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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Homicide rate

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people. A rate, not a count — India's absolute total is large mainly because its population is, and the rate is the only figure that compares across countries or across decades.

Position from worst
2.82
2022
Published by
UNODC, via Our World in Data
annual

Homicide rate over time

23456199019952000200520102015202020222.82
19902022 · 33 observations · lower is better · per 100,000 people
View as table
PeriodHomicide rate
20222.82
20212.92
20202.94
20192.95
20183.03
20173.08
20163.15
20153.34
20143.61
20133.54
20123.71
20113.78
20103.74
20093.74
20083.81
20073.81
20063.83
20053.91
20044.09
20033.97
20024.17
20014.31
20004.55
19994.6
19984.84
19974.75
19964.79
19954.83
19945.04
19935.2
19925.5
19915.5
19905.11

Compared with

Japan
0.229
Indonesia
0.304
China
0.502
Germany
0.911
Vietnam
1.54
Nepal
2.13
Bangladesh
2.34
India
2.82
Sri Lanka
3.31
Pakistan
4.33
United States
5.76
Brazil
19.3
South Africa
43.7
Latest available year for each country · per 100,000 people · lower is better

Source

UNODC, via Our World in Datahttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc