Homicides in Dominica
Dominica: Homicides was 18 homicides in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicides in Dominica, 1998–2023
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
In 2023, homicides in Dominica stood at 18 homicides.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicides in Dominica peaked at 19 homicides in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1 homicides, in 2001.
Dominica ranks 139th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Homicides in Dominica, year by year
| Year | homicides | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 homicides | — |
| 1999 | 7 homicides | -22.2% |
| 2000 | 2 homicides | -71.4% |
| 2001 | 1 homicides | -50.0% |
| 2002 | 9 homicides | +800.0% |
| 2003 | 8 homicides | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 8 homicides | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8 homicides | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5 homicides | -37.5% |
| 2007 | 7 homicides | +40.0% |
| 2008 | 7 homicides | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13 homicides | +85.7% |
| 2010 | 15 homicides | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 6 homicides | -60.0% |
| 2014 | 9 homicides | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 9 homicides | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 homicides | +77.8% |
| 2017 | 19 homicides | +18.8% |
| 2018 | 13 homicides | -31.6% |
| 2019 | 13 homicides | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 homicides | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 10 homicides | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 19 homicides | +90.0% |
| 2023 | 18 homicides | -5.3% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 18 homicides is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 241.5 homicides, 7% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 18 homicides is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 489 homicides, 4% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Homicides in Dominica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +800.0% | 1 homicides | 9 homicides |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8 homicides | 7 homicides | 9 homicides | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.8 homicides | 1 homicides | 13 homicides | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.5 homicides | 6 homicides | 19 homicides | 8 |
| 2020s | 15.5 homicides | 10 homicides | 19 homicides | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
More social development data for Dominica
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 97 (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 0.0015 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 97 (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10.23 % change on previous year (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 in Dominica?
- Homicides in Dominica was 18 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 recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 19 homicides in 2017.
- What is the lowest homicides recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 homicides in 2001.
- How does Dominica rank for homicides?
- Dominica ranks 139th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicides rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of intentional homicides.