Female homicide rate in Mauritius
Mauritius: Female homicide rate was 1.57 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. ▲ Rising
Female homicide rate in Mauritius, 1990–2022
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.
Analysis
In 2022, female homicide rate in Mauritius stood at 1.57 homicides per 100,000 population.
The figure is down 16.6% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female homicide rate in Mauritius peaked at 2.77 homicides per 100,000 population in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.8115 homicides per 100,000 population, in 1991.
That places Mauritius 59th out of 138 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.22 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8115 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.02 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.13 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.77 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.46 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.9318 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.18 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.57 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.88 homicides per 100,000 population | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 56 Panama 1.7 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 57 Turkey 1.68 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 58 Argentina 1.58 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 60 Luxembourg 1.54 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 61 Kazakhstan 1.41 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 62 Bhutan 1.4 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More gender data for Mauritius
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 5,566 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 5,753 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 5,628 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 5,816 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 5,747 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 5,924 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 6,134 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 5,964 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 6,352 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 5,908 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female homicide rate in Mauritius?
- Female homicide rate in Mauritius was 1.57 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest female homicide rate recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 2.77 homicides per 100,000 population in 2008.
- What is the lowest female homicide rate recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8115 homicides per 100,000 population in 1991.
- How does Mauritius rank for female homicide rate?
- Mauritius ranks 59th out of 138 countries with data for 2022.
- Is female homicide rate rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Female homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof female victims .