Homicide rate by sex of the victim in Palestine
Palestine: Homicide rate by sex of the victim was 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate by sex of the victim in Palestine, 2010–2022
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
In 2022, homicide rate by sex of the victim in Palestine stood at 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 81.8% on the previous year and up 142.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate by sex of the victim in Palestine peaked at 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8723 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2018.
Palestine ranks 80th of 138 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Homicide rate by sex of the victim in Palestine, year by year
| Year | homicides per 100,000 population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2011 | 1.02 homicides per 100,000 population | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 1.05 homicides per 100,000 population | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 2.09 homicides per 100,000 population | +99.7% |
| 2017 | 1.23 homicides per 100,000 population | -41.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8723 homicides per 100,000 population | -29.2% |
| 2019 | 1.14 homicides per 100,000 population | +30.4% |
| 2020 | 1.35 homicides per 100,000 population | +18.7% |
| 2021 | 1.4 homicides per 100,000 population | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population | +81.8% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.92 homicides per 100,000 population, 52% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.53 homicides per 100,000 population, 1.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.22 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8723 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.09 homicides per 100,000 population | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 77 Morocco 2.85 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 78 Azerbaijan 2.78 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 79 Israel 2.78 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 81 Estonia 2.31 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 82 Reunion 2.29 homicides per 100,000 population
- 83 North Macedonia 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Palestine
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (1995)
- Electoral democracy 0 (1947)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (1995)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (1995)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0089 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.356 (1948)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate by sex of the victim in Palestine?
- Homicide rate by sex of the victim in Palestine was 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022.
- What is the lowest homicide rate by sex of the victim recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8723 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.
- How does Palestine rank for homicide rate by sex of the victim?
- Palestine ranks 80th out of 138 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate by sex of the victim rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 142.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.