Homicide rate in Greece
Greece: Homicide rate was 0.8396 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Greece, 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
In 2023, homicide rate in Greece stood at 0.8396 homicides per 100,000 population.
That represents a change of down 25.3% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Greece peaked at 1.91 homicides per 100,000 population in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.7277 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2019.
Greece ranks 142nd of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.01 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.91 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8632 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.37 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7277 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.66 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8834 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.729 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 139 Austria 0.8762 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
- 143 Poland 0.8023 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 144 Montenegro 0.7892 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 145 Czechia 0.7678 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Greece
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 134,563 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 94 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.801 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.878 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.568 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.493 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.878 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Greece?
- Homicide rate in Greece was 0.8396 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.91 homicides per 100,000 population in 1997.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7277 homicides per 100,000 population in 2019.
- How does Greece rank for homicide rate?
- Greece ranks 142nd out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.