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Female homicide victims by country

Number of intentional homicidesof female victims .

Countries reporting
136
Highest
16,379 homicides
India
Lowest
0 homicides
Anguilla
Median
28.5 homicides
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
2,732

What the numbers show

Female homicide victims is currently reported for 136 countries. The highest value is 16,379 homicides in India; the lowest is 0 homicides in Anguilla.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.5 homicides, and the mean is 367.1 homicides.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).

Female homicide victims: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 16,379 homicides 2022 down 11.2% rising
2 United States 4,359 homicides 2023 up 37.5% falling
3 Brazil 4,202 homicides 2023 down 11.9% rising
4 South Africa 3,914 homicides 2022 up 63.1% rising
5 Mexico 3,739 homicides 2023 up 41.2% rising
6 Russia 2,046 homicides 2024 down 51.2% falling
7 Colombia 912 homicides 2023 down 25.4% falling
8 Venezuela 788 homicides 2017 up 17.2% rising
9 Uganda 737 homicides 2023 down 6.8% rising
10 Turkey 733 homicides 2023 up 21.0% falling
11 Kenya 725 homicides 2022 up 38.8% rising
12 Philippines 674 homicides 2023 down 38.0% falling
13 Peru 665 homicides 2021 up 140.1% rising
14 Guatemala 618 homicides 2023 down 5.5% flat
15 Ecuador 600 homicides 2023 up 137.2% volatile
16 Iraq 540.66 homicides 2013 down 13.8% falling
17 Tanzania 531 homicides 2020 down 3.5% flat
18 Haiti 513 homicides 2023 up 632.9% volatile
19 Ukraine 461 homicides 2017 down 49.3% falling
20 Honduras 405 homicides 2023 down 17.3% flat
21 Thailand 403.54 homicides 2014 down 19.9% falling
22 Germany 374 homicides 2023 up 14.0% falling
23 Argentina 362 homicides 2023 down 6.5% falling
24 Egypt 296 homicides 2021 down 10.6% rising
25 Sri Lanka 249 homicides 2019 up 22.7% falling
26 France 248 homicides 2024 down 35.1% falling
26 Myanmar 248 homicides 2023 up 19.2% volatile
28 United Kingdom 214 homicides 2021 up 10.3% falling
29 Canada 205 homicides 2023 up 35.8% falling
30 Zimbabwe 200 homicides 2022 — falling
31 Uzbekistan 179 homicides 2021 down 17.1% falling
32 Bolivia 155 homicides 2023 down 19.7% flat
33 Kazakhstan 145 homicides 2022 down 47.5% falling
34 Japan 144 homicides 2023 down 24.6% falling
35 Chile 138 homicides 2023 up 27.8% rising
36 Dominican Republic 134 homicides 2023 down 33.3% falling
37 Poland 122 homicides 2023 up 42.5% falling
38 South Korea 120 homicides 2023 down 34.1% falling
39 Italy 118 homicides 2023 down 34.1% falling
39 Jamaica 118 homicides 2023 down 9.2% falling
41 Spain 111 homicides 2023 down 8.3% falling
42 Nicaragua 108 homicides 2021 up 95.6% flat
43 Cuba 105 homicides 2019 down 31.4% falling
43 Algeria 105 homicides 2023 up 169.2% rising
45 Morocco 88 homicides 2024 up 49.2% rising
46 Belarus 87 homicides 2019 down 56.1% falling
47 Australia 71 homicides 2023 down 24.5% falling
47 Costa Rica 71 homicides 2023 up 97.2% rising
47 Paraguay 71 homicides 2023 up 36.5% rising
47 El Salvador 71 homicides 2022 down 78.0% falling
51 Azerbaijan 65 homicides 2024 down 25.3% flat
51 Romania 65 homicides 2024 down 39.3% falling
53 Uruguay 56 homicides 2023 up 3.7% rising
54 Trinidad and Tobago 54 homicides 2020 up 2.1% rising
55 Guyana 49 homicides 2023 up 63.3% flat
56 Mongolia 46 homicides 2024 down 14.8% falling
57 Austria 45 homicides 2023 up 55.2% falling
57 Czechia 45 homicides 2023 down 11.8% falling
59 Netherlands 41 homicides 2023 down 26.8% falling
59 Puerto Rico 41 homicides 2023 down 22.6% falling
61 Jordan 40 homicides 2023 down 4.8% flat
62 Panama 38 homicides 2023 down 24.0% rising
63 Sweden 33 homicides 2023 up 26.9% falling
64 Bulgaria 31 homicides 2023 down 8.8% volatile
64 Hungary 31 homicides 2023 down 56.3% falling
