Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Barbados
Barbados: Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner was 0 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Barbados, 2011–2023
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
In 2023, homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Barbados stood at 0 homicides per 100,000 population. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Barbados peaked at 0.7577 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2016.
Barbados ranks 47th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Barbados, year by year
| Year | homicides per 100,000 population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.7577 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2016 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | -100.0% |
| 2017 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2018 | 0.7433 homicides per 100,000 population | — |
| 2023 | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | -100.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 0 homicides per 100,000 population is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0575 homicides per 100,000 population. (35 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 0 homicides per 100,000 population is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0669 homicides per 100,000 population. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3753 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7577 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 1 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 44 Philippines 0.0157 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 45 Mexico 0.0064 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 46 Colombia 0.0039 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Andorra 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Antigua and Barbuda 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Armenia 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Belize 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Chile 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 El Salvador 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Honduras 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Iceland 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Israel 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Jamaica 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Jordan 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Latvia 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Malta 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Montenegro 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Oman 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Slovenia 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Sweden 0 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Vatican 0 homicides per 100,000 population
More social development data for Barbados
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 577 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 577 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Barbados?
- Homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner in Barbados was 0 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 where the perpetrator is an intimate partner recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7577 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011.
- What is the lowest homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 homicides per 100,000 population in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner?
- Barbados ranks 47th out of 67 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate where the perpetrator is an intimate partner rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados 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 where the perpetrator is an intimate partner. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population of male victims where the perpetrator is an intimate partner.