Eritrea: crime and justice
2 answers, 1 from Eritrea's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
What is the murder rate in Eritrea?
Eritrea's homicide rate was 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2012, the latest year in World Bank Open Data, from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
The figure is more than a decade old and was estimated by UNODC rather than drawn from published police records, so it may not reflect the situation now. No official crime, police or court statistics were found on Eritrean government sites checked on 15 October 2026.
International comparisons
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
How many people have been killed in fighting in Eritrea?
The latest figure from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, for 2022, is 4. That compares with 57 in 2003. It is 18th highest of 20 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 225. World rank, highest first: 38th of 43.
Official bodies in Eritrea
- World Bank Open DataUNODC homicide estimate
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