Homicide rate in Nepal
Nepal: Homicide rate was 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population in 2020. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Nepal, 1990–2020
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
Nepal recorded 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2020.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Nepal peaked at 3.6 homicides per 100,000 population in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1.81 homicides per 100,000 population, in 1990.
Nepal ranks 99th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.41 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.81 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.74 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
| 2000s | 3.1 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.3 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.6 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.29 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.95 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.97 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 96 Lebanon 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 97 Sierra Leone 2.22 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 98 Armenia 2.21 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 100 Syria 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 101 Fiji 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 102 Georgia 2.03 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Nepal
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 19,613 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 8,019 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.868 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.742 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.505 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.435 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.742 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Nepal?
- Homicide rate in Nepal was 2.13 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6 homicides per 100,000 population in 2004.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.81 homicides per 100,000 population in 1990.
- How does Nepal rank for homicide rate?
- Nepal ranks 99th out of 179 countries with data for 2020.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.