Intentional homicides in Russia

Russia recorded 6.8 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Data: 1990 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Russia, 2021 6.8 Victims per 100,000 people
Change from 2020 −0.5per 100,000 people 2020: 7.3 per 100,000 people
World, 2021 5.5 per 100,000 people Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2021 2.3 per 100,000 people Middle value of 16 countries

Intentional homicides in Russia over time

View
Places
2 selected
Russia World ×

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 RussiaWorld
2023 – 5.2 per 100,000 people
2022 – 5.3 per 100,000 people
2021 6.8 per 100,000 people 5.5 per 100,000 people
2020 7.3 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people
2019 7.6 per 100,000 people 5.4 per 100,000 people
2018 8.2 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 9.1 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2016 10.9 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2015 11.5 per 100,000 people 5.9 per 100,000 people
2014 11.4 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 11.1 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2012 11.3 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2011 11.2 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2010 11.6 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2009 12.3 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2008 12.6 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2007 17.6 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2006 20.0 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2005 24.6 per 100,000 people 6.3 per 100,000 people
2004 27.0 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2003 28.6 per 100,000 people 6.7 per 100,000 people
2002 30.3 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2001 29.4 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2000 28.0 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
1999 26.0 per 100,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 from 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 11.2 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −4.5.
  • 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
1990 to 2021 for Russia
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