Uganda: Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)

Key figures

Since 2008 it is down 5.97% from 16 in 2008 (0.41% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2023, Uganda had the 21st highest value of the 78 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 Uganda in the 2023 ranking

• Antigua and Barbuda — 17th of 78: 20.27
• Uruguay — 18th of 78: 19.78
• Dominican Republic — 19th of 78: 19.58
• Barbados — 21st of 78: 14.77
• Bermuda — 22nd of 78: 12.63
• Paraguay — 23rd of 78: 11.45

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 10 values

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

• Mauritius — 2.97 (2022)
• South Africa — 73.37 (2022)
• Tanzania — 5.81 (2020)

More public sector data for Uganda

• Military expenditure (current USD) — 1.3 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 4.67 trillion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.96% (2025)
• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 2 million (2025)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 46,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 0.24% (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 9.02% (2025)
• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 4 (2025)
• CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)

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Questions people ask

What is Uganda's intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)?

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

How has it changed since 2008?

It is down 5.97% from 16 in 2008 (0.41% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 20.2 in 2014 and the lowest 14.69 in 2022.

How does Uganda rank?

21st highest of 78 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.MA.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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