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Botswana vs Namibia: Homicide rate

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 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 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicide rate
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
179 places, 4,154 data points, 1990–2024
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