Homicide rate in Portugal
Portugal: Homicide rate was 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Portugal, 1990–2022
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
Portugal recorded 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate in 2022.
The figure is down 8.8% on the previous year and down 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Portugal peaked at 1.55 homicides per 100,000 population in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.6379 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2016.
That places Portugal 149th out of 179 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.29 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.55 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.01 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.29 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9502 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6379 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.38 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7634 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7891 homicides per 100,000 population | 3 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 146 Malaysia 0.7345 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 147 Norway 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 148 Hungary 0.7227 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 150 United Arab Emirates 0.6932 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 151 Netherlands 0.6909 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 152 Spain 0.6909 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Portugal
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 70,349 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 109 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.874 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.836 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.717 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.529 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.836 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Portugal?
- Homicide rate in Portugal was 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.55 homicides per 100,000 population in 1990.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6379 homicides per 100,000 population in 2016.
- How does Portugal rank for homicide rate?
- Portugal ranks 149th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.