Homicides in Morocco
Morocco: Homicides was 635 homicides in 2024. ▲ Rising
Homicides in Morocco, 1990–2024
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
Morocco recorded 635 homicides for homicides in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 78.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicides in Morocco peaked at 1,073 homicides in 2020 and was at its lowest, 89 homicides, in 1990.
Morocco ranks 48th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Homicides in Morocco, year by year
| Year | homicides | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 89 homicides | — |
| 1991 | 124 homicides | +39.3% |
| 1992 | 132 homicides | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 148 homicides | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 184 homicides | +24.3% |
| 1997 | 732 homicides | +297.8% |
| 1998 | 556 homicides | -24.0% |
| 1999 | 540 homicides | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 461 homicides | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 543 homicides | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 462 homicides | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 510 homicides | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 470 homicides | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 469 homicides | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 498 homicides | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 517 homicides | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 426 homicides | -17.6% |
| 2009 | 432 homicides | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 451 homicides | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 441 homicides | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 383 homicides | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 429 homicides | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 355 homicides | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 431 homicides | +21.4% |
| 2016 | 594 homicides | +37.8% |
| 2017 | 761 homicides | +28.1% |
| 2018 | 510 homicides | -33.0% |
| 2019 | 1,004 homicides | +96.9% |
| 2020 | 1,073 homicides | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 716 homicides | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 618 homicides | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 643 homicides | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 635 homicides | -1.2% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 635 homicides is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 635 homicides, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 635 homicides is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 216.5 homicides, 2.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Homicides in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +297.8% | 184 homicides | 732 homicides |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 313.12 homicides | 89 homicides | 732 homicides | 8 |
| 2000s | 478.8 homicides | 426 homicides | 543 homicides | 10 |
| 2010s | 535.9 homicides | 355 homicides | 1,004 homicides | 10 |
| 2020s | 737 homicides | 618 homicides | 1,073 homicides | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More social development data for Morocco
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 7,304 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10,400 (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 0.0003 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10,400 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 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 in Morocco?
- Homicides in Morocco was 635 homicides in 2024, 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1,073 homicides in 2020.
- What is the lowest homicides recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 89 homicides in 1990.
- How does Morocco rank for homicides?
- Morocco ranks 48th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is homicides rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.