How often are women murdered in each country?
UNODC gives a rate for 162 countries and territories, with a median of 1.19 and the middle half between 0.46 and 2.77; WHO death registration gives a rate for 141 countries and territories, with a median of 0.52 and the middle half between 0.10 and 1.59, all per 100,000 women and girls; each row uses the latest year from 2018 on that both sources cover, or else each source's own latest year, so 55 UNODC values and 20 WHO values are older than that source's newest one.
women and girls killed in intentional homicides, per 100,000 women and girls
Year varies by country (2007–2024) · grey: no figure
United Kingdom: England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland are listed separately. Too small or not separate on this map: French Guiana, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion. Each colour is one figure per country: one year, not an average, for the year shown in the ranking and when you point at a country.With "How sure" on, hatching marks countries whose latest figure has a trust score below 60 (Low or Very low).
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Each source's value links to its publisher; point at it for the source and year. A value in brackets is shown but doesn't count, and pointing at it says why. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
About this data
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Who is behind the sources
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- UNODC · International bodyFunding: Mostly voluntary contributions from member states, multilateral organisations and private donors. sourceIn its own words: “The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) advances justice and security around the globe…” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
- World Health Organization (WHO) · International bodyFunding: Assessed contributions (membership dues) from member states, plus voluntary contributions from member states and other partners. sourceIn its own words: “…WHO is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health…” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
- UNODC Data Portal, female victims of intentional homicideUsed for 162 countries; counts toward 160. Years 2006 to 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-25.Not counted where: it republishes WHO.Open the publisher's pageData (Excel file)
- WHO Mortality Database, female deaths by assaultUsed for 141 countries; counts toward 133. Years 2003 to 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-25.Not counted where: too few deaths were registered that year for its rate to count (each row says how many).Open the publisher's page
Why the numbers differ (4)
- 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 (2)
- 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.
Context (3)
- UNODC Global Study on Homicide 2023, executive summary (page 7): in 2021, 81 per cent of homicide victims worldwide were men and boys and 19 per cent women and girls. Intimate partners or family members killed 56 per cent of female victims and about 11 per cent of male victims. UNODC also notes that male and female shares are closer to each other in countries with low homicide rates. Retrieved 2026-10-27.
- UNODC metadata for the intentional homicide data: male and female rates use the male or female population, the total rate uses the whole population. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
- WHO rating of death registration completeness and usability by country. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
Sources considered and not used (7)
- WHO Mortality Database, United Kingdom total: UNODC reports England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland separately, so the page shows those three jurisdictions from both sources instead of a UK total.
- UNODC, Central Iraq and Kurdistan Region rows: Sub-national parts of Iraq; the national Iraq series is used instead.
- WHO Mortality Database, Rodrigues and former entities: Rodrigues is part of Mauritius, and former entities (such as the Netherlands Antilles and Serbia and Montenegro) are not current countries.
- WHO Mortality Database, ICD-7 to ICD-9 files: Only the ICD-10 files were used; older code lists do not split out assault the same way. (source, retrieved 2026-10-25)
- WHO Mortality Database, deaths with sex not stated: WHO records some deaths with sex code 9 (unknown). They belong to neither sex, so they are left out of both the male and the female counts. (source, retrieved 2026-10-25)
- IHME Global Burden of Disease (interpersonal violence deaths by sex): The GBD Results tool asks users to register and sign in before downloading estimates (checked 25 October 2026), so no values were taken from it.
- WHO Mortality Database, some years from 2010 on: These have deaths but no female population either in WHO's population file or in UN World Population Prospects 2024, so no rate was computed: United Kingdom, Scotland. (source, retrieved 2026-10-25)
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