Homicide rate in Austria
Austria: Homicide rate was 0.8762 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Austria, 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
The most recent figure for homicide rate in Austria is 0.8762 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Austria peaked at 1.33 homicides per 100,000 population in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.4914 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2014.
That places Austria 139th out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7506 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.728 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5424 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.02 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.758 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.4914 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.9727 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8003 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7249 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8762 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 136 Saudi Arabia 0.9353 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 137 Germany 0.9107 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 138 Tajikistan 0.8924 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 140 Australia 0.8544 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 141 Denmark 0.8406 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 142 Greece 0.8396 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Austria
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 286,651 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 33 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.883 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.907 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.757 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.582 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.907 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Austria?
- Homicide rate in Austria was 0.8762 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 Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 homicides per 100,000 population in 1991.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4914 homicides per 100,000 population in 2014.
- How does Austria rank for homicide rate?
- Austria ranks 139th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria 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.