Homicide rate by sex in Ukraine
Ukraine: Homicide rate by sex was 10.82 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Latest (2017)
10.82
World rank
45th
of 138 countries
All-time high
14.9
in 1996
All-time low
6.41
in 2010
Years of data
21
1990–2017
Homicide rate by sex in Ukraine, 1990–2017
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 10.82 for homicide rate by sex in 2017.
The figure is up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate by sex in Ukraine peaked at 14.9 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6.41, in 2010.
Ukraine ranks 45th of 138 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.61 | 7.37 | 14.9 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.89 | 7.08 | 14.72 | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.61 | 6.41 | 10.82 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 42 Chile 11.36 compare
- 43 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.31 compare
- 44 Suriname 10.82 compare
- 46 Cape Verde 10.31 compare
- 47 United States 8.94 compare
- 48 Mongolia 8.66 compare
More social development data for Ukraine
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 2,370 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5.22 million (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 4 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.578 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.24 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.386 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.542 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.418 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.252 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate by sex in Ukraine?
- Homicide rate by sex in Ukraine was 10.82 in 2017, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate by sex recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9 in 1996.
- What is the lowest homicide rate by sex recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.41 in 2010.
- How does Ukraine rank for homicide rate by sex?
- Ukraine ranks 45th out of 138 countries with data for 2017.
- Is homicide rate by sex rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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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