Homicide rate in Barbados
Barbados: Homicide rate was 7.44 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate in Barbados, 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
Barbados recorded 7.44 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2023.
That represents a change of down 51.2% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Barbados peaked at 17.07 homicides per 100,000 population in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.49 homicides per 100,000 population, in 1995.
That places Barbados 45th out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.53 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.49 homicides per 100,000 population | 13.15 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
| 2000s | 9.56 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.93 homicides per 100,000 population | 12.96 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 7.87 homicides per 100,000 population | 17.07 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.14 homicides per 100,000 population | 7.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 15.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 42 Seychelles 7.97 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 43 El Salvador 7.9 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 44 Russia 7.82 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 46 Kiribati 7.12 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Cape Verde 6.99 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 48 Paraguay 6.78 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Barbados
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 577 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.879 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.918 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.679 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.347 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.918 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Barbados?
- Homicide rate in Barbados was 7.44 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 17.07 homicides per 100,000 population in 2019.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.49 homicides per 100,000 population in 1995.
- How does Barbados rank for homicide rate?
- Barbados ranks 45th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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.