Female homicide rate by country
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof female victims .
Countries reporting
133
Highest
43.14 homicides per 100,000 population
Montserrat
Lowest
0 homicides per 100,000 population
Vatican
Median
1.13 homicides per 100,000 population
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
2,732
What the numbers show
Female homicide rate is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 43.14 homicides per 100,000 population in Montserrat; the lowest is 0 homicides per 100,000 population in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.13 homicides per 100,000 population, and the mean is 2.42 homicides per 100,000 population.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 541.3%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).
Female homicide rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montserrat | 43.14 homicides per 100,000 population | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 2 | South Africa | 12.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 39.7% | flat |
| 3 | Guyana | 11.56 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 46.1% | falling |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 9.92 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Dominica | 9.03 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Haiti | 8.73 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 541.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Jamaica | 8.22 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.21 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 9 | British Virgin Islands | 8.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Honduras | 7.66 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.21 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 13 | Guatemala | 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 14 | Ecuador | 6.66 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 5.6 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela | 5.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2017 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 18 | Seychelles | 5.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 2014 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Bahamas | 4.82 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 20 | Belize | 4.5 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 3.99 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 3.92 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 23 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.68 homicides per 100,000 population | 2012 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 24 | Curacao | 3.61 homicides per 100,000 population | 2007 | up 39.6% | flat |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 3.56 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 3.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 27 | Uruguay | 3.21 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 71.5% | falling |
| 29 | Iraq | 3.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 2013 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 30 | Uganda | 3 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 31 | Latvia | 2.87 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 2.75 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 33 | Kenya | 2.66 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 34 | Mongolia | 2.64 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 35 | Russia | 2.64 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 36 | United States | 2.55 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 37 | Bolivia | 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 2.39 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 40 | India | 2.37 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 2.37 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | — | falling |
| 42 | Fiji | 2.36 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 2.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 44 | Suriname | 2.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 109.2% | falling |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 2.15 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 46 | El Salvador | 2.15 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 47 | Paraguay | 2.08 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.04 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Ukraine | 1.9 homicides per 100,000 population | 2017 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 50 | Cuba | 1.86 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 51 | Tonga | 1.84 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Lithuania | 1.79 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 53 | Belarus | 1.73 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 54 | Tanzania | 1.73 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 55 | Grenada | 1.71 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Panama | 1.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 34.9% | flat |
| 57 | Turkey | 1.68 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 1.58 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 59 | Mauritius | 1.57 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 1.41 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 62 | Bhutan | 1.4 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 139.6% | rising |
| 63 | Chile | 1.4 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 64 | Reunion | 1.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 2009 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 65 | Brunei | 1.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Moldova | 1.27 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 1.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 68 | Georgia | 1.18 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 69 | Philippines | 1.17 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 70 | Thailand | 1.13 homicides per 100,000 population | 2014 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 71 | New Zealand | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 1.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 73 | Kuwait | 1.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 74 | Canada | 1.04 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 75 | Lebanon | 0.989 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 76 | Qatar | 0.9824 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 381.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Austria | 0.9706 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 0.9565 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 79 | Myanmar | 0.9125 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 0.884 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 81 | Germany | 0.8738 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 82 | Estonia | 0.8359 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Czechia | 0.8212 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 84 | Finland | 0.8118 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7783 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 87 | Slovakia | 0.7437 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 88 | Cyprus | 0.7418 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 89 | France | 0.7233 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 90 | Jordan | 0.7225 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 91 | Armenia | 0.6971 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 92 | Barbados | 0.6804 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Romania | 0.6629 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 94 | Norway | 0.6574 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 95 | Serbia | 0.6467 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 96 | Albania | 0.6375 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Sweden | 0.63 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 98 | Switzerland | 0.6271 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 99 | Hungary | 0.6153 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 100 | Poland | 0.6107 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 101 | Denmark | 0.5683 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 102 | Egypt | 0.5389 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 103 | Australia | 0.5327 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 104 | Iceland | 0.5287 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Macao | 0.52 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Israel | 0.4809 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 107 | Morocco | 0.4661 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 108 | Algeria | 0.4643 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 109 | South Korea | 0.463 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 110 | Spain | 0.4552 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 111 | Netherlands | 0.4502 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 112 | Croatia | 0.4461 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Portugal | 0.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 0.4099 homicides per 100,000 population | 2015 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 116 | Italy | 0.3877 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 117 | Bahrain | 0.343 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Greece | 0.3408 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 119 | Hong Kong | 0.318 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 120 | United Kingdom | 0.3162 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 121 | Montenegro | 0.3042 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2992 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 123 | Slovenia | 0.2845 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 124 | Palestine | 0.2624 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 125 | Japan | 0.2262 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 0.2011 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 127 | Belgium | 0.1875 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 88.6% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 0.1045 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 129 | Singapore | 0.0715 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 130 | Aruba | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Andorra | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Bermuda | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Cayman Islands | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 130 | San Marino | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | — | flat |
| 130 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Anguilla | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Vatican | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof female victims .