Homicide rate in Ukraine
Ukraine: Homicide rate was 3.78 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Ukraine, 1990–2021
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
In 2021, homicide rate in Ukraine stood at 3.78 homicides per 100,000 population. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Ukraine peaked at 9.88 homicides per 100,000 population in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.78 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2021.
That places Ukraine 75th out of 179 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.48 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.91 homicides per 100,000 population | 9.56 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.16 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.8 homicides per 100,000 population | 9.88 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.01 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.05 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.19 homicides per 100,000 population | 6 |
| 2020s | 3.79 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.78 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.8 homicides per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 72 Guam 4.33 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 73 East Timor 4.07 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 74 Afghanistan 4.03 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 76 Tanzania 3.75 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 77 Solomon Islands 3.73 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 78 Rwanda 3.61 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Ukraine
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 2,370 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5.22 million (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.542 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.578 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.24 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.252 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.578 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Ukraine?
- Homicide rate in Ukraine was 3.78 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021, 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 9.88 homicides per 100,000 population in 2001.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.78 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021.
- How does Ukraine rank for homicide rate?
- Ukraine ranks 75th out of 179 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.