Homicides in Uganda
Uganda: Homicides was 4,366 homicides in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicides in Uganda, 1995–2023
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
Uganda recorded 4,366 homicides for homicides in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicides in Uganda peaked at 4,735 homicides in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,710 homicides, in 1995.
Uganda ranks 13th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,812 homicides | 1,710 homicides | 1,919 homicides | 3 |
| 2000s | 2,890 homicides | 2,645 homicides | 3,233 homicides | 3 |
| 2010s | 4,193 homicides | 3,160 homicides | 4,735 homicides | 9 |
| 2020s | 4,220 homicides | 3,912 homicides | 4,460 homicides | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More social development data for Uganda
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 1.94 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 12,792 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.253 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.432 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.379 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.253 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.156 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.165 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicides in Uganda?
- Homicides in Uganda was 4,366 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 4,735 homicides in 2017.
- What is the lowest homicides recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,710 homicides in 1995.
- How does Uganda rank for homicides?
- Uganda ranks 13th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicides rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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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About this data
Number of intentional homicides.