Intentional homicides in Greece

Greece recorded 0.8 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023.

Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Victims per 100,000 people Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank

Greece, 2023 0.8 Victims per 100,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.3per 100,000 people 2022: 1.1 per 100,000 people

European Union, 2015 1.0 per 100,000 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Greece (2023).

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 0.8 per 100,000 people Middle value of 24 countries

Intentional homicides in Greece 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), 1999 to 2023
Period	Greece	European Union
2023	0.8 per 100,000 people	–
2022	1.1 per 100,000 people	–
2021	0.8 per 100,000 people	–
2020	0.7 per 100,000 people	–
2019	0.7 per 100,000 people	–
2018	0.9 per 100,000 people	–
2017	0.8 per 100,000 people	–
2016	0.8 per 100,000 people	–
2015	0.9 per 100,000 people	1.0 per 100,000 people
2014	1.0 per 100,000 people	1.0 per 100,000 people
2013	1.4 per 100,000 people	–
2012	1.5 per 100,000 people	1.1 per 100,000 people
2011	1.7 per 100,000 people	–
2010	1.6 per 100,000 people	–
2009	1.4 per 100,000 people	–
2008	1.3 per 100,000 people	–
2007	1.2 per 100,000 people	–
2006	1.0 per 100,000 people	–
2005	1.2 per 100,000 people	–
2004	1.0 per 100,000 people	–
2002	0.9 per 100,000 people	–
2001	1.2 per 100,000 people	–
1999	1.4 per 100,000 people	–

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In short

That is a change of −0.3 from 1.1 per 100,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 1.4 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.6.

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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: 1990 to 2023 for Greece
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

How Greece compares in 2020 Neighbouring positions among 129 countries with a value for 2020.

103 Portugal 0.8 per 100,000 people
104 Malaysia 0.7 per 100,000 people
105 Czechia 0.7 per 100,000 people
106 Greece 0.7 per 100,000 people
107 Austria 0.7 per 100,000 people
108 Poland 0.7 per 100,000 people
109 Spain 0.7 per 100,000 people

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What this measures

Unlawful deaths purposefully inflicted on a person by another person, per 100,000 people, from criminal justice and public health sources compiled by UNODC.

Population covered: Total population

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