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Botswana vs Namibia: Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020

Botswana
11.37 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2021
Namibia
11.21 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2021
Botswana rank
31st
Namibia rank
34th

Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
0510152025199520082021

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 11.37 homicides per 100,000 population against 11.21 homicides per 100,000 population in Namibia, a difference of 0.1604 homicides per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Namibia ahead.

Botswana ranks 31st and Namibia ranks 34th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020
Unit
homicides per 100,000 population
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 4,128 data points, 1990–2024
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