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Homicide Rate by African country

2023

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC via World Bank).

Africa, 20234 of 54 countries
11.5population-weighted average
Highest in 2023Nigeria · 15.7Lowest in 2023Algeria · 1.2Reported in 20234 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — no dataSudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — no dataLesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — 15.7Cameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — no dataMadagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — no dataAlgeria — 1.2Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 1.7Egypt — no dataLibya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — 9.0Rwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 15.7Nigeria 15.7EthiopiaEthiopiaKenyaKenyaSouth AfricaSouth Africa2023HIGHEST IN 2023Nigeria15.7Uganda9.0Morocco1.7Algeria1.2LOWEST IN 2023Algeria1.2Morocco1.7Uganda9.0Nigeria15.7PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenyano dataSouth Africano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno dataper 100,000 · quintiles of the observed range1.21.21.71.7915.7no record
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Western Africa1 of 16 countries15.7
Eastern Africa1 of 18 countries9.0
Northern Africa2 of 6 countries1.4
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Southern Africa0 of 5 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 4 with a 2023 figure11.5

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Homicide RateIntentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC via World Bank).
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unitper 100,000
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1990–2023
Coverage4 of 54 countries · 4 reported, 0 modelled, 50 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 4 countries did so for 2023 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2023 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

Reuse and cite

Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Homicide Rate". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/homicide-rate
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=homicide_rate_per_100k&year=2023&limit=100

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4 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryHomicide RatePeriod
1Nigeria15.72023
2Uganda92023
3Morocco1.72023
4Algeria1.22023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 4 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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