What is child homicide rate in Bahamas?

Child homicide rate in Bahamas was 0 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Bahamas?

The highest recorded value was 14.07 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014.

What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Bahamas?

The lowest recorded value was 0 deaths per 100,000 people in 1983.

How does Bahamas rank for child homicide rate?

Bahamas ranks 95th out of 113 countries with data for 2016.

Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Bahamas?

Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Bahamas data come from?

The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Child homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child homicide rate in Bahamas

Name: Child homicide rate in Bahamas
Creator: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Bahamas: Child homicide rate was 0 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)

0 deaths per 100,000 people

Change on year

down 100.0%

World rank

95th

of 113 countries

All-time high

14.07 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2014

All-time low

0 deaths per 100,000 people

in 1983

Years of data

1975–2016

Child homicide rate in Bahamas, 1975–2016

Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for child homicide rate in Bahamas is 0 deaths per 100,000 people, measured in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.

The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child homicide rate in Bahamas peaked at 14.07 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 deaths per 100,000 people, in 1983.

Bahamas ranks 95th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	3.34 deaths per 100,000 people	2.95 deaths per 100,000 people	3.74 deaths per 100,000 people	2
1980s	4.8 deaths per 100,000 people	0 deaths per 100,000 people	8.36 deaths per 100,000 people	6
1990s	7.85 deaths per 100,000 people	4.47 deaths per 100,000 people	12.31 deaths per 100,000 people	7
2000s	7.41 deaths per 100,000 people	4.3 deaths per 100,000 people	11.85 deaths per 100,000 people	10
2010s	8.31 deaths per 100,000 people	0 deaths per 100,000 people	14.07 deaths per 100,000 people	7

Countries ranked near Bahamas

92 Azerbaijan 0.0329 deaths per 100,000 people compare
93 Egypt 0.0304 deaths per 100,000 people compare
94 Tajikistan 0.0218 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Armenia 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Barbados 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Brunei 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Dominica 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Estonia 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Fiji 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Grenada 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Iceland 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Latvia 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Malta 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Oman 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Qatar 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Singapore 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare
95 Slovenia 0 deaths per 100,000 people compare

See the full ranking of 113 places →

More social development data for Bahamas

Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 10 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 1,598 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Physical Integrity Rights Score 1.16 (2019)
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 760 (2025)
Political Rights Score 38 (2025)
Freedom Score 90 (2025)
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 (2025)
Sovereign state 1 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child homicide rate in Bahamas?: Child homicide rate in Bahamas was 0 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Bahamas?: The highest recorded value was 14.07 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014.
What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Bahamas?: The lowest recorded value was 0 deaths per 100,000 people in 1983.
How does Bahamas rank for child homicide rate?: Bahamas ranks 95th out of 113 countries with data for 2016.
Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Bahamas?: Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahamas data come from?: The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Child homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child homicide rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.