EU countries by intentional homicide rate
Latvia had the highest intentional homicide rate of 26 EU countries in 2020, at 3.7 per 100,000 people. Italy had the lowest, at 0.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 0.9 per 100,000 people. Source: the World Bank.
All EU countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 3.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 2 | Lithuania | 3.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 3 | Estonia | 3.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 4 | Finland | 1.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 5 | Romania | 1.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 6 | Malta | 1.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 7 | Sweden | 1.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 8 | Slovakia | 1.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 9 | Cyprus | 1.2 | -0 pts |
| 10 | France | 1 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Croatia | 1 | +0.2 pts |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 1 | -0.2 pts |
| 13 | Germany | 0.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 14 | Denmark | 0.8 | -0 pts |
| 15 | Hungary | 0.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 16 | Portugal | 0.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 17 | Czechia | 0.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 18 | Greece | 0.7 | 0 pts |
| 19 | Austria | 0.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 20 | Poland | 0.7 | 0 pts |
| 21 | Spain | 0.7 | -0 pts |
| 22 | Netherlands | 0.7 | -0 pts |
| 23 | Ireland | 0.6 | -0 pts |
| 24 | Slovenia | 0.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 0.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 26 | Italy | 0.5 | -0.1 pts |
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About this ranking
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people: unlawful deaths inflicted on a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury. World Bank series from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Excludes deaths in armed conflict. Countries record and classify killings differently, and not every country reports every year, so coverage is uneven.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Bank, World Development Indicators. Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which EU country has the highest intentional homicide rate?
Latvia, with 3.7 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to the World Bank.
Which EU country has the lowest intentional homicide rate?
Italy, with 0.5 per 100,000 people in 2020.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5). Retrieved 2026-10-11. 1 EU countries have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.