Homicides in Ukraine
Ukraine: Homicides was 1,673 homicides in 2021. ▼ Falling
Homicides in Ukraine, 1990–2021
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
Ukraine recorded 1,673 homicides for homicides in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicides in Ukraine peaked at 4,896 homicides in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1,673 homicides, in 2021.
That places Ukraine 27th out of 179 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,847 homicides | 2,558 homicides | 4,896 homicides | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,444 homicides | 2,240 homicides | 4,854 homicides | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,290 homicides | 1,820 homicides | 2,845 homicides | 6 |
| 2020s | 1,686 homicides | 1,673 homicides | 1,698 homicides | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More social development data for Ukraine
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 2,370 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5.22 million (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.386 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.418 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.542 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.386 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.252 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.24 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicides in Ukraine?
- Homicides in Ukraine was 1,673 homicides in 2021, 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 4,896 homicides in 1996.
- What is the lowest homicides recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,673 homicides in 2021.
- How does Ukraine rank for homicides?
- Ukraine ranks 27th out of 179 countries with data for 2021.
- Is homicides rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.