Homicide rate by sex in Czechia
Czechia: Homicide rate by sex was 0.7129 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.7129
Change on year
down 21.8%
World rank
124th
of 138 countries
All-time high
2.85
in 2000
All-time low
0.3853
in 2021
Years of data
29
1994–2023
Homicide rate by sex in Czechia, 1994–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 0.7129 for homicide rate by sex in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.8% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate by sex in Czechia peaked at 2.85 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3853, in 2021.
That places Czechia 124th out of 138 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4 | 2.21 | 2.51 | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.67 | 1.1 | 2.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8126 | 0.5595 | 1.1 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6853 | 0.3853 | 0.9122 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More social development data for Czechia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 395,559 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 794 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 1 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.948 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.794 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.849 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.872 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.947 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.562 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate by sex in Czechia?
- Homicide rate by sex in Czechia was 0.7129 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate by sex recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.85 in 2000.
- What is the lowest homicide rate by sex recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3853 in 2021.
- How does Czechia rank for homicide rate by sex?
- Czechia ranks 124th out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate by sex rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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