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Homicide Rate by African country

15.7Nigeria · highest shown · 2023

Nigeria has the highest reported intentional homicide rate among the 4 countries shown, at 15.7 (2023).

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC via World Bank). 4 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

#1 vs #414×Nigeria vs Algeria
Median1.7Morocco
Lowest1.2Algeria

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
West Africa15.7
1 countries shown · highest value: Nigeria
East Africa9
1 countries shown · highest value: Uganda
North Africa1.4
2 countries shown · highest value: Morocco

Full ranking

4 of 54 countries
#CountryHomicide RatePeriod
1Nigeria
15.72023
2Uganda
92023
3Morocco
1.72023
4Algeria
1.22023

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GET /v1/data

Request the latest available Homicide Rate values for the selected countries as JSON. The response includes source metadata; check reporting periods before comparing values.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?metric_key=homicide_rate_per_100k&latest=true&country_codes=NG,KE,ZA,EG" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

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Which observations are included?

The table includes 4 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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