Homicide rate in Cambodia
Cambodia: Homicide rate was 1.82 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Cambodia, 1992–2011
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
Cambodia recorded 1.82 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.3% on the previous year and down 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Cambodia peaked at 6.95 homicides per 100,000 population in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1.82 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2011.
That places Cambodia 107th out of 179 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.82 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.74 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.95 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
| 2000s | 3.27 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.32 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.58 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.82 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.28 homicides per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 104 Canada 1.98 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 105 Aruba 1.93 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 106 Ghana 1.83 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 108 Reunion 1.79 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 109 Malawi 1.78 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 110 Albania 1.76 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Cambodia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 23 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 11,332 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.195 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.26 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.051 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.06 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.26 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Cambodia?
- Homicide rate in Cambodia was 1.82 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011, 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.95 homicides per 100,000 population in 1993.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.82 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011.
- How does Cambodia rank for homicide rate?
- Cambodia ranks 107th out of 179 countries with data for 2011.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.