Homicide rate who vs unodc in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Homicide rate who vs unodc was 6.76 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Latest (2022)
6.76
Change on year
up 8.7%
World rank
50th
of 179 countries
All-time high
13.43
in 2002
All-time low
4.88
in 2018
Years of data
14
1990–2022
Homicide rate who vs unodc in Zimbabwe, 1990–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 6.76 for homicide rate who vs unodc in 2022.
That represents a change of up 8.7% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate who vs unodc in Zimbabwe peaked at 13.43 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4.88, in 2018.
Zimbabwe ranks 50th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.79 | 5.79 | 5.79 | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.26 | 8.48 | 13.43 | 6 |
| 2010s | 5.62 | 4.88 | 7.1 | 4 |
| 2020s | 6 | 5.02 | 6.76 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More social development data for Zimbabwe
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 8,570 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 6,632 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 6 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.381 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.147 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.268 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.424 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.414 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.202 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate who vs unodc in Zimbabwe?
- Homicide rate who vs unodc in Zimbabwe was 6.76 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate who vs unodc recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 13.43 in 2002.
- What is the lowest homicide rate who vs unodc recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.88 in 2018.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for homicide rate who vs unodc?
- Zimbabwe ranks 50th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate who vs unodc rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate who vs unodc. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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