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Homicide Rate by African country
Nigeria has the highest intentional homicide rate of any African country, at 15.7 — 1.8× Uganda's 9.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC via World Bank). 4 of 54 countries, ranked · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023.
Nigeria
Uganda
MoroccoBy region
AlgeriaGet this ranking via API
One call to /v1/data returns the latest Homicide Rate figure for every country you pass — JSON, with source metadata on each observation.
curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?metric_key=homicide_rate_per_100k&latest=true&country_codes=NG,KE,ZA,EG" \
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Data: Africa API — World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023. Free to republish with a link to this page. Pull the live figures via the API above so your version never goes stale.
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Frequently asked questions
Which African country has the highest intentional homicide rate?
Nigeria has the highest intentional homicide rate in Africa at 15.7 (2023), followed by Uganda and Morocco.
Which African country has the lowest intentional homicide rate?
Algeria has the lowest intentional homicide rate of the 4 African countries with data, at 1.2 (2023).
How many African countries report Homicide Rate data?
4 of 54 African countries have a Homicide Rate figure in the Africa API, each from the latest year available for that country (which can differ between countries). Every value links to its full series with source and history.
How do I get this ranking via API?
Call GET /v1/data?metric_key=homicide_rate_per_100k&latest=true with the country codes you need and a free Africa API key — the response returns the latest value per country as JSON.
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