Intentional homicides in Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde recorded 7.0 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2020.

Measure: Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Data: 2003 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Cabo Verde, 2020 7.0 Victims per 100,000 people
Change from 2019 +0.6per 100,000 people 2019: 6.4 per 100,000 people
World, 2020 5.3 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2020 37th of 129 See the full ranking

Intentional homicides in Cabo Verde 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 Cabo VerdeWorld
2023 – 5.2 per 100,000 people
2022 – 5.3 per 100,000 people
2021 – 5.5 per 100,000 people
2020 7.0 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2019 6.4 per 100,000 people 5.4 per 100,000 people
2018 6.0 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 7.4 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2016 12.1 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2015 9.0 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2014 12.7 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 10.5 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2012 – 6.2 per 100,000 people
2011 – 6.2 per 100,000 people
2010 – 6.1 per 100,000 people
2009 – 6.1 per 100,000 people
2008 – 6.0 per 100,000 people
2007 – 6.0 per 100,000 people
2006 7.1 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2005 9.1 per 100,000 people 6.3 per 100,000 people
2004 4.4 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2003 3.2 per 100,000 people 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 +0.6 from 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2019.
  • Since 2004, when it was 4.4 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.6.
  • Among the 129 countries with data for 2020, Cabo Verde has the 37th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 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
2003 to 2020 for Cabo Verde
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