Greece: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Greece's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) fell 0.28 on 2022 (from 1.12 to 0.84).

Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2022), the average change was +0.00666 and a typical year strayed about 0.2 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.33 in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.41 in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, Greece had the 60th highest value of the 81 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Greece in the 2023 ranking

• Austria — 57th of 81: 0.88
• Australia — 58th of 81: 0.85
• Denmark — 59th of 81: 0.84
• Cyprus — 61st of 81: 0.82
• Poland — 62nd of 81: 0.8
• Montenegro — 63rd of 81: 0.79

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 32 values

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in nearby economies

• Albania — 1.39 (2023)
• Armenia — 2.21 (2023)
• Austria — 0.88 (2023)
• Azerbaijan — 2.16 (2023)
• Belarus — 2.38 (2019)
• Belgium — 1.08 (2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1.22 (2023)
• Bulgaria — 1.09 (2023)
• Croatia — 0.67 (2023)
• Cyprus — 0.82 (2023)
• Czechia

More public sector data for Greece

• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 574 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 8.39 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 7.44 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.99% (2025)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 5.35 billion (2024)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 2.26% (2024)
• Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — 2.88 billion (2024)
• Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — 1.22% (2024)
• Social contributions (current LCU) — 31.52 billion (2024)
• Social contributions (% of revenue)

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Questions people ask

What is Greece's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)?

0.84 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 17.18% from 1.01 in 1990 (0.57% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.91 in 1997 and the lowest 0.73 in 2019.

How does Greece rank?

60th highest of 81 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) unusual for Greece?

In 2023, Greece's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) fell 0.28 on 2022 (from 1.12 to 0.84). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2022), the average change was +0.00666 and a typical year strayed about 0.2 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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