Homicide statistics by gender

At a global level, men represent both the majority of victims and the majority of perpetrators of homicide. According to the 2023 UNODC Global Study on Homicide, in 2021, at a global level, 81% of homicide victims were men.[1] In 2021, males accounted for most homicide victims in all jurisdictions except in Austria, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland, where females were slightly more likely to be homicide victims.[2] The global homicide rate was 9,3 per 100,000 males and 2,2 per 100,000 females; and 90% of homicide suspects brought into formal contact with the police were men.[3] According to the most recent data from World Bank Group, the highest rate per 100,000 inhabitants for female homicide victims is in Central African Republic, Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaica,[4] and the highest rate per 100,000 inhabitants for male homicide victims is in US Virgin Islands, Jamaica and Venezuela.[5] In 2020, the average percentage of women as homicide victims among European Union countries was 37%, with Latvia having the largest percentage of women homicide victims at 60%.[6]

## Statistics

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The below table shows the reported annual homicide rate by sex per 100,000 inhabitants according to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).[7]

Country | Male victims
per 100,000 | Female victims
per 100,000 | Male–Female
Ratio | Year

|
|
|
|

Albania | 1.94 | 0.84 | 2.3 | 2023
Algeria | 1.83 | 0.46 | 3.94 | 2023
Antigua and Barbuda | 20.27 | 2.04 | 9.91 | 2023
Argentina | 7.45 | 1.58 | 4.72 | 2023
Armenia | 3.95 | 0.7 | 5.67 | 2023
Australia | 1.16 | 0.53 | 2.17 | 2023
Austria | 0.78 | 0.97 | 0.8 | 2023
Azerbaijan | 2.97 | 1.39 | 2.14 | 2023
Bahamas | 62.03 | 4.82 | 12.86 | 2022
Bahrain | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 2022
Barbados | 14.77 | 0.68 | 21.71 | 2023
Belarus | 3.14 | 1.73 | 1.82 | 2019
Belgium | 2.0 | 0.19 | 10.65 | 2021
Belize | 51.25 | 4.5 | 11.38 | 2022
Bhutan | 3.39 | 1.4 | 2.42 | 2020
Bolivia | 5.85 | 2.54 | 2.31 | 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.72 | 0.78 | 2.21 | 2023
Brazil | 34.66 | 3.92 | 8.85 | 2023
British Virgin Islands | 8.21 | 8.12 | 1.01 | 2006
Brunei Darussalam | 1.14 | 1.33 | 0.85 | 2013
Bulgaria | 1.31 | 0.88 | 1.48 | 2023
Burundi | 9.18 | 2.17 | 4.23 | 2016
Cabo Verde | 10.31 | 3.56 | 2.9 | 2020
Cameroon | 6.9 | 2.29 | 3.01 | 2022
Canada | 2.89 | 1.04 | 2.79 | 2023
Chile | 11.36 | 1.4 | 8.14 | 2023
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 124.96 | 8.21 | 15.21 | 2023
Macau | 0.61 | 0.52 | 1.17 | 2023
Colombia | 46.95 | 3.44 | 13.64 | 2023
Costa Rica | 33.09 | 2.75 | 12.04 | 2023
Croatia | 0.9 | 0.45 | 2.03 | 2023
Cuba | 7.12 | 1.86 | 3.84 | 2019
Curaçao | 32.62 | 3.61 | 9.04 | 2007
Cyprus | 1.48 | 0.15 | 9.85 | 2023
