Homicide rate in Kuwait
Kuwait: Homicide rate was 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population in 2020. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Kuwait, 1996–2020
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
In 2020, homicide rate in Kuwait stood at 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 30.6% on the previous year and down 87.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Kuwait peaked at 2.35 homicides per 100,000 population in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2020.
That places Kuwait 167th out of 179 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9247 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.9247 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.9247 homicides per 100,000 population | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.74 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.3602 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.04 homicides per 100,000 population | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 164 South Korea 0.4773 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 165 Hong Kong 0.3762 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 166 Indonesia 0.3038 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 168 Japan 0.2292 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 169 Bahrain 0.1956 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 170 Oman 0.1386 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Kuwait
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 386 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 3,369 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.07 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.488 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.127 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.053 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.488 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Kuwait?
- Homicide rate in Kuwait was 0.25 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 2.35 homicides per 100,000 population in 2007.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population in 2020.
- How does Kuwait rank for homicide rate?
- Kuwait ranks 167th out of 179 countries with data for 2020.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.