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Female homicide rate in Seychelles

4.09

women and girls killed in intentional homicides, per 100,000 women and girls, 2021

Moderate trust, 72 of 100 The sources disagree: their figures run from 4.09 to 5.06.

Each source by year: women and girls killed in intentional homicides, per 100,000 women and girls
  • UNODC
  • WHO
051015201020122014201620182021
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YearUNODC Data Portal, female victims of intentional homicideWHO Mortality Database, female deaths by assault
20102.852.37
201111.0211.28
20120.950
201313.724.42
20145.064.34
2015–0
2016–0
2017–0
2019–0
2020–0
2021–4.09

All countriesAll of Seychelles's figuresCompare

Seychelles among 167 countries

23 have a higher figure and 143 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2007 to 2024.

Lowest: American Samoa, 0Highest: Haiti, 14.91
What this number counts
Counts
Female victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 women and girls
Where
Seychelles
When
UNODC 2014, WHO 2021 (one year, not an average)

The WHO figure (2021). When sources differ, we show the middle one, with better sources counting more.

Where the number comes from (2 sources)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts 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)
5.062014
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: MD. Year rule: UNODC and WHO have no common year from 2018 on, so each line uses its own latest year (UNODC 2014, WHO 2021).

Raw file: data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx (UNODC, updated 12 July 2026).

5 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. UNODC publishes the ICCS definition and a metadata note for the dataset.
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. National figures submitted by governments through the UN crime trends survey (UN-CTS) or official channels.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. A count of all victims recorded by the authorities, not a sample.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. The whole dataset is a free Excel download from the UNODC data portal.
  • Yes: No known break or quality problem. UNODC marks no adjustment or estimate for this value.
15%
WHO Mortality Database, female deaths by assaultWorld Health Organization (WHO) · Death and health registersRetrieved 2026-10-25
4.092021
Registered deaths of women and girls (all ages) with underlying cause assault, ICD-10 X85-Y09, divided by the female population in WHO's population file for the same year, times 100,000.

Codes used: Tabulation List 1 item 1102 (assault). 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: UNODC and WHO have no common year from 2018 on, so each line uses its own latest year (UNODC 2014, WHO 2021).

Raw files: morticd10_part1-6.zip (2 female assault deaths) and mort_pop.zip. WHO publishes the data as the country sent them and does not adjust for incomplete registration.

4 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. WHO publishes the file layout, ICD-10 code lists and data notes in its documentation.
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official cause-of-death statistics sent to WHO by national authorities.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Civil registration counts every registered, medically certified death, not a sample.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. Raw death and population files are free downloads.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. Registered deaths from all causes for 2021 are 81% of the UN World Population Prospects estimate of all deaths.
85%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • UNODC15%
  • WHO85%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality33.2 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15.8 / 30

How close the sources are to each other

Independence16 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness7 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: independent count.

  • UNODC: no figure here after 2014, while others reach 2021
  • WHO: no figure here for 2018
Years each source has a figure here
'10'15'20'21UNODCWHO

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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