Guinea-Bissau: crime and justice
2 answers, 1 from Guinea-Bissau's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
What is the crime rate in Guinea-Bissau?
No current official crime statistics for Guinea-Bissau were found on the websites of the National Statistics Institute and the government portal (gov.gw, which did not respond), checked on 15 October 2026. The latest internationally reported figure is 1.12 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2017, according to the World Bank, which publishes UN Office on Drugs and Crime data.
The UNODC series uses a standard definition of intentional homicide so that countries can be compared. The 2016 value was 3.49, and no later years have been reported.
International comparisons
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
What is the murder rate in Guinea-Bissau?
The latest figure from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, for 2017, is 1.1 per 100,000. It is 14th highest of 14 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 4.6 per 100,000. World rank, highest first: 96th of 123.
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