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Intentional homicides

per 100,000 people · Annual · 196 of 218 countries (90 %) · 1990–2023
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World average (population-weighted)
8.0 /100k
across 83 countries, 2023
Latest observation
2023
Source updated
13 Jul 2026
CountryAtlas refreshed
11 Sep 2026
Snapshot 20260911T072322Z

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One value per country for the selected year. Hatched = no data.

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Definition

Definition
Unit
per 100,000 people (/100k)
Frequency
Annual
Aggregation
none · Lower is better
Valid range
0 – 150

Sources & provenance

Every value on this page comes from one of these series, chosen per country by priority.

  1. Priority #1
    World BankWDIVC.IHR.PSRC.P5ok
    196 countries · 4,065 obs. · → 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury. Source: UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

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Series-level selection: for each country the whole series comes from the highest-priority source that has any non-forecast value for it. If a lower-priority source is more than three years fresher, the freshest source wins instead. Non-chosen values are kept as alternatives, never discarded.

Countries without data

Typical reasons: the source does not survey small territories or micro-states; the statistical office reports with a lag of one to three years; the series is only compiled for member countries of the source organisation (OECD, EU, Eurostat); or a value exists but failed validation and is quarantined rather than shown.

Downloads & API

Every observation for this indicator, all countries and years, with provenance columns.

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API example

One country, full history. Replace CAN by any ISO3 code or slug.

bash
curl -s "https://www.countryatlas.co/api/v1/series?country=CAN&indicator=homicide-rate" | jq '.series[0] | {country: .country.name, unit, last: .stats.last, source: .provenance.source_name}'

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