 1.86 per 100,000 female | 2019 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 51 | Tonga | 1.84 per 100,000 female | 2019 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Mongolia | 1.8 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 53 | Lithuania | 1.79 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 54 | Belarus | 1.73 per 100,000 female | 2019 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 55 | Tanzania | 1.73 per 100,000 female | 2020 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 56 | Grenada | 1.71 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 1.7 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 34.9% | flat |
| 58 | Turkey | 1.68 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 59 | Argentina | 1.58 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritius | 1.57 per 100,000 female | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 1.54 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 1.41 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 63 | Bhutan | 1.4 per 100,000 female | 2020 | up 139.6% | rising |
| 64 | Chile | 1.4 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 1.39 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 66 | Moldova | 1.27 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 67 | Georgia | 1.18 per 100,000 female | 2020 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 1.17 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 69 | Thailand | 1.13 per 100,000 female | 2014 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 70 | New Zealand | 1.12 per 100,000 female | 2022 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 1.05 per 100,000 female | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 72 | Kuwait | 1.05 per 100,000 female | 2020 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 73 | Canada | 1.04 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 74 | Lebanon | 0.989 per 100,000 female | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 75 | Qatar | 0.9824 per 100,000 female | 2022 | up 381.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Austria | 0.9706 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.9565 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 78 | Myanmar | 0.9125 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 0.884 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 80 | Germany | 0.8738 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 81 | Albania | 0.8441 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Estonia | 0.8359 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Czechia | 0.8212 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 84 | Finland | 0.8118 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 85 | Malta | 0.7801 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7783 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 87 | France | 0.7623 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 88 | Slovakia | 0.7437 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 89 | Jordan | 0.7225 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 90 | Armenia | 0.6971 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 91 | United Kingdom | 0.6954 per 100,000 female | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 92 | Barbados | 0.6804 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Norway | 0.6574 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 94 | Serbia | 0.6467 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 95 | Sweden | 0.63 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 96 | Switzerland | 0.6271 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 97 | Hungary | 0.6153 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 98 | Poland | 0.6107 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 99 | Denmark | 0.5683 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.546 per 100,000 female | 2020 | down 88.8% | falling |
| 101 | Egypt | 0.5389 per 100,000 female | 2021 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 102 | Romania | 0.5376 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 103 | Australia | 0.5327 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 104 | Iceland | 0.5287 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Macao | 0.52 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Morocco | 0.4923 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 107 | Israel | 0.4809 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 108 | Algeria | 0.4643 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 109 | South Korea | 0.463 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 110 | Spain | 0.4552 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 111 | Netherlands | 0.4502 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 112 | Croatia | 0.4461 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Portugal | 0.44 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 114 | Ireland | 0.4192 per 100,000 female | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 0.4099 per 100,000 female | 2015 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 116 | Italy | 0.3877 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 117 | Bahrain | 0.343 per 100,000 female | 2022 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 118 | Greece | 0.3408 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 119 | Hong Kong | 0.318 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 120 | Montenegro | 0.3042 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2992 per 100,000 female | 2022 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 122 | Slovenia | 0.2845 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 123 | Palestine | 0.2624 per 100,000 female | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 124 | Japan | 0.2262 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 0.2011 per 100,000 female | 2020 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 126 | Belgium | 0.1875 per 100,000 female | 2021 | down 88.6% | falling |
| 127 | Cyprus | 0.1498 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 70.8% | rising |
| 128 | Oman | 0.1045 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 129 | Singapore | 0.0715 per 100,000 female | 2023 | down 69.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.6 per 100,000 female
- Africa Eastern and Southern 4.4 per 100,000 female
- Latin America & Caribbean 4 per 100,000 female
- IDA total 3.6 per 100,000 female
- Lower middle income 2.6 per 100,000 female
- North America 2.4 per 100,000 female
- South Asia 2.3 per 100,000 female
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.1 per 100,000 female
- World 2.1 per 100,000 female
- IBRD only 1.7 per 100,000 female
- Upper middle income 1.5 per 100,000 female
- High income 1.3 per 100,000 female
About this data
An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.