Homicides, by sex of the victim in Turkey
Turkey: Homicides, by sex of the victim was 733 homicides in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicides, by sex of the victim in Turkey, 2003–2023
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.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 733 homicides for homicides, by sex of the victim in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 57.3% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicides, by sex of the victim in Turkey peaked at 733 homicides in 2023 and was at its lowest, 386 homicides, in 2020.
That places Turkey 10th out of 138 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Homicides, by sex of the victim in Turkey, year by year
| Year | homicides | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 588.1 homicides | — |
| 2004 | 605.5 homicides | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 607.9 homicides | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 550.75 homicides | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 615 homicides | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 570 homicides | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 634 homicides | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 629 homicides | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 606 homicides | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 412 homicides | -32.0% |
| 2016 | 441 homicides | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 424 homicides | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 399 homicides | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 456 homicides | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 386 homicides | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 438 homicides | +13.5% |
| 2022 | 466 homicides | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 733 homicides | +57.3% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 733 homicides is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68 homicides, 10.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 733 homicides is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 23.5 homicides, 31.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 589.54 homicides | 550.75 homicides | 615 homicides | 6 |
| 2010s | 500.12 homicides | 399 homicides | 634 homicides | 8 |
| 2020s | 505.75 homicides | 386 homicides | 733 homicides | 4 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More social development data for Turkey
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.39 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 149,405 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0017 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 149,405 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0278 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 homicides, by sex of the victim in Turkey?
- Homicides, by sex of the victim in Turkey was 733 homicides 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 homicides, by sex of the victim recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 733 homicides in 2023.
- What is the lowest homicides, by sex of the victim recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 386 homicides in 2020.
- How does Turkey rank for homicides, by sex of the victim?
- Turkey ranks 10th out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicides, by sex of the victim rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey 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 Homicides, by sex of the victim. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of intentional homicidesof female victims .