Female homicide rate in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Female homicide rate was 0.884 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.884
Change on year
up 7.3%
World rank
80th
of 138 countries
All-time high
2.4
in 1998
All-time low
0.6004
in 2016
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Female homicide rate in Bulgaria, 1990–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0.884 for female homicide rate in 2023.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female homicide rate in Bulgaria peaked at 2.4 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.6004, in 2016.
Bulgaria ranks 80th of 138 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.06 | 1.18 | 2.4 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.35 | 0.91 | 2.37 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8135 | 0.6004 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8061 | 0.7274 | 0.884 | 4 |
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More gender data for Bulgaria
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 29,446 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 31,195 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 29,990 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 31,775 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 30,724 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 32,554 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 29,940 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 31,598 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 28,882 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 30,473 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female homicide rate in Bulgaria?
- Female homicide rate in Bulgaria was 0.884 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest female homicide rate recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4 in 1998.
- What is the lowest female homicide rate recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6004 in 2016.
- How does Bulgaria rank for female homicide rate?
- Bulgaria ranks 80th out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is female homicide rate rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Female homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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