Intentional homicides in Belize

Belize recorded 28.1 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2022.

Measure: Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Belize, 2022 28.1 Victims per 100,000 people
Change from 2021 −3.6per 100,000 people 2021: 31.6 per 100,000 people
World, 2022 5.3 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Intentional homicides in Belize over time

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Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) (victims per 100,000 people), 2000 to 2023
Period BelizeWorld
2023 – 5.2 per 100,000 people
2022 28.1 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2021 31.6 per 100,000 people 5.5 per 100,000 people
2020 26.1 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2019 34.7 per 100,000 people 5.4 per 100,000 people
2018 37.6 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 38.0 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2016 37.8 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2015 33.4 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2014 35.3 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 29.0 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2012 43.4 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2011 37.9 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2010 40.3 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2009 31.0 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2008 33.8 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2007 32.8 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2006 32.0 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2005 29.0 per 100,000 people 6.3 per 100,000 people
2004 29.1 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2003 25.4 per 100,000 people 6.7 per 100,000 people
2002 34.0 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2001 25.8 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2000 17.0 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.6 from 31.6 per 100,000 people in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 43.4 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −15.3.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 5.3 per 100,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2022 for Belize
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime