Homicide rate in Czechia
Czechia: Homicide rate was 0.7678 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Czechia, 1994–2023
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
In 2023, homicide rate in Czechia stood at 0.7678 homicides per 100,000 population.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Czechia peaked at 2.01 homicides per 100,000 population in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.4463 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2021.
That places Czechia 145th out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.68 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.01 homicides per 100,000 population | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.3 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.902 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.87 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.819 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6172 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.9993 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6898 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.4463 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8151 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
- 142 Greece 0.8396 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 143 Poland 0.8023 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 144 Montenegro 0.7892 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 146 Malaysia 0.7345 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 147 Norway 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 148 Hungary 0.7227 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Czechia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 395,559 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 794 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.872 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.948 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.794 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.562 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.948 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Czechia?
- Homicide rate in Czechia was 0.7678 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 homicides per 100,000 population in 1994.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4463 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021.
- How does Czechia rank for homicide rate?
- Czechia ranks 145th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia 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.