Homicide rate by sex in Poland
Poland: Homicide rate by sex was 0.9955 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.9955
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
111th
of 138 countries
All-time high
3.59
in 1994
All-time low
0.9327
in 2019
Years of data
32
1990–2023
Homicide rate by sex in Poland, 1990–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, homicide rate by sex in Poland stood at 0.9955.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate by sex in Poland peaked at 3.59 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.9327, in 2019.
Poland ranks 111th of 138 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.22 | 2.49 | 3.59 | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.34 | 1.29 | 3.38 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 | 0.9327 | 1.61 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.99 | 0.9558 | 1.05 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More social development data for Poland
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 990,469 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 1,368 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 2 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.918 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.645 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.768 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.862 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.917 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.519 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate by sex in Poland?
- Homicide rate by sex in Poland was 0.9955 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate by sex recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.59 in 1994.
- What is the lowest homicide rate by sex recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9327 in 2019.
- How does Poland rank for homicide rate by sex?
- Poland ranks 111th out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate by sex rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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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