Homicide rate in Moldova
Moldova: Homicide rate was 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Moldova, 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 Moldova stood at 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Moldova peaked at 11.2 homicides per 100,000 population in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2.18 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2021.
Moldova ranks 90th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.75 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.51 homicides per 100,000 population | 11.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 5.63 homicides per 100,000 population | 10.22 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.89 homicides per 100,000 population | 7.3 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.56 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.18 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.03 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
- 87 Andorra 2.58 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 88 Myanmar 2.58 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 89 Kazakhstan 2.55 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 91 Latvia 2.5 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 92 Bhutan 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 93 Belarus 2.38 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Moldova
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 149,324 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5,846 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.81 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.842 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.449 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.389 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.842 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Moldova?
- Homicide rate in Moldova was 2.54 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2 homicides per 100,000 population in 1992.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.18 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021.
- How does Moldova rank for homicide rate?
- Moldova ranks 90th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.