Homicide statistics by gender

According to the data given by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, worldwide, 79% of homicide victims are men, and in 193 of the 202 listed countries or regions, men were more likely to be killed than women.^[1] In two, the ratio was 50:50 (Switzerland and British Virgin Islands), and in the remaining seven – Tonga, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Latvia, and Hong Kong – women were slightly more likely to be victims of homicides compared to males.^[2] A 2013 global study on homicide by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that men account for an average of 95% of all persons convicted of homicide, and almost 8 out of 10 of the victims.^[1] The same 2013 study reports that the highest rate per 100,000 inhabitants for female victims was in Honduras, and the highest rate per 100,000 inhabitants for male victims was also in Honduras. See 2013 table below.^[1] In 2020, the average percentage of women as homicide victims among European Union countries was 37%, with Latvia having the largest percentage of women homicide victims at 60%.^[3]

Table

Rate: The homicide rate is per year per 100,000 inhabitants.
%: Percent of total number of victims.

Homicide victims by gender, country, and year. From 2013 report.^[2]^[1]^[4]
Location	Total		Male			Female			Year
Location	Victims	Rate	%	Victims	Rate	%	Victims	Rate	Year
Afghanistan	1,948	6.5	87.0	1,695	5.7	13.0	253	0.8	2010
Albania	157	5.0	83.4	131	4.2	16.6	26	0.8	2009
Algeria	280	0.7	84.0	235	0.6	16.0	45	0.1	2012
Angola	2,079	10.0	81.2	1,688	8.1	18.8	391	1.9	2010
Anguilla	1	7.5	100.0	1	7.5	0.0	0	0.0	2010
Antigua and Barbuda	10	11.2	67.9	7	7.6	32.1	3	3.6	2011
Argentina	2,237	5.5	83.6	1,870	4.6	16.4	367	0.9	2011
Armenia	54	1.8	64.8	35	1.2	35.2	19	0.6	2011
Aruba	4	3.9	100.0	4	3.9	0.0	0	0.0	2010
Australia	254	1.1	67.3	171	0.7	32.7	83	0.4	2010
Austria	65	0.7	43.1	28	0.6	56.9	37	0.8	2020
Azerbaijan	194	2.1	69.9	136	1.5	30.1	58	0.6	2012
Bahamas	111	29.8	87.4	97	26.0	12.6	14	3.8	2011
Bahrain	7	0.5	85.6	6	0.4	14.4	1	0.1	2011
Bangladesh	4,169	2.7	63.2	2,635	1.7	36.8	1,534	1.0	2010
Barbados	21	7.4	67.7	14	5.0	32.3	7	2.4	2010
Belarus	486	5.1	67.7	329	3.5	32.3	157	1.6	2012
Belgium	182	1.6	56.6	103	0.9	43.4	79	0.7	2012
