Italy vs Portugal: Female homicide rate
Italy
0.3877 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Portugal
0.44 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2022
Italy rank
116th
Portugal rank
113th
Female homicide rate over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.44 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.3877 homicides per 100,000 population in Italy, a difference of 0.0523 homicides per 100,000 population.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Portugal ahead.
Italy ranks 116th and Portugal ranks 113th of 138 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6436 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6208 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.0228 homicides per 100,000 population | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.5644 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6792 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1148 homicides per 100,000 population | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.4761 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6513 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1752 homicides per 100,000 population | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.3934 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5059 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1125 homicides per 100,000 population | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher female homicide rate, Italy or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.44 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.3877 homicides per 100,000 population in Italy as of 2022.
- What is the difference in female homicide rate between Italy and Portugal?
- 0.0523 homicides per 100,000 population, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for female homicide rate?
- Italy ranks 116th and Portugal ranks 113th of 138 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Female homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof female victims .