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Botswana vs Namibia: Homicide rate

Botswana
15.63 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Namibia
17.94 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Botswana rank
23rd
Namibia rank
21st

Homicide rate over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
05101520200020102021

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 17.94 deaths per 100,000 people against 15.63 deaths per 100,000 people in Botswana, a difference of 2.31 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 23rd and Namibia ranks 21st of 194 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicide rate
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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