Moldova's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) was 2.54 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 62.14% from 6.72 in 2013 (9.26% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.54 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 5.26 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.72 | 2013 |
| Highest | 11.2 | 1992 |
| Lowest | 2.18 | 2021 |
| Average since 2014 | 4.05 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 6.52 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Moldova's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) rose 0.08 on 2022 (from 2.47 to 2.54).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.29 and a typical year strayed about 0.97 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 4.69 in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.5 in 1993. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.42 a year. A straight line explains 76% 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.
How it compares
In 2023, Moldova had the 35th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 2.54 | 2023 |
| World | 5.2 | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 2.1 | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 5.7 | 2023 |
Closest to Moldova in the 2023 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 34 values
| Year | Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.54 |
| 2022 | 2.47 |
| 2021 | 2.18 |
| 2020 | 3.03 |
| 2019 | 3.89 |
| 2018 | 5.26 |
| 2017 | 4.42 |
| 2016 | 6.18 |
| 2015 | 5.75 |
| 2014 | 4.82 |
| 2013 |
Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in nearby economies
More public sector data for Moldova
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 1.97 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.56% (2025)
- Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) — 1.27 (2023)
- Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) — 4.04 (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 113.29 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 1.39% (2025)
- Central government debt, total (current LCU) — 121.39 billion (2024)
- Central government debt, total (% of GDP) — 37.48% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 7.05 billion (2024)
- Grants and other revenue (% of revenue)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Moldova's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)?
- 2.54 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 60.97% from 6.52 in 1990 (2.81% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 11.2 in 1992 and the lowest 2.18 in 2021.
- How does Moldova rank?
- 35th highest of 81 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) unusual for Moldova?
- In 2023, Moldova's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) rose 0.08 on 2022 (from 2.47 to 2.54). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.29 and a typical year strayed about 0.97 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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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