Belarus's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) was 2.38 in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 53.45% from 5.12 in 2009 (7.36% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.38 | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 3.59 | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | 5.12 | 2009 |
| Highest | 10.28 | 1998 |
| Lowest | 2.38 | 2018 |
| Average since 2010 | 3.28 | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | 4.99 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Belarus' intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) rose 0.000673 on 2018 (from 2.38 to 2.38).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2018), the average change was +0.03 and a typical year strayed about 0.69 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.57 in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.99 in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.2 a year. A straight line explains 92% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 1.33 for 2022. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2017 to 2019 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.42, against 0.8 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 2.38 | 2019 |
| World | 5.2 | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 2.1 | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 5.7 | 2023 |
Closest to Belarus in the 2019 ranking
What this measures
An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.
Limitations: Statistics reported to the United Nations in the context of its various surveys on crime levels and criminal justice trends are incidents of victimization that have been reported to the authorities in any given country. That means that this data is subject to the problems of accuracy of all official crime data. The survey results provide an overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the criminal justice system to promote informed decision-making in administration, nationally and internationally. The degree to which different societies apportion the level of culpability to acts resulting in death is also subject to variation.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a aggregate values are computed by unodc. for additional information, please see the unodc website: https://dataunodc.un.org/sites/dataunodc.un.org/files/metadata_intentional_homicide.pdf.
All 26 values
| Year | Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.38 |
| 2018 | 2.38 |
| 2017 | 2.53 |
| 2016 | 3.23 |
| 2015 | 3.44 |
| 2014 | 3.59 |
| 2013 | 3.52 |
| 2012 | 3.59 |
| 2011 | 3.94 |
| 2010 | 4.23 |
| 2009 |
Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in nearby economies
More public sector data for Belarus
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 6.35 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.4% (2025)
- Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) — 3.4 billion (2024)
- Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) — 1.33% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 4.76 billion (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 1.87% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — 3.24 billion (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — 1.27% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 18.14 billion (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Belarus's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)?
- 2.38 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 52.18% from 4.99 in 1990 (2.51% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 10.28 in 1998 and the lowest 2.38 in 2018.
- Is the latest change in intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) unusual for Belarus?
- In 2019, Belarus' intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) rose 0.000673 on 2018 (from 2.38 to 2.38). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2018), the average change was +0.03 and a typical year strayed about 0.69 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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