Homicide rate in Armenia
Armenia: Homicide rate was 2.21 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Armenia, 1990–2023
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
Armenia recorded 2.21 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2023.
The figure is down 19.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Armenia peaked at 8.54 homicides per 100,000 population in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1.72 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2018.
Armenia ranks 98th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.69 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.84 homicides per 100,000 population | 8.54 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.93 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.29 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.34 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.98 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.67 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.21 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.14 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
- 95 Mauritius 2.27 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 96 Lebanon 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 97 Sierra Leone 2.22 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 99 Nepal 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 100 Syria 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 101 Fiji 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Armenia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 123,087 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 15,578 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.869 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.8 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.371 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.319 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.8 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Armenia?
- Homicide rate in Armenia was 2.21 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023, 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 recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.54 homicides per 100,000 population in 1992.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.72 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.
- How does Armenia rank for homicide rate?
- Armenia ranks 98th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.