Intentional homicides in Afghanistan
Afghanistan recorded 4.0 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 2010.
Afghanistan, 2021
4.0
Change from 2020
−2.5per 100,000 people
World, 2021
5.5 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in Afghanistan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 5.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | – | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | 4.0 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | 6.6 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | 7.2 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 6.7 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 6.8 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 6.7 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 10.0 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | – | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | – | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 6.4 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 4.2 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 3.5 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 4.1 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | – | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | – | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | – | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | – | 6.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | – | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | – | 6.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | – | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | – | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | – | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.5 from 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2020.
- Since 2009, when it was 4.1 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by 0.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 5.5 per 100,000 people.