Intentional homicides in Botswana

Botswana recorded 11.4 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2021.

Measure: Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Data: 2001 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Botswana, 2021 11.4 Victims per 100,000 people
Change from 2020 +2.0per 100,000 people 2020: 9.3 per 100,000 people
World, 2021 5.5 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Intentional homicides in Botswana 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 BotswanaWorld
2023 – 5.2 per 100,000 people
2022 – 5.3 per 100,000 people
2021 11.4 per 100,000 people 5.5 per 100,000 people
2020 9.3 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2019 – 5.4 per 100,000 people
2018 – 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 – 5.9 per 100,000 people
2016 – 6.0 per 100,000 people
2015 – 5.9 per 100,000 people
2014 – 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 – 6.1 per 100,000 people
2012 – 6.2 per 100,000 people
2011 – 6.2 per 100,000 people
2010 14.9 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2009 14.5 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2008 14.4 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2007 14.7 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2006 13.9 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2005 15.8 per 100,000 people 6.3 per 100,000 people
2004 14.3 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2003 17.6 per 100,000 people 6.7 per 100,000 people
2002 14.6 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2001 12.4 per 100,000 people 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 +2.0 from 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 2002, when it was 14.6 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −3.2.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 5.5 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
2001 to 2021 for Botswana
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