What is the difference in homicide rate between Belgium and Slovakia?

0.0627 deaths per 100,000 people, with Slovakia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Slovakia?

26 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Slovakia: Homicide rate

Belgium

0.656 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Slovakia

0.7187 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Belgium rank

81st

Slovakia rank

79th

Homicide rate over time

Belgium
Slovakia

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 0.7187 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.656 deaths per 100,000 people in Belgium, a difference of 0.0627 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Slovakia ahead.

Belgium ranks 81st and Slovakia ranks 79th of 111 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Slovakia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Slovakia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.92 deaths per 100,000 people	2.29 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3729 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2000s	1.57 deaths per 100,000 people	1.77 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2045 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2010s	1.02 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8224 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1933 deaths per 100,000 people	Belgium
2020s	0.6876 deaths per 100,000 people	0.5139 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1737 deaths per 100,000 people	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate, Belgium or Slovakia?: Slovakia, at 0.7187 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.656 deaths per 100,000 people in Belgium as of 2023.
What is the difference in homicide rate between Belgium and Slovakia?: 0.0627 deaths per 100,000 people, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Slovakia?: 26 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2021.
How do Belgium and Slovakia rank globally for homicide rate?: Belgium ranks 81st and Slovakia ranks 79th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Homicide rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 4,803 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Annual number of deaths from homicide per 100,000 people.