Belize	145	44.7	90.3	131	40.4	9.7	14	4.3	2011
Benin	848	8.4	71.1	603	6.0	28.9	245	2.4	2011
Bhutan	12	1.7	61.2	7	1.0	38.8	5	0.7	2010
Bolivia	1,270	12.1	77.3	982	9.4	22.7	288	2.7	2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41	1.2	75.6	31	0.9	24.4	10	0.3	2017 ^[5]
Botswana	368	18.4	76.0	280	14.0	24.0	88	4.4	2010
Brazil	50,108	25.2	89.8	44,997	22.6	10.2	5,111	2.6	2010
British Virgin Islands	2	8.4	50.0	1	4.2	50.0	1	4.2	2010
Brunei	8	2.0	54.1	4	1.1	45.9	4	0.9	2010
Bulgaria	141	1.9	82.3	116	1.6	17.7	25	0.3	2011
Burkina Faso	1,311	8.0	67.2	881	5.4	32.8	430	2.6	2012
Burma	8,044	15.2	61.5	4,947	9.3	38.5	3,097	5.9	2010
Burundi	790	8.0	70.4	556	5.6	29.6	234	2.4	2010
Cambodia	964	6.5	75.3	726	4.9	24.7	238	1.6	2010
Cameroon	1,654	7.6	75.5	1,249	5.7	24.5	405	1.9	2012
Canada	784	2.06	74.8	586	1.54	25.2	197	0.52	2021^[6]
Cape Verde	51	10.3	74.5	38	7.7	25.5	13	2.6	2010
Cayman Islands	8	14.7	87.5	7	12.9	12.5	1	1.8	2010
Central African Republic	532	11.8	85.6	455	10.1	14.4	77	1.7	2010
Chad	907	7.3	71.2	646	5.2	28.8	261	2.1	2010
Chile	550	3.1	81.9	450	2.5	18.1	100	0.6	2010
China	13,410	1.0	78.1	10,473	0.8	21.9	2,937	0.2	2012
China, Hong Kong SAR	27	0.4	47.1	13	0.2	52.9	14	0.2	2011
China, Macao SAR	4	0.7	60.0	2	0.4	40.0	2	0.3	2010
Colombia	14,670	30.8	91.6	13,438	28.2	8.4	1,232	2.6	2012
Comoros	72	10.0	70.6	51	7.1	29.4	21	2.9	2010
Congo	541	12.5	83.9	454	10.5	16.1	87	2.0	2011
Costa Rica	407	8.5	87.7	357	7.5	12.3	50	1.0	2011
Croatia	43	1.04	58.1	25	0.6	41.7	18	0.4	2017 ^[7]
Cuba	477	4.2	75.0	358	3.2	25.0	119	1.1	2012
Cyprus	23	2.0	77.3	18	1.5	22.7	5	0.5	2012
Czech Republic	77	0.7	49.4	38	0.7	50.6	39	0.7	2020
North Korea	1,293	5.2	77.1	997	4.0	22.9	296	1.2	2010
DR Congo	18,586	28.3	80.8	15,017	22.9	19.2	3,569	5.4	2010
Denmark	47	0.8	66.0	31	0.5	34.0	16	0.3	2010
Djibouti	87	10.1	72.3	63	7.3	27.7	24	2.8	2012
Dominica	15	21.1	87.5	13	18.5	12.5	2	2.6	2012
Dominican Republic	2,268	22.1	91.1	2,066	20.1	8.9	202	2.0	2010
East Timor	39	3.6	73.1	29	2.6	26.9	10	1.0	2010
Ecuador	1,924	12.4	91.8	1,766	11.4	8.2	158	1.0	2010
Egypt	2,703	3.4	87.8	2,373	3.0	12.2	330	0.4	2006
El Salvador	2,594	41.2	89.0	2,309	36.7	11.0	285	4.5	2010
Equatorial Guinea	142	19.3	82.5	117	15.9	17.5	25	3.4	2010
Eritrea	437	7.1	74.4	325	5.3	25.6	112	1.8	2012
Estonia	65	5.0	76.6	50	3.8	23.4	15	1.2	2010
Ethiopia	11,048	12.0	77.2	8,529	9.3	22.8	2,519	2.7	2010
Fiji	35	4.0	61.3	21	2.5	38.7	14	1.5	2005
Finland	89	1.6	53.9	48	0.9	46.1	41	0.7	2010
France	734	1.1	68.9	506	1.6	31.1	228	0.7	2021
French Guiana	30	13.3	81.8	25	10.9	18.2	5	2.4	2012
Gabon	148	9.1	83.9	124	7.6	16.1	24	1.5	2010
Gambia	182	10.2	68.9	125	7.0	31.1	57	3.2	2010
Georgia	187	4.3	75.7	142	3.3	24.3	45	1.0	2010
Germany	782	0.9	54.3	425	1.0	45.7	357	0.9	2020
Ghana	1,537	6.1	63.8	981	3.9	36.2	556	2.2	2011
Greece	184	1.7	93.4	172	1.6	6.6	12	0.1	2010
Grenada	14	13.3	64.3	9	8.6	35.7	5	4.7	2010
Guadeloupe	36	7.9	84.2	30	6.7	15.8	6	1.2	2010
Guatemala	6,025	39.9	88.9	5,356	35.5	11.1	669	4.4	2010
Guinea	1,018	8.9	69.4	706	6.2	30.6	312	2.7	2010
Guinea-Bissau	140	8.4	70.6	99	5.9	29.4	41	2.5	2012
Guyana	135	17.0	60.0	81	10.2	40.0	54	6.8	2008
Haiti	1,033	10.2	78.4	810	8.0	21.6	223	2.2	2012
Honduras	7,172	90.4	93.2	6,684	84.3	6.8	488	6.1	2010
Hungary	80	0.8	51.2	41	0.9	48.8	39	0.8	2020
Iceland	1	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	100.0	1	0.3	2010
India	43,355	3.5	59.2	25,666	2.1	40.8	17,689	1.4	2012
Indonesia	1,456	0.6	80.3	1,169	0.5	19.7	287	0.1	2010
Iran	3,126	4.1	81.9	2,560	3.4	18.1	566	0.7	2010
Iraq	2,628	8.0	68.3	1,795	5.5	31.7	833	2.5	2010
Ireland	54	1.2	86.7	47	1.0	13.3	7	0.2	2012
Israel	134	1.8	72.8	98	1.3	27.2	36	0.5	2010
Italy	530	0.9	69.9	370	0.6	30.1	160	0.3	2011
Ivory Coast	2,691	13.6	76.0	2,045	10.3	24.0	646	3.3	2010
Jamaica	1,087	39.3	89.5	973	35.2	10.5	114	4.1	2010
Japan	318	0.3	41.2	131	0.2	58.8	187	0.3	2020
Jordan	133	2.0	76.6	102	1.5	23.4	31	0.5	2010
Kazakhstan	1,263	7.8	82.1	1,037	6.4	17.9	226	1.4	2010
Kenya	2,761	6.4	76.6	2,115	4.9	23.4	646	1.5	2010
Kiribati	8	8.2	69.4	6	5.7	30.6	2	2.5	2012
Kuwait	12	0.4	83.6	10	0.3	16.4	2	0.1	2010
Kyrgyzstan	494	9.1	68.7	339	6.3	31.3	155	2.8	2012
Laos	392	5.9	79.4	311	4.7	20.6	81	1.2	2011
Latvia	97	4.7	49.0	48	2.3	51.0	49	2.4	2010
Lebanon	95	2.2	79.5	76	1.7	20.5	19	0.5	2012
Lesotho	764	38.0	74.0	565	28.1	26.0	199	9.9	2010
Liberia	135	3.2	70.1	95	2.2	29.9	40	1.0	2009
Libya	103	1.7	76.8	79	1.3	23.2	24	0.4	2010
Lithuania	202	6.7	73.8	149	4.9	26.2	53	1.8	2010
Luxembourg	4	0.8	100.0	4	0.8	0.0	0	0.0	2011
Macedonia	30	1.4	86.7	26	1.2	13.3	4	0.2	2010
Madagascar	2,465	11.1	71.6	1,765	7.9	28.4	700	3.2	2010
Malawi	279	1.8	87.5	244	1.6	12.5	35	0.2	2010
Malaysia	652	2.3	72.6	473	1.7	27.4	179	0.6	2009
Maldives	13	3.9	63.3	8	2.5	36.7	5	1.4	2010
Mali	1,119	7.5	65.0	727	4.9	35.0	392	2.6	2012
Malta	12	2.8	75.0	9	2.1	25.0	3	0.7	2011
Marshall Islands	2	4.7	81.3	2	3.8	18.7	0	0.9	2012
Martinique	11	2.7	72.7	8	2.0	27.3	3	0.7	2010
Mauritania	191	5.0	68.9	132	3.4	31.1	59	1.6	2010
Mauritius	34	2.8	76.5	26	2.1	23.5	8	0.7	2010
Mexico	26,037	21.5	89.3	23,251	19.2	10.7	2,786	2.3	2012
Micronesia	5	4.6	74.2	4	3.4	25.8	1	1.2	2008
Moldova	229	6.5	72.5	166	4.7	27.5	63	1.8	2011
Mongolia	266	9.7	77.4	206	7.5	22.6	60	2.2	2010
Montenegro	17	2.7	82.4	14	2.2	17.6	3	0.5	2012
Montserrat	1	20.4	100.0	1	20.4	0.0	0	0.0	2010
Morocco	704	2.2	87.8	618	1.9	12.2	86	0.3	2010
Mozambique	3,133	12.4	75.8	2,375	9.4	24.2	758	3.0	2010
Namibia	388	17.2	76.3	296	13.1	23.7	92	4.1	2008
Nepal	786	2.9	77.3	608	2.2	22.7	178	0.7	2010
Netherlands	145	0.9	65.0	94	0.6	35.0	51	0.3	2012
New Zealand	41	0.9	48.8	20	0.4	51.2	21	0.5	2010
Nicaragua	675	11.3	92.6	625	10.5	7.4	50	0.8	2010
Niger	803	4.7	66.1	531	3.1	33.9	272	1.6	2010
Nigeria	33,817	20.0	68.2	23,063	13.6	31.8	10,754	6.4	2010
Norway	111	2.2	53.2	59	1.2	46.8	52	1.0	2010
Oman	34	1.1	73.3	25	0.8	26.7	9	0.3	2010
Pakistan	13,846	7.7	76.7	10,620	5.9	23.3	3,226	1.8	2010
Panama	654	17.2	94.6	619	16.3	5.4	35	0.9	2009
Papua New Guinea	713	10.4	73.7	525	7.7	26.3	188	2.7	2010
Paraguay	649	9.7	88.8	576	8.6	11.2	73	1.1	2009
Peru	2,865	9.6	78.1	2,238	7.5	21.9	627	2.1	2010
Philippines	8,484	8.8	88.0	7,466	7.7	12.0	1,018	1.1	2011
Poland	449	1.2	73.2	329	0.9	26.8	120	0.3	2010
Portugal	122	1.2	70.2	86	0.8	29.8	36	0.4	2011
Puerto Rico	978	26.5	94.1	920	24.9	5.9	58	1.6	2010
Qatar	23	1.1	81.9	19	0.9	18.1	4	0.2	2010
Réunion	15	1.8	75.0	11	1.4	25.0	4	0.5	2010
Romania	378	1.7	62.5	236	1.1	37.5	142	0.6	2010
Russia	13,120	9.2	75.5	9,906	6.9	24.5	3,214	2.3	2012
Rwanda	2,648	23.1	70.9	1,877	16.4	29.1	771	6.7	2012
Saint Kitts and Nevis	18	33.6	90.5	16	30.4	9.5	2	3.2	2011
Saint Lucia	39	21.6	79.7	31	17.2	20.3	8	4.4	2008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28	25.6	88.0	25	22.5	12.0	3	3.1	2010
Samoa	7	3.6	81.2	6	2.9	18.8	1	0.7	2010
São Tomé and Príncipe	6	3.3	74.6	4	2.5	25.4	2	0.8	2010
Saudi Arabia	234	0.8	66.7	156	0.5	33.3	78	0.3	2011
Senegal	379	2.8	74.8	283	2.1	25.2	96	0.7	2010
Serbia	111	1.2	64.9	72	0.8	35.1	39	0.4	2010
