Central African Republic: crime and justice

How many cases of gender-based violence are recorded in the Central African Republic?

2,355 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence were registered in 2020 to 2022 by the care units covered in ICASEES's 2020-2022 statistical yearbook of gender-based violence incidents. 122 of the cases were linked to the armed conflict. The yearbook counts 1,272 cases handled in 2020, 1,395 in 2021 and 915 in 2022.

The figures cover cases reported to care units in Bangui and the provinces, including the joint police and gendarmerie unit UMIRR, so they measure cases that reached services, not total violence. The yearbook is the 2022 edition, the latest found on the ICASEES site on 15 October 2026.

Official sources: 2020-2022 statistical yearbook of gender-based violence incidents

What is the murder rate in the Central African Republic?

The latest intentional homicide rate for the Central African Republic on World Bank Open Data, based on UNODC data, is 20.12 per 100,000 people in 2016. No later year is published in the series.

No official national crime statistics for recent years were found on the sites of ICASEES or the Ministry of Justice, checked on 15 October 2026. Deaths in armed conflict are generally counted separately from intentional homicide in UNODC data.

Official sources: World Bank Open Data

How many murders are there in the Central African Republic?

The latest figure from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, for 2016, is 20.1 per 100,000. It is 3rd highest of 17 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 5.6 per 100,000. Worldwide: 15th of 120.

How many women are murdered in the Central African Republic?

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime puts the homicide rate for women in the Central African Republic at 10.6 per 100,000 in 2016. It is 1st highest of 8 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 2.5 per 100,000. Worldwide: 2nd of 103.

How many men are killed in the Central African Republic?

The latest figure from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, for 2016, is 29.8 per 100,000. It is 2nd highest of 8 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 9.9 per 100,000. Worldwide: 16th of 102.

How many people have been killed in fighting in the Central African Republic?

According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, battle-related deaths in the Central African Republic was 177 in 2024. Its high point since 2006 was 2021, at 906; its low point was 2015, at 27. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 164; the Central African Republic is 10th highest of 20. World rank, highest first: 23rd of 41.