What is the difference in homicide rate by sex of the victim between Cyprus and Finland?

0.01 homicides per 100,000 population, with Cyprus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Finland?

20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate by sex of the victim. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cyprus vs Finland: Homicide rate by sex of the victim

Cyprus

1.17 homicides per 100,000 population

in 2024

Finland

1.16 homicides per 100,000 population

in 2023

Cyprus rank

104th

Finland rank

106th

Homicide rate by sex of the victim over time

Cyprus
Finland

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 1.17 homicides per 100,000 population against 1.16 homicides per 100,000 population in Finland, a difference of 0.01 homicides per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Finland ahead.

Cyprus ranks 104th and Finland ranks 106th of 138 countries.

Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Finland	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.17 homicides per 100,000 population	3.46 homicides per 100,000 population	1.29 homicides per 100,000 population	Finland
2010s	1.36 homicides per 100,000 population	2.27 homicides per 100,000 population	0.9087 homicides per 100,000 population	Finland
2020s	1.24 homicides per 100,000 population	1.77 homicides per 100,000 population	0.53 homicides per 100,000 population	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by sex of the victim, Cyprus or Finland?: Cyprus, at 1.17 homicides per 100,000 population against 1.16 homicides per 100,000 population in Finland as of 2024.
What is the difference in homicide rate by sex of the victim between Cyprus and Finland?: 0.01 homicides per 100,000 population, with Cyprus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Finland?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Cyprus and Finland rank globally for homicide rate by sex of the victim?: Cyprus ranks 104th and Finland ranks 106th of 138 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate by sex of the victim. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Homicide rate by sex of the victim
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: 138 places, 2,730 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

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