Homicides of women per 100,000 — all countries

Homicides of women per 100,000 — Iceland

Homicides of women per 100,000 in Iceland in 2023 — 0.53 per 100k. Ranked 18 in the world out of 81. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 26.7%.

2023 0.53 per 100k −1.91% vs 2022
World rank 18of 81
Period maximum 2.24 per 100k2020
Period minimum 0.53 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1999–2023 · per 100,000 women

Homicides of women per 100,000 — Iceland, 1999–202301231999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.72 per 100k2011: 0.63 per 100k2012: 0.63 per 100k2014: 0.61 per 100k2016: 0.6 per 100k2017: 1.18 per 100k2018: 0.58 per 100k2020: 2.24 per 100k2021: 0.55 per 100k2022: 0.54 per 100k2023: 0.53 per 100k
Change over the period: −0.19 (−26.74%) Average annual rate: -1.29 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iceland

Iceland 0.53 per 100k
World 2.1 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia 1.1 per 100k
Northern Europe computed 0.83 per 100k
Homicides of women per 100,000 — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 0.53 −0.01 −1.91%
2022 0.54 −0.01 −2.07%
2021 0.55 −1.69 −75.43%
2020 2.24
2018 0.58 −0.6 −50.99%
2017 1.18 +0.58 +96.7%
2016 0.6
2014 0.61
2012 0.63 −0 −0.62%
2011 0.63
1999 0.72

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of female victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 of the female population. UNODC data through the World Bank database. The spread across countries on this indicator is noticeably smaller than on the male one: homicides of women depend less on the level of street crime and therefore change less sharply from country to country.

Important: The denominator is the female population, not the whole of it. The male and female rates cannot be added into an overall one: their denominators differ.

Source: UNODC Crime Statistics, license UN data: free to use with attribution.