Nigeria Murder/Homicide Rate 2016-2024

Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.
  • Nigeria murder/homicide rate for 2019 was 21.74, a 35.3% decline from 2016.
  • Nigeria murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 33.60, a INF% increase from .
  • Nigeria murder/homicide rate for was 0.00, a NAN% decline from .
  • Nigeria murder/homicide rate for was 0.00, a NAN% decline from .
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Per 100K Population
Honduras 41.11
El Salvador 38.18
Nigeria 21.74
Nicaragua 7.73
Mongolia 6.34
Cabo Verde 5.72
Tunisia 4.74
Philippines 4.32
Bolivia 4.22
Ukraine 4.12
Moldova 3.89
Pakistan 3.65
Sri Lanka 3.43
Kenya 3.09
India 2.93
Myanmar 2.86
Kyrgyz Republic 2.20
Georgia 2.04
Ghana 1.81
Morocco 1.73
Kosovo 1.42
Uzbekistan 1.20
Mauritania 1.09
Bhutan 1.04
Micronesia 0.90
West Bank and Gaza 0.71
Vanuatu 0.66
Nigeria Murder/Homicide Rate - Historical Data
Year Per 100K Population Annual % Change
2019 21.74 -35.30%
2016 33.60 -35.30%