Homicide rate in Bhutan
Bhutan: Homicide rate was 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population in 2020. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Bhutan, 1990–2020
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
Bhutan recorded 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2020.
The figure is up 135.9% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Bhutan peaked at 4.67 homicides per 100,000 population in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.7841 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2003.
That places Bhutan 92nd out of 179 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.25 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.67 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7841 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.11 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.39 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.6 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2020s | 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 89 Kazakhstan 2.55 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 90 Moldova 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 91 Latvia 2.5 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 93 Belarus 2.38 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 94 Bangladesh 2.34 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 95 Mauritius 2.27 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Bhutan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 7,257 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.609 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.701 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.457 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.349 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.701 (2025)
- Key features of electoral democracy 0.566 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Bhutan?
- Homicide rate in Bhutan was 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population in 2020, 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.67 homicides per 100,000 population in 1992.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7841 homicides per 100,000 population in 2003.
- How does Bhutan rank for homicide rate?
- Bhutan ranks 92nd out of 179 countries with data for 2020.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.