UNODC intentional homicide rate, annual

Name: UNODC intentional homicide rate, annual
Creator: UNODC intentional homicide rate
License: https://ourworldindata.org/about
Keywords: crime, homicide, violent-crime, safety, country-risk, yearly, signals

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Global country-year panel of intentional homicides per 100,000 population from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (via Our World in Data), 1990-2024, 229 entities: the worldwide violent-crime series country-risk models need, complementing the catalog's 8-country World Bank slice. Includes UN regional aggregates and subnational splits (England and Wales, Iraq/Central Iraq, Iraq/Kurdistan Region).

Source: UNODC intentional homicide rate
Rows: 4,912
Columns: 7
Source cadence: Yearly
Last refreshed: Oct 4, 2026
Theme: crime

Column	Type	Description
entity	string	Country, territory or aggregate name as published by UNODC via Our World in Data. Includes 21 entities without ISO codes: UN regional aggregates (e.g. 'Americas (UN)', 'Eastern Europe (UN)') and subnational splits ('England and Wales', 'Iraq (Central Iraq)', 'Iraq (Kurdistan Region)').
country_code	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code where the entity maps to one; null for UN regional aggregates and subnational splits.
year	integer	Observation year (UNODC intentional homicide statistics; series starts 1990). (unit: year)
world_region	string	OWID world-region assignment for the entity ('World region according to OWID').
homicide_rate_per_100k	float	Intentional homicides per 100,000 population (UNODC). An intentional homicide is an unlawful death inflicted with intent to cause death or serious injury. (unit: homicides per 100,000)
fetch_date	string	Date this snapshot was fetched (ISO date). (unit: date)
row_hash	string	Deterministic 12-hex row identity hash (entity\|year).

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entity	country_code	year	world_region	homicide_rate_per_100k	fetch_date	row_hash
Anguilla	AIA	1,990	North America	0	2026-10-04	eef8aee75844
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	1,990	North America	1.586	2026-10-04	c6e39db665e7
Armenia	ARM	1,990	Asia	5.011	2026-10-04	e2027b70dde3
Aruba	ABW	1,990	North America	0	2026-10-04	a4aefb85bba2
Australia	AUS	1,990	Oceania	2.184	2026-10-04	717d2162ccc1
Austria	AUT	1,990	Europe	1.159	2026-10-04	b187beaac4d3
Azerbaijan	AZE	1,990	Asia	4.55	2026-10-04	0c2fdcc1ec6a
Bahamas	BHS	1,990	North America	16.308	2026-10-04	8f22f86c0ab9
Barbados	BRB	1,990	North America	13.149	2026-10-04	e5183dd0ade1
Belarus	BLR	1,990	Europe	4.987	2026-10-04	918e239b0763

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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/unodc_homicide_intel/homicide_rate_annual" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'

Python

import requests

ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/unodc_homicide_intel/homicide_rate_annual").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")

# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/unodc_homicide_intel/homicide_rate_annual

Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.

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UNODC intentional homicide rate. (2026). UNODC intentional homicide rate, annual [Data set, snapshot 20261004T102156Z-3a6445608f58, sha256 3a6445608f58]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-05, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/unodc_homicide_intel/homicide_rate_annual?snapshot=20261004T102156Z-3a6445608f58

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@misc{dz_unodc_homicide_intel_homicide_rate_annua_3a644560,
  title        = {{UNODC intentional homicide rate, annual}},
  author       = {{UNODC intentional homicide rate}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/unodc_homicide_intel/homicide_rate_annual?snapshot=20261004T102156Z-3a6445608f58}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20261004T102156Z-3a6445608f58, sha256 3a6445608f58e2d340ed5012c05d5e43f2b7a5c61e9bbe6040e786d47bd59119; accessed 2026-10-05}
}

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