Statizoid

Homicide rate in Norway

Norway: Homicide rate was 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population
Change on year
up 31.8%
World rank
147th
of 179 countries
All-time high
2.24 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2011
All-time low
0.4624 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2015
Years of data
33
1990–2023

Homicide rate in Norway, 1990–2023

0.511.521990200620231990: 1.1 homicides per 100,000 population1991: 1.2 homicides per 100,000 population1992: 1.1 homicides per 100,000 population1993: 0.881 homicides per 100,000 population1994: 0.761 homicides per 100,000 population1995: 0.964 homicides per 100,000 population1996: 0.981 homicides per 100,000 population1997: 0.863 homicides per 100,000 population1998: 0.858 homicides per 100,000 population1999: 0.74 homicides per 100,000 population2000: 1.1 homicides per 100,000 population2001: 0.82 homicides per 100,000 population2002: 1 homicides per 100,000 population2004: 0.784 homicides per 100,000 population2005: 0.714 homicides per 100,000 population2006: 0.708 homicides per 100,000 population2007: 0.637 homicides per 100,000 population2008: 0.713 homicides per 100,000 population2009: 0.601 homicides per 100,000 population2010: 0.593 homicides per 100,000 population2011: 2.2 homicides per 100,000 population2012: 0.538 homicides per 100,000 population2013: 0.905 homicides per 100,000 population2014: 0.564 homicides per 100,000 population2015: 0.462 homicides per 100,000 population2016: 0.516 homicides per 100,000 population2017: 0.531 homicides per 100,000 population2018: 0.471 homicides per 100,000 population2019: 0.524 homicides per 100,000 population2020: 0.576 homicides per 100,000 population2021: 0.536 homicides per 100,000 population2022: 0.55 homicides per 100,000 population2023: 0.725 homicides per 100,000 population

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 Norway is 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of up 31.8% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, homicide rate in Norway peaked at 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4624 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2015.

Norway ranks 147th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.

Homicide rate in Norway, year by year

Year homicides per 100,000 population Change
1990 1.11 homicides per 100,000 population —
1991 1.17 homicides per 100,000 population +5.9%
1992 1.07 homicides per 100,000 population -8.5%
1993 0.8813 homicides per 100,000 population -17.9%
1994 0.761 homicides per 100,000 population -13.7%
1995 0.9635 homicides per 100,000 population +26.6%
1996 0.9815 homicides per 100,000 population +1.9%
1997 0.8627 homicides per 100,000 population -12.1%
1998 0.8575 homicides per 100,000 population -0.6%
1999 0.7396 homicides per 100,000 population -13.8%
2000 1.07 homicides per 100,000 population +44.5%
2001 0.8197 homicides per 100,000 population -23.3%
2002 1.01 homicides per 100,000 population +23.7%
2004 0.784 homicides per 100,000 population -22.7%
2005 0.7138 homicides per 100,000 population -9.0%
2006 0.7081 homicides per 100,000 population -0.8%
2007 0.6371 homicides per 100,000 population -10.0%
2008 0.7131 homicides per 100,000 population +11.9%
2009 0.6006 homicides per 100,000 population -15.8%
2010 0.5931 homicides per 100,000 population -1.2%
2011 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population +277.8%
2012 0.538 homicides per 100,000 population -76.0%
2013 0.9055 homicides per 100,000 population +68.3%
2014 0.5645 homicides per 100,000 population -37.7%
2015 0.4624 homicides per 100,000 population -18.1%
2016 0.5157 homicides per 100,000 population +11.5%
2017 0.5306 homicides per 100,000 population +2.9%
2018 0.4707 homicides per 100,000 population -11.3%
2019 0.5236 homicides per 100,000 population +11.2%
2020 0.5763 homicides per 100,000 population +10.1%
2021 0.5362 homicides per 100,000 population -7.0%
2022 0.5498 homicides per 100,000 population +2.5%
2023 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population +31.8%

Norway compared with similar countries

  • Norway's 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population, 65% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Norway's 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population, 65% of the median. (52 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Homicide rate in Norway changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2011 +277.8% 0.5931 homicides per 100,000 population 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9402 homicides per 100,000 population 0.7396 homicides per 100,000 population 1.17 homicides per 100,000 population 10
2000s 0.7843 homicides per 100,000 population 0.6006 homicides per 100,000 population 1.07 homicides per 100,000 population 9
2010s 0.7345 homicides per 100,000 population 0.4624 homicides per 100,000 population 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population 10
2020s 0.5968 homicides per 100,000 population 0.5362 homicides per 100,000 population 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population 4

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 144 Montenegro 0.7892 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  2. 145 Czechia 0.7678 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  3. 146 Malaysia 0.7345 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  4. 148 Hungary 0.7227 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  5. 149 Portugal 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population compare
  6. 150 United Arab Emirates 0.6932 homicides per 100,000 population compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

More social development data for Norway

All data for Norway →

Frequently asked questions

What is homicide rate in Norway?
Homicide rate in Norway was 0.7247 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 Norway?
The highest recorded value was 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011.
What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4624 homicides per 100,000 population in 2015.
How does Norway rank for homicide rate?
Norway ranks 147th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
Is homicide rate rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Norway 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Homicide rate in Norway. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/stat/homicide-rate-unodc/norway/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/stat/homicide-rate-unodc/norway/">Homicide rate in Norway</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Homicide rate
Unit
homicides per 100,000 population
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,154 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.