Intentional homicides in World
The world recorded 5.2 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
5.2
Change from 2022
−0.1per 100,000 people
European Union, 2015
1.0 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in World over time
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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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 1.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | 1.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 6.1 per 100,000 people | – |
| 2012 | 6.2 per 100,000 people | 1.1 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 | 6.2 per 100,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 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 | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 from 5.3 per 100,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 6.1 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.9.