What this indicator measures
The indicator records intentional homicides per 100,000 people. Rates make countries with different population sizes more comparable than raw totals.
How Humain Alert transforms it
The pressure scale is min(rate ÷ 30 × 100, 100). The 30-per-100,000 ceiling is a visualization choice, not an internationally defined moral threshold. Raw rates and reference years remain visible beside the normalized value.
What it cannot prove
Definitions, reporting systems and update schedules vary. A national rate can hide strong local differences and does not explain the causes of violence.
A rate is not a count
Worked example — invented values. In an invented example, 20 homicides in a population of 2,000,000 produce a rate of 20 ÷ 2,000,000 × 100,000 = 1 per 100,000. A smaller population of 100,000 with two homicides has fewer deaths but a higher rate: 2 per 100,000. Counts and rates answer different questions.
On Humain Alert’s display scale, a raw rate of 6 becomes 6 ÷ 30 × 100 = 20 pressure points. It does not mean 20% of residents will experience violence. Rates of 30 and 45 both reach the capped display value of 100; the raw figures must remain visible because the cap hides their difference.
Humain Alert explanation · 13 September 2026. Source definitions are linked below; the example is not a new observation.
Source details
| Series | Intentional homicide rate |
|---|---|
| Publisher | UNODC via World Bank |
| Unit | deaths per 100,000 people |
| Source | Open the public dataset ↗ |
Country examples
Morocco
Values, years, coverage and interpretation limits.
Open profile →Spain
Values, years, coverage and interpretation limits.
Open profile →Further analysis
Our homicide explainer shows why rates and counts answer different questions, how low reporting coverage affects a regional mean and why a national average cannot explain causes. Rate, count and context →