Seychelles	9	9.5	79.3	7	7.5	20.7	2	2.0	2010
Sierra Leone	113	1.9	76.8	87	1.5	23.2	26	0.4	2012
Singapore	11	0.2	62.5	7	0.1	37.5	4	0.1	2010
Slovakia	75	1.4	68.0	51	1.0	32.0	24	0.4	2011
Slovenia	14	0.7	57.1	8	0.4	42.9	6	0.3	2010
Solomon Islands	24	4.3	74.8	18	3.2	25.2	6	1.1	2010
Somalia	819	8.0	73.9	605	5.9	26.1	214	2.1	2012
South Africa	16,259	31.0	84.6	13,755	26.2	15.4	2,504	4.8	2009
South Korea	302	0.6	54.3	164	0.6	45.7	138	0.5	2020
South Sudan	1,504	13.9	82.5	1,241	11.5	17.5	263	2.4	1994
Spain	364	0.8	65.7	239	0.5	34.3	125	0.3	2009
Sri Lanka	707	3.4	84.8	600	2.9	15.2	107	0.5	2012
State of Palestine	312	7.4	87.6	273	6.5	12.4	39	0.9	2010
Sudan	4,159	11.2	85.3	3,548	9.6	14.7	611	1.6	2011
Suriname	33	6.1	75.3	25	4.6	24.7	8	1.5	2010
Swaziland	416	33.8	77.9	324	26.3	22.1	92	7.5	2011
Sweden	68	0.7	68.1	46	0.5	31.9	22	0.2	2010
Switzerland	47	0.5	42.6	20	0.5	57.4	27	0.6	2020
Syria	463	2.2	84.0	389	1.8	16.0	74	0.4	2010
Taiwan	686	3.0	86.6	594	2.6	13.4	92	0.4	2009
Tajikistan	126	1.6	86.5	109	1.4	13.5	17	0.2	2010
Tanzania	6,071	12.7	73.0	4,432	9.3	27.0	1,639	3.4	2010
Thailand	3,307	5.0	87.7	2,900	4.4	12.3	407	0.6	2007
Togo	684	10.3	71.5	489	7.4	28.5	195	2.9	2010
Tonga	1	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	100.0	1	1.0	2010
Trinidad and Tobago	379	28.3	91.7	348	26.0	8.3	31	2.3	2010
Tunisia	235	2.2	77.0	181	1.7	23.0	54	0.5	2010
Turkey	1,866	2.6	79.5	1,483	2.1	20.5	383	0.5	2011
Turkmenistan	660	12.8	83.8	553	10.7	16.2	107	2.1	2010
Turks and Caicos Islands	2	6.6	100.0	2	6.6	0.0	0	0.0	2010
Uganda	3,753	10.7	86.2	3,235	9.2	13.8	518	1.5	2010
Ukraine	1,988	4.3	68.6	1,364	2.9	31.4	624	1.4	2009
United Arab Emirates	235	2.6	86.8	204	2.3	13.2	31	0.3	2012
United Kingdom	653	1.0	70.3	459	0.7	29.7	194	0.3	2012
United States	21,570	7.8	82	17687	6.4	18	3883	1.4	2020^[8]^[9]
US Virgin Islands	56	52.6	87.5	49	46.0	12.5	7	6.6	2010
Uruguay	267	7.9	79.4	212	6.3	20.6	55	1.6	2010
Uzbekistan	1,060	3.7	82.4	873	3.0	17.6	187	0.7	2010
Vanuatu	7	2.9	72.0	5	2.1	28.0	2	0.8	2011
Venezuela	16,072	53.7	91.9	14,770	49.4	8.1	1,302	4.3	2010
Vietnam	3,037	3.3	71.5	2,171	2.4	28.5	866	0.9	2011
Yemen	1,099	4.8	79.5	874	3.8	20.5	225	1.0	2012
Zambia	1,501	10.7	77.8	1,168	8.3	22.2	333	2.4	2011
Zimbabwe	1,450	10.6	71.8	1,041	7.6	28.2	409	3.0	2010
World	436,621		78.7	343,582		21.3	93,033