6.09
women and girls killed in intentional homicides, per 100,000 women and girls, 2024
Moderate trust, 71 of 100 Only one source (UNODC), so it cannot be checked against another.
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| Year | UNODC Data Portal, female victims of intentional homicide |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.57 |
| 2024 | 6.09 |
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Lesotho among 167 countries
13 have a higher figure and 153 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
- Lesotho
- When
- 2024 (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (1 source)
| 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) | 6.092024 | 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: NP. Year rule: only UNODC has data for this country, so its latest year is used. Raw file: data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx (UNODC, updated 12 July 2026). | 5 of 5 checks
| 100% |
- UNODC100%
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality40 / 40
How well the sources are made
- Agreement15 / 30
Unknown with one source, so set to half
- Independence6 / 20
How many separate ways the number was measured
- Freshness10 / 10
How recent the newest data is
Who reports it, and since when
No source of these kinds: death and health registers, independent count.
- Single source: nothing to check it against
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 Lesotho”, updated 2026-10-27, with the original sources listed on the page.