Homicide rate in Mongolia
Mongolia: Homicide rate was 5.64 homicides per 100,000 population in 2024. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Mongolia, 2003–2024
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
The most recent figure for homicide rate in Mongolia is 5.64 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Mongolia peaked at 15.53 homicides per 100,000 population in 2005 and was at its lowest, 5.64 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2024.
Mongolia ranks 59th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.83 homicides per 100,000 population | 8.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 15.53 homicides per 100,000 population | 7 |
| 2010s | 7.22 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 9.69 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.98 homicides per 100,000 population | 5.64 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More social development data for Mongolia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 11 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 2,403 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.718 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.801 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.424 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.281 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.801 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Mongolia?
- Homicide rate in Mongolia was 5.64 homicides per 100,000 population in 2024, 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.53 homicides per 100,000 population in 2005.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.64 homicides per 100,000 population in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for homicide rate?
- Mongolia ranks 59th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.