Homicide rate by sex of the victim in Austria
Austria: Homicide rate by sex of the victim was 0.7788 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate by sex of the victim in Austria, 1990–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.
Analysis
Austria recorded 0.7788 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate by sex of the victim in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.6% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate by sex of the victim in Austria peaked at 1.51 homicides per 100,000 population in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.4786 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2014.
Austria ranks 122nd of 138 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.13 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.731 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.51 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6842 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5145 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7922 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7761 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.4786 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7088 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5666 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8519 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 119 Hungary 0.8391 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 120 United Kingdom 0.8024 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 121 Norway 0.7911 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 123 Italy 0.757 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 124 Czechia 0.7129 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 125 Macao 0.6073 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Austria
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 286,651 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 33 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.839 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.918 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.883 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.839 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.582 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.757 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate by sex of the victim in Austria?
- Homicide rate by sex of the victim in Austria was 0.7788 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate by sex of the victim recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 homicides per 100,000 population in 1991.
- What is the lowest homicide rate by sex of the victim recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4786 homicides per 100,000 population in 2014.
- How does Austria rank for homicide rate by sex of the victim?
- Austria ranks 122nd out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate by sex of the victim rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Homicide rate by sex of the victim. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof male victims.