Female homicide rate in ROU
ROU: Female homicide rate was 0.6629 homicides per 100,000 population in 2024. ▼ Falling
Female homicide rate in ROU, 1990–2024
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 2024, female homicide rate in ROU stood at 0.6629 homicides per 100,000 population.
That represents a change of up 23.3% on the previous year and down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female homicide rate in ROU peaked at 2.14 homicides per 100,000 population in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.5376 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2023.
ROU ranks 93rd of 138 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.42 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.91 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.37 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8253 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.14 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8107 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5589 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.04 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7573 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5376 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.9603 homicides per 100,000 population | 5 |
Countries ranked near ROU
- 90 JOR 0.7225 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 91 ARM 0.6971 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 92 BRB 0.6804 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 94 NOR 0.6574 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 95 SRB 0.6467 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 96 ALB 0.6375 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More gender data for ROU
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 86,731 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 91,487 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 87,657 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 92,454 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 88,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 93,457 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 89,763 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 94,594 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 91,040 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 96,150 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female homicide rate in ROU?
- Female homicide rate in ROU was 0.6629 homicides per 100,000 population in 2024, 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 ROU?
- The highest recorded value was 2.14 homicides per 100,000 population in 2002.
- What is the lowest female homicide rate recorded in ROU?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5376 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023.
- How does ROU rank for female homicide rate?
- ROU ranks 93rd out of 138 countries with data for 2024.
- Is female homicide rate rising or falling in ROU?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ROU 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 .