Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

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33per 100,000 people

South Africa · 2020

Intentional homicides in South Africa (per 100,000 people) were 33 per 100,000 people in 2020 (World Bank).

Original source

Publisher: World Bank
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC / World Bank)
Locator: VC.IHR.PSRC.P5: {"countryiso3code":"ZAF","date":"2020","indicator.id":"VC.IHR.PSRC.P5"}
Retrieved: 3 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, ZA, 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31: 32.9775673780065 per 100,000 people (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 33 per 100,000 peoplematches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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World Bank. (2020). Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC / World Bank). Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?format=json&per_page=20000. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D615N77YCWE5M8RFHE34WVG53Z

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MLA: World Bank. "Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC / World Bank)." 2020, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D615N77YCWE5M8RFHE34WVG53Z.
Chicago: World Bank. "Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC / World Bank)." 2020. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?format=json&per_page=20000. Accessed October 3, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D615N77YCWE5M8RFHE34WVG53Z.
BibTeX: @misc{worldbank2020intentionalwvg53z, author = {{World Bank}}, title = {Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC / World Bank)}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D615N77YCWE5M8RFHE34WVG53Z}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?format=json\&per\_page=20000. Accessed October 3, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: World Bank · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC / World Bank)
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: VC.IHR.PSRC.P5
Version: WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: 10bb69cdaabd938ce4a8a79ebeed7c1c1937d054442475ba9857c6c132255395
Response retrieved: 3 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: VC.IHR.PSRC.P5: {"countryiso3code":"ZAF","date":"2020","indicator.id":"VC.IHR.PSRC.P5"}
Retrieved: 3 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 3 October 2026
Last revision: 4 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_D615N77YCWE5M8RFHE34WVG53Z

Same indicator, other countries

2020 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Jamaica	47.1 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Honduras	35.7 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31.9 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Venezuela	29.5 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Saint Lucia	29.2 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Mexico	29 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Trinidad and Tobago	26.9 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Belize	26.1 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Colombia	22.6 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Dominica	22.2 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Brazil	21.8 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
El Salvador	21.5 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Saint Kitts and Nevis	21.3 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Guyana	19.4 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record
Bahamas	18.4 per 100,000 people	World Bank	Open record

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Record last modified 4 October 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_D615N77YCWE5M8RFHE34WVG53Z.