Czech Republic | 0.71 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 2023
Denmark | 1.12 | 0.57 | 1.96 | 2023
Dominica | 45.05 | 9.03 | 4.99 | 2023
Tajikistan | 1.61 | 0.2 | 8.02 | 2020
Dominican Republic | 19.58 | 2.35 | 8.32 | 2023
Ecuador | 84.51 | 6.66 | 12.7 | 2023
Egypt | 4.13 | 0.54 | 7.67 | 2021
Ukraine | 10.82 | 1.9 | 5.69 | 2021
El Salvador | 14.25 | 2.15 | 6.61 | 2022
Estonia | 2.31 | 0.84 | 2.76 | 2023
Fiji | 1.53 | 2.36 | 0.65 | 2023
Finland | 1.16 | 0.81 | 1.42 | 2023
France | 1.94 | 0.76 | 2.55 | 2023
French Guiana | 21.44 | 4.69 | 4.57 | 2020
Georgia | 3.96 | 1.18 | 3.35 | 2020
Germany | 0.95 | 0.87 | 1.09 | 2023
Ghana | 2.69 | 0.97 | 2.77 | 2022
Greece | 1.37 | 0.34 | 4.02 | 2023
Grenada | 25.53 | 1.71 | 14.89 | 2023
Guadeloupe | 16.04 | 2.47 | 6.48 | 2016
Guatemala | 40.24 | 6.76 | 5.95 | 2023
Guyana | 27.08 | 11.56 | 2.34 | 2023
Honduras | 54.78 | 7.66 | 7.15 | 2023
Hungary | 0.84 | 0.62 | 1.36 | 2023
Iceland | 2.02 | 0.53 | 3.81 | 2023
India | 3.23 | 2.37 | 1.36 | 2022
Indonesia | 0.42 | 0.15 | 2.79 | 2022
Iran | 4.12 | 0.56 | 7.34 | 2014
Iraq | 15.89 | 3.06 | 5.19 | 2013
Iraq (Central) | 29.13 | 1.35 | 21.63 | 2021
Ireland | 0.89 | 0.42 | 2.13 | 2023
Israel | 2.78 | 0.48 | 5.79 | 2022
Italy | 0.76 | 0.39 | 1.95 | 2023
Jamaica | 91.55 | 8.22 | 11.13 | 2023
Japan | 0.23 | 0.23 | 1.03 | 2023
Jordan | 1.24 | 0.72 | 1.71 | 2023
Kazakhstan | 3.75 | 1.41 | 2.66 | 2022
Kenya | 7.11 | 2.66 | 2.67 | 2022
Kosovo | 3.5 | 0.34 | 10.33 | 2021
Kuwait | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 2020
Latvia | 2.06 | 2.87 | 0.72 | 2023
Lebanon | 5.6 | 0.99 | 5.66 | 2020
Liechtenstein | 5.16 | 5.08 | 1.01 | 2021
Hong Kong | 0.45 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 2023
Lithuania | 3.57 | 1.79 | 1.99 | 2023
Luxembourg | 1.52 | 1.54 | 0.99 | 2022
Malta | 0.36 | 0.78 | 0.46 | 2023
Martinique | 4.31 | 1.4 | 3.08 | 2009
Mauritius | 2.97 | 1.57 | 1.89 | 2022
Qatar | 0.0 | 0.98 | 0.0 | 2022
Mexico | 44.88 | 5.6 | 8.02 | 2023
Micronesia | 0.0 | 1.81 | 0.0 | 2019
Mongolia | 10.05 | 1.8 | 5.57 | 2023
Montenegro | 1.31 | 0.3 | 4.31 | 2023
Montserrat | 0.0 | 43.14 | 0.0 | 2018
Morocco | 2.9 | 0.49 | 5.88 | 2023
Myanmar | 4.25 | 0.91 | 4.66 | 2023
Namibia | 16.48 | 6.18 | 2.66 | 2021
Netherlands | 0.93 | 0.45 | 2.08 | 2023
New Zealand | 1.81 | 1.12 | 1.61 | 2022
Nicaragua | 19.78 | 3.2 | 6.19 | 2021
United Arab Emirates | 0.91 | 0.3 | 3.05 | 2022
Nigeria | 24.4 | 6.53 | 3.74 | 2023
North Macedonia | 2.13 | 0.96 | 2.23 | 2023
Norway | 0.79 | 0.66 | 1.2 | 2023
Oman | 0.16 | 0.1 | 1.53 | 2023
Spain | 0.94 | 0.46 | 2.05 | 2023
Panama | 21.71 | 1.7 | 12.73 | 2023
Paraguay | 11.45 | 2.08 | 5.5 | 2023
Peru | 13.13 | 3.99 | 3.29 | 2021
Philippines | 7.54 | 1.17 | 6.44 | 2023
Poland | 1.0 | 0.61 | 1.63 | 2023
Portugal | 1.03 | 0.44 | 2.34 | 2022
South Korea | 0.49 | 0.46 | 1.06 | 2023
Moldova | 4.04 | 1.27 | 3.18 | 2023
