0.29
women and girls killed in intentional homicides, per 100,000 women and girls, 2020
Low trust, 56 of 100 The sources disagree: their figures run from 0.06 to 0.29.
- UNODC
- WHO
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| Year | UNODC Data Portal, female victims of intentional homicide | WHO Mortality Database, female deaths by assault |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.5 | – |
| 2011 | 0.82 | – |
| 2012 | 1.25 | – |
| 2013 | 0.74 | – |
| 2014 | 0.59 | 0.61 |
| 2015 | 0.97 | – |
| 2016 | 0.82 | – |
| 2017 | 0.56 | – |
| 2018 | 0.45 | – |
| 2019 | 0.57 | – |
| 2020 | 0.29 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 0.41 | – |
| 2022 | 0.71 | – |
| 2023 | 0.78 | – |
| 2024 | 0.72 | – |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina among 167 countries
134 have a higher figure and 32 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2007 to 2024.
What this number counts
- Counts
- Female victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 women and girls
- Where
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- When
- 2020 (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (2 sources)
| Source | Figure and year | Definition | Quality | Counts for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UNODC Data Portal, female victims of intentional homicideUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-25 · Data (Excel file) | 0.292020 | Female victims of intentional homicide (ICCS 0101: unlawful death inflicted with intent to cause death or serious injury), all ages, rate per 100,000 of the female population (UNODC's own population figures, UN World Population Prospects 2024).UNODC source code for this value: CTS/SDG. Year rule: the latest year both UNODC and WHO have is 2020, which is 2018 or later, so both lines use it. UNODC also has a newer value, 0.72 per 100,000 women and girls for 2024. It appears in the chart but is not this row's number, because the year rule prefers the latest year both sources cover. Raw file: data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx (UNODC, updated 12 July 2026). | 5 of 5 checks
| 56% |
WHO Mortality Database, female deaths by assaultWorld Health Organization (WHO) · Death and health registersRetrieved 2026-10-25 | 0.062020 | Registered deaths of women and girls (all ages) with underlying cause assault, ICD-10 X85-Y09, divided by the UN World Population Prospects 2024 female population for 1 July, because WHO's population file has no figure for this year, times 100,000.Codes used: ICD-10 3-character codes X85-Y09. Countries that report the condensed Tabulation List 1 contribute its assault item (1102), which covers the same X85-Y09 range; years where a country reports only a total for all external causes have no value. National rows only. Year rule: the latest year both UNODC and WHO have is 2020, which is 2018 or later, so both lines use it. Raw files: morticd10_part1-6.zip (1 female assault deaths) and WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz from UN World Population Prospects 2024 (https://population.un.org/wpp/). WHO publishes the data as the country sent them and does not adjust for incomplete registration. The same file records 216 female deaths of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34) for this year; some of these may be homicides. | 4 of 5 checks
| 44% |
- UNODC56%
- WHO44%
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality36.4 / 40
How well the sources are made
- Agreement0 / 30
How close the sources are to each other
- Independence16 / 20
How many separate ways the number was measured
- Freshness4 / 10
How recent the newest data is
Who reports it, and since when
No source of these kinds: independent count.
- WHO: no figure here for 5 years between 2014 and 2020
figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change
Why the numbers differ
- They come from two separate systems: UNODC compiles police and criminal justice records of female victims, while the WHO Mortality Database counts death certificates of women and girls with the cause coded as assault (ICD-10 X85-Y09).
- Both divide by the female population, but UNODC uses UN World Population Prospects figures and WHO uses the population the country reported, so the bases can differ slightly.
- Where many deaths go unregistered, or many violent deaths are coded as "undetermined intent", the WHO count falls below the police count.
- Small counts make single-year rates jump. In countries with few female victims a year, one or two deaths change the rate visibly.
Common mistakes
- A female homicide rate is not a femicide count. It includes every intentional killing of a woman or girl, whatever the motive or the relationship to the perpetrator.
- The rate per 100,000 women and girls cannot be compared directly with a rate per 100,000 people, which uses the whole population.
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Cite as: RealStats, “Female homicide rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, updated 2026-10-27, with the original sources listed on the page.