What is the difference in homicide rate between Bulgaria and Turkey?

0.0566 deaths per 100,000 people, with Turkey ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Turkey?

14 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2022.

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.

Bulgaria vs Turkey: Homicide rate

Bulgaria

0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Turkey

0.9692 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

70th

Turkey rank

67th

Homicide rate over time

Bulgaria
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 0.9692 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0566 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 70th and Turkey ranks 67th of 111 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Turkey in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.98 deaths per 100,000 people	1.22 deaths per 100,000 people	0.7546 deaths per 100,000 people	Bulgaria
2010s	1.29 deaths per 100,000 people	1.46 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1751 deaths per 100,000 people	Turkey
2020s	0.8983 deaths per 100,000 people	1.04 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1403 deaths per 100,000 people	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate, Bulgaria or Turkey?: Turkey, at 0.9692 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in homicide rate between Bulgaria and Turkey?: 0.0566 deaths per 100,000 people, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Turkey?: 14 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2022.
How do Bulgaria and Turkey rank globally for homicide rate?: Bulgaria ranks 70th and Turkey ranks 67th 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.