Homicide rate ghe in Gambia
Gambia: Homicide rate ghe was 7.66 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
7.66
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
60th
of 194 countries
All-time high
10.77
in 2000
All-time low
7.66
in 2021
Years of data
22
2000–2021
Homicide rate ghe in Gambia, 2000–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2021, homicide rate ghe in Gambia stood at 7.66. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate ghe in Gambia peaked at 10.77 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7.66, in 2021.
That places Gambia 60th out of 194 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.25 | 8.61 | 10.77 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.2 | 7.77 | 8.65 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.69 | 7.66 | 7.71 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More social development data for Gambia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 4,108 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 6,728 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 4 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.88 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.522 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.641 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.775 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.814 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.406 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate ghe in Gambia?
- Homicide rate ghe in Gambia was 7.66 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate ghe recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.77 in 2000.
- What is the lowest homicide rate ghe recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.66 in 2021.
- How does Gambia rank for homicide rate ghe?
- Gambia ranks 60th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate ghe rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate ghe. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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