1.08
women and girls killed by a partner or family member, per 100,000 women and girls, 2025
Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only SESNSP counts, so it cannot be checked against another source. The other source shown does not count; "Where the number comes from" says why.
- UNODC
- SESNSP
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| Year | UNODC Data Portal, homicide victims by relationship to the perpetrator | SESNSP, victims of feminicidio in prosecutors' case files |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.15 | 0.69 |
| 2016 | 0.15 | 1.03 |
| 2017 | 0.08 | 1.21 |
| 2018 | 0.08 | 1.45 |
| 2019 | 0.03 | 1.51 |
| 2020 | 0.04 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 0.05 | 1.56 |
| 2022 | 0.07 | 1.49 |
| 2023 | 0.06 | 1.28 |
| 2024 | 0.04 | 1.27 |
| 2025 | – | 1.08 |
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Mexico among 87 countries
16 have a higher figure and 69 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2009 to 2025.
What this number counts
- Counts
- Women and girls killed by a current or former intimate partner or a family member, per 100,000 women and girls
- Where
- Mexico
- When
- UNODC 2024, SESNSP 2025 (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (2 sources)
| Source | Figure and year | Definition | Quality | Counts for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UNODC Data Portal, homicide victims by relationship to the perpetratorUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-26 · Data (Excel file) | 0.042024 | Female victims of intentional homicide (ICCS 0101) killed by a current or former intimate partner or a family member (blood relatives, relatives by marriage or adoption, and household members), all ages, 2024, per 100,000 female population (UN World Population Prospects 2024).Count: 29 (intimate partner 14, other family member 15), out of 3739 female homicide victims. UNODC source code: CTS. Latest year with a value. Because the relationship is unknown for most female victims, this value counts only the cases where a partner or family member was recorded. It is a floor, so it does not measure the defined number and is shown but not counted. Raw file: data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx (UNODC, last update 12 July 2026). | 4 of 5 checks
| Not counted |
SESNSP, victims of feminicidio in prosecutors' case filesSecretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública (SESNSP) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-25 | 1.082025 | Women and girls who are victims in investigation files opened in 2025 by the 32 state prosecutors for the crime of feminicidio (736 victims), divided by the UN World Population Prospects 2024 female population on 1 July (the population UNODC uses, so the rate differs from the UNODC line only through the count; values after 2023 are WPP projections).Feminicidio is a legal category: the killing of a woman for gender reasons as each state penal code defines them (for example sexual violence, a prior relationship or prior threats). It includes some killings by non-relatives and leaves out partner or family killings filed as homicidio doloso, so it cannot be converted to the UN definition. Raw file: Estatal-Victimas-2015-2025_sep2026.zip ("2015 - 2025 (Fuero Común - Víctimas). Incidencia delictiva estatal", data cut 30 September 2026) from SESNSP's open data page (https://www.gob.mx/sesnsp/acciones-y-programas/datos-abiertos-de-incidencia-delictiva), subtype "Feminicidio", all modalities, ages, months and states. From January 2026 SESNSP uses a new recording method (RNID); 2026 is not used. | 4 of 5 checks
| 100% |
- SESNSP100%
Shown but not counted: UNODC (measures something else).
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality32 / 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
- Many countries do not record the relationship between victim and killer, or record it for only some cases. Where most relationships are unknown, the recorded partner or family count is a floor, and a low rate can mean missing information rather than few killings.
- Definitions differ: some national statistics count only current or former partners, some count boyfriends separately, and some count only killings by men; the UN definition covers partners, relatives and household members of either sex.
- Feminicide or femicide as a legal category (as in Mexico and much of Latin America) is not the same as killings by partners and family: it covers gender-related killings by anyone, and partner killings filed under another crime are left out.
- National counts and UNODC can show different years: UNODC publishes what governments report to it, often a year or more after national figures appear.
- UNODC and UN Women estimate that about 50,000 women and girls (44,400 to 55,500) were killed by a partner or family member worldwide in 2024, around 1.2 per 100,000 women and girls. The estimate fills gaps by imputation, from data for 117 countries or territories. (source, retrieved 2026-10-26)
Common mistakes
- Reading a near-zero UNODC rate as near-zero violence. In some countries, such as Mexico and Colombia, the relationship to the killer is unknown for almost all female victims, so the partner and family count captures only a small part of what happened.
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