Governance

Intentional homicides

VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · /100k

Annual series published by the World Bank. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 0.57 /100k for Italy in 2023, over a series running from 1990 to 2023 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (South Sudan, 13.98 /100k) to the lowest (China, 0.5 /100k).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Sudan	Slovenia
2023	0.57 /100k	0.69 /100k	0.69 /100k	5.76 /100k				0.57 /100k
2022	0.54 /100k	0.68 /100k	0.8 /100k	6.51 /100k				0.61 /100k
2021	0.51 /100k	0.61 /100k	0.71 /100k	6.78 /100k				0.43 /100k
2020	0.48 /100k	0.69 /100k	0.69 /100k	6.35 /100k	0.5 /100k			0.52 /100k
2019	0.53 /100k	0.7 /100k	0.71 /100k	4.93 /100k	0.52 /100k			0.67 /100k
2018	0.6 /100k	0.61 /100k	0.57 /100k	4.89 /100k	0.53 /100k			0.43 /100k
2017	0.62 /100k	0.66 /100k	0.76 /100k	5.21 /100k	0.57 /100k			0.92 /100k
2016	0.67 /100k	0.63 /100k	0.55 /100k	5.29 /100k	0.61 /100k			0.49 /100k
2015	0.77 /100k	0.65 /100k	0.61 /100k	4.87 /100k	0.66 /100k			0.97 /100k
2014	0.78 /100k	0.69 /100k	0.72 /100k	4.38 /100k	0.73 /100k			0.78 /100k
2013	0.83 /100k	0.64 /100k	0.74 /100k	4.47 /100k	0.77 /100k			0.58 /100k
2012	0.88 /100k	0.77 /100k	0.86 /100k	4.68 /100k	0.82 /100k	13.98 /100k		0.68 /100k
2011	0.91 /100k	0.82 /100k	0.85 /100k	4.67 /100k	0.88 /100k			0.78 /100k
2010	0.88 /100k	0.86 /100k	0.86 /100k	4.73 /100k	0.99 /100k			0.73 /100k
2009	0.98 /100k	0.88 /100k	0.92 /100k	5 /100k	1.09 /100k			0.64 /100k
2008	1.03 /100k	0.88 /100k	0.9 /100k	5.4 /100k	1.11 /100k		5.15 /100k	0.49 /100k
2007	1.07 /100k	1.06 /100k	0.87 /100k	5.67 /100k	1.22 /100k		4.67 /100k	1.19 /100k
2006	1.06 /100k	1.06 /100k	0.78 /100k	5.79 /100k	1.36 /100k			0.6 /100k
2005	1.04 /100k	1.18 /100k	1.06 /100k		1.59 /100k			1 /100k
2004		1.2 /100k	1.16 /100k		1.9 /100k			1.35 /100k
2003		1.38 /100k	1.23 /100k		1.88 /100k			1.05 /100k
2002	1.12 /100k	1.35 /100k	1.2 /100k	5.65 /100k	2.04 /100k			1.81 /100k
2001	1.24 /100k	1.4 /100k	1.25 /100k	6.7 /100k				1.41 /100k
2000	1.34 /100k	1.35 /100k	1.12 /100k	5.54 /100k				1.81 /100k
1999	1.43 /100k	1.19 /100k	1.27 /100k	5.57 /100k				1.26 /100k
1998	1.55 /100k	1.29 /100k	1.11 /100k	6.15 /100k				0.71 /100k
1997	1.53 /100k	1.15 /100k	1.32 /100k	6.66 /100k	2.1 /100k			1.81 /100k
1996	1.67 /100k	0.99 /100k	1.35 /100k	7.25 /100k	2.06 /100k			1.91 /100k
1995	1.76 /100k	1.03 /100k	1.24 /100k	8.06 /100k	2.24 /100k			2.21 /100k
1994	1.69 /100k	1.08 /100k	1.1 /100k	8.79 /100k				2.06 /100k
1993	1.87 /100k	1.19 /100k	1.25 /100k	9.34 /100k				1.31 /100k
1992	2.58 /100k	1.12 /100k	1.26 /100k	9.15 /100k				2.4 /100k
1991	3.4 /100k	1.12 /100k	1.17 /100k	9.63 /100k				2 /100k
1990	3.15 /100k	1.24 /100k	0.9 /100k	9.25 /100k				2.05 /100k

World Bank definition

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.

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