Homicide rate in Niger
Niger: Homicide rate was 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Niger, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
Niger recorded 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people for homicide rate in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Niger peaked at 14.43 deaths per 100,000 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2021.
Niger ranks 48th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 10.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 14.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 9.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 10.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 9.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 45 Palau 9.32 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 46 Burkina Faso 9.23 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 46 Nicaragua 9.23 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 48 Uruguay 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 50 Angola 8.7 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 51 Nigeria 8.65 deaths per 100,000 people compare
More social development data for Niger
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 385,986 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 85,591 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.227 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.756 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.57 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.227 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.189 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.177 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Niger?
- Homicide rate in Niger was 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, according to World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 14.43 deaths per 100,000 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021.
- How does Niger rank for homicide rate?
- Niger ranks 48th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from interpersonal violence in both sexes, per 100,000 people.