Romania | 1.72 | 0.54 | 3.19 | 2023
Russia | 9.87 | 2.78 | 3.55 | 2023
Réunion | 2.29 | 1.33 | 1.72 | 2009
Saint Lucia | 68.85 | 9.92 | 6.94 | 2023
St. Vincent and Grenadines | 92.91 | 8.06 | 11.53 | 2023
England and  Wales | 1.69 | 0.62 | 2.71 | 2021
Serbia | 2.05 | 0.65 | 3.17 | 2023
Seychelles | 24.17 | 5.06 | 4.77 | 2022
Singapore | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.93 | 2023
Slovakia | 1.19 | 0.74 | 1.6 | 2023
Slovenia | 0.85 | 0.28 | 2.97 | 2023
Puerto Rico | 27.69 | 2.39 | 11.58 | 2023
South Africa | 73.37 | 12.2 | 6.01 | 2022
Sri Lanka | 4.54 | 2.15 | 2.11 | 2019
Palestine | 2.54 | 0.26 | 9.68 | 2022
Suriname | 10.82 | 2.23 | 4.86 | 2023
Sweden | 1.66 | 0.63 | 2.63 | 2023
Samoa | 11.43 | 0.97 | 11.73 | 2018
Switzerland | 0.57 | 0.63 | 0.91 | 2023
Northern Ireland | 0.85 | 0.21 | 4.12 | 2023
Thailand | 6.5 | 1.13 | 5.74 | 2014
Tonga | 3.91 | 1.84 | 2.12 | 2020
Trinidad and Tobago | 47.12 | 7.21 | 6.53 | 2022
Tunisia | 7.53 | 1.9 | 3.96 | 2020
Turkmenistan | 1.64 | 0.41 | 4.01 | 2015
Turkey | 4.78 | 1.68 | 2.85 | 2023
Uganda | 15.04 | 3.0 | 5.01 | 2023
Scotland | 1.65 | 0.46 | 3.58 | 2023
Tanzania | 5.81 | 1.73 | 3.37 | 2020
United States Virgin Islands | 100.12 | 3.68 | 27.21 | 2012
United States of America | 8.94 | 2.55 | 3.51 | 2023
Uruguay | 19.78 | 3.21 | 6.16 | 2023
Haiti | 74.22 | 8.73 | 8.5 | 2023
Uzbekistan | 1.74 | 1.05 | 1.65 | 2021
Vanuatu | 0.0 | 0.68 | 0.0 | 2020
Venezuela | 90.07 | 5.12 | 17.6 | 2022

## See also

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* Crime statistics
* Gender differences in suicide
* Health survival paradox
* Life expectancy#Sex differences
* List of countries by life expectancy
* Sentencing disparity
* Sex differences in crime

## References

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1. ^ "In 2021, more than 8 out of 10 homicide victims worldwide were men and boys (81 per cent) while fewer than 2 out of 10 were women and girls (19 per cent) [...] In 2021, just a handful of countries recorded more female homicide victims than male homicide victims [...] Austria, Czechia, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland" (page 56). [1]
2. ^ https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/2023/Global_study_on_homicide_2023_web.pdf [bare URL PDF]
3. ^ https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/2023/Global_study_on_homicide_2023_web.pdf [bare URL PDF]
4. ^ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.FE.P5?most_recent_value_desc=true [bare URL]
5. ^ https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.MA.P5?most_recent_value_desc=true [bare URL]
6. ^ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/latvia-still-leads-eu-on-homicides-particularly-of-women.a460574/ [bare URL]
7. ^ "dp-intentional-homicide-victims". dataUNODC. Retrieved 28 July 2025.

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