Homicide rate in Poland
Poland: Homicide rate was 0.8023 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Poland, 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
Poland recorded 0.8023 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2023.
That represents a change of up 14.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Poland peaked at 2.39 homicides per 100,000 population in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.6619 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2019.
That places Poland 143rd out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.15 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.78 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.39 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.858 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8313 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6619 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.1 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7301 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6969 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8023 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 140 Australia 0.8544 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 141 Denmark 0.8406 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 142 Greece 0.8396 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 144 Montenegro 0.7892 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 145 Czechia 0.7678 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 146 Malaysia 0.7345 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Poland
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 990,469 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 1,368 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.862 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.918 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.645 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.519 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.918 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Poland?
- Homicide rate in Poland was 0.8023 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.39 homicides per 100,000 population in 1994.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6619 homicides per 100,000 population in 2019.
- How does Poland rank for homicide rate?
- Poland ranks 143rd out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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.