Iraq - Homicide rate

Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female)

The value for Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) in Iraq was 3.30 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.64 in 2009 and a minimum value of 3.23 in 2011.

Definition: Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female 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.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

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Year Value
2008 4.47
2009 6.64
2010 3.28
2011 3.23
2012 3.23
2013 3.30

Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)

The value for Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) in Iraq was 16.70 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.68 in 2008 and a minimum value of 10.95 in 2009.

Definition: Intentional homicides, male are estimates of unlawful male 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.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

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Year Value
2008 27.68
2009 10.95
2010 14.70
2011 13.81
2012 13.58
2013 16.70

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

The value for Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in Iraq was 10.07 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.19 in 2008 and a minimum value of 5.90 in 1993.

Definition: 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.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

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Year Value
1990 6.71
1991 6.55
1992 7.59
1993 5.90
1994 6.48
2008 16.19
2009 8.82
2010 9.05
2011 8.57
2012 8.46
2013 10.07

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility