Intentional homicides in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka recorded 3.3 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest since 2011.
Sri Lanka, 2019
3.3
Change from 2018
+1.0per 100,000 people
World, 2019
5.4 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in Sri Lanka over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 5.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | – | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | – | 5.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | – | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | 3.3 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 2.3 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 2.2 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 2.4 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 2.2 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 2.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 2.9 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 3.2 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 3.5 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 3.7 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 5.3 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 9.7 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | – | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 10.0 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 6.0 per 100,000 people | 6.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | – | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | – | 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 |
| 1999 | 10.1 per 100,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 from 2.3 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 5.3 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.0.
- The figure for the world in 2019 was 5.4 per 100,000 people.