66 Lebanon 29 homicides 2020 up 20.8% rising
66 Latvia 29 homicides 2023 up 20.8% rising
66 New Zealand 29 homicides 2022 up 38.1% rising
69 Switzerland 28 homicides 2023 down 12.5% falling
70 Lithuania 27 homicides 2023 down 55.0% falling
71 Georgia 24 homicides 2020 down 14.3% falling
71 Portugal 24 homicides 2022 down 41.9% falling
73 Finland 23 homicides 2023 down 4.2% falling
73 Serbia 23 homicides 2023 down 51.1% falling
75 Israel 22 homicides 2022 down 8.3% falling
76 Moldova 21 homicides 2023 down 69.6% falling
76 Slovakia 21 homicides 2023 down 8.7% falling
78 Greece 18 homicides 2023 down 64.0% falling
78 Kuwait 18 homicides 2020 up 38.5% rising
78 Norway 18 homicides 2023 down 10.0% flat
81 Denmark 17 homicides 2023 up 30.8% falling
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 homicides 2023 down 7.1% falling
82 Hong Kong 13 homicides 2023 down 64.9% falling
82 Turkmenistan 13 homicides 2015 down 56.7% falling
85 United Arab Emirates 11 homicides 2022 down 35.2% falling
85 Armenia 11 homicides 2023 down 42.1% falling
85 Belgium 11 homicides 2021 down 88.1% falling
85 Fiji 11 homicides 2023 up 37.5% rising
85 Ireland 11 homicides 2023 up 22.2% rising
90 Bahamas 10 homicides 2022 unchanged rising
90 Mauritius 10 homicides 2022 unchanged rising
90 Tajikistan 10 homicides 2020 down 56.5% falling
93 Albania 9 homicides 2024 down 25.0% volatile
93 Belize 9 homicides 2022 down 35.7% falling
93 Cape Verde 9 homicides 2020 up 23.7% falling
93 Croatia 9 homicides 2023 down 57.1% volatile
93 Saint Lucia 9 homicides 2023 up 80.0% volatile
93 North Macedonia 9 homicides 2023 up 28.6% falling
99 Qatar 8 homicides 2022 up 700.0% volatile
100 Palestine 7 homicides 2022 up 75.0% rising
100 Suriname 7 homicides 2023 up 133.3% falling
102 Estonia 6 homicides 2023 down 66.7% volatile
103 Reunion 5.83 homicides 2009 down 43.6% falling
104 Guadeloupe 5.4 homicides 2009 down 42.9% flat
105 Bhutan 5 homicides 2020 up 150.0% rising
105 Cyprus 5 homicides 2024 unchanged volatile
105 Luxembourg 5 homicides 2022 — volatile
108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 homicides 2023 up 33.3% volatile
109 Curacao 3 homicides 2007 up 50.0% rising
109 Dominica 3 homicides 2023 up 50.0% volatile
109 Slovenia 3 homicides 2023 unchanged falling
112 Seychelles 2.46 homicides 2014 up 35.4% volatile
113 Bahrain 2 homicides 2022 up 100.0% volatile
113 Brunei 2 homicides 2000 — volatile
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 homicides 2023 up 100.0% volatile
113 Macao 2 homicides 2023 up 100.0% volatile
113 Malta 2 homicides 2023 — volatile
113 Oman 2 homicides 2023 down 66.7% falling
113 Singapore 2 homicides 2023 down 66.7% falling
113 United States Virgin Islands 2 homicides 2012 down 60.0% falling
121 Antigua and Barbuda 1 homicides 2023 unchanged volatile
121 Barbados 1 homicides 2023 down 85.7% volatile
121 Grenada 1 homicides 2023 down 50.0% volatile
121 Iceland 1 homicides 2023 — volatile
121 Liechtenstein 1 homicides 2021 — volatile
121 Montenegro 1 homicides 2023 unchanged falling
121 Tonga 1 homicides 2019 down 66.7% volatile
121 British Virgin Islands 1 homicides 2006 — volatile
121 Montserrat 1 homicides 2012 — volatile
130 Aruba 0 homicides 2014 — volatile
130 Andorra 0 homicides 2015 — volatile
130 Bermuda 0 homicides 2023 — volatile
130 Cayman Islands 0 homicides 2014 down 100.0% volatile
130 San Marino 0 homicides 2011 — volatile
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 homicides 2014 — volatile
130 Anguilla 0 homicides 2013 — volatile

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Indicator
Female homicide victims
Unit
homicides
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
138 places, 2,732 data points, 1990–2024
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Number of intentional homicidesof female victims .