Progress
On track or target met
On track or target met

Desired direction: Decrease

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Headline data

Number of victims of intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants
Year Value Units
2021 0.5 Per 100,000
2022 0.32 Per 100,000
2023 0.32 Per 100,000
2020 0.59 Per 100,000

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Number of victims of intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants
Target

16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere
Goal

16- Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Definition

Number of victims of intentional homicide/completed murder per 100,000 inhabitants.
Theoretical formula \[THD^{t} = \frac{HD^{t}}{P^{t}} \cdot 100.000\]

where:

$HD^{t} =$ number of known criminal offenses for intentional homicide/completed murder in year $t$

$P^{t} =$ population as of July 1 of year $t$
Available disaggregations

Province
Frequency

Annual
Observations

Data collected by the Ertzaintza (Basque Police) and local police forces. The data only include intentional homicides recorded in towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants. The basic common typologies established by the European Union (through its statistical office, Eurostat) for criminal offenses known to police forces in different countries are used.
Data last updated 2025/05/08
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

Source 1

Department of Security
Organisation Department of Security
Periodicity Annual
Link to data source Crime Statistics

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

This indicator is widely used at national and international level to measure the most extreme form of violent crime and it also provides a direct indication of lack of security.

Security from violence is a prerequisite for individuals to enjoy a safe and active life and for societies and economies to develop freely. Intentional homicides occur in all countries of the world and this indicator has a global applicability. Monitoring intentional homicides is necessary to better assess their causes, drivers and consequences and, in the longer term, to develop effective preventive measures. If data are properly disaggregated (as suggested in the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes), the indicator can identify the different type of violence associated with homicide: inter-personal (including partner and familyrelated violence), crime (including organized crime and other forms of criminal activities) and sociopolitical (including terrorism, hate crime).

Intentional homicide is defined as the unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury (Source: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes, ICCS 2015).

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator complies with United Nations metadata.
International results

Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex (victims per 100,000 population) VC_IHR_PSRC UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 16-1-1.pdf
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