Turkmenistan: crime and justice

What is the murder rate in Turkmenistan?

Turkmenistan recorded 1.7 victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 people in 2025, according to the TurkmenStat SDG platform (indicator 16.1.1). The rate was also 1.7 in 2023 and 2024, 2.1 in 2022 and 3.5 in 2015.

The rate has fallen in most years since 2015. Intentional homicide means unlawful killing intended to cause death or serious injury; it leaves out deaths in armed conflict. The platform does not break the rate down by sex or age. No other official crime, prosecution or prison statistics were found on the State Committee on Statistics' site or its SDG platform, checked on 15 October 2026.

Official sources: TurkmenStat SDG platform

What is the murder rate in Turkmenistan?

In 2015, the intentional homicide rate in Turkmenistan was 1.0 per 100,000, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. That is the lowest since at least 2005. Europe & Central Asia median: 1.2 per 100,000; Turkmenistan is 26th highest of 44. Worldwide: 89th of 120.

How many women are killed in Turkmenistan?

The latest figure from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, for 2015, is 0.4 per 100,000. It is the bottom of the series, which starts in 2010. It is 39th highest of 42 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 0.9 per 100,000. Of 98 countries with 2015 data, 89th highest.

How many men are murdered in Turkmenistan?

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the homicide rate for men in Turkmenistan was 1.6 per 100,000 in 2015. That is the lowest since at least 2010. It is 26th highest of 43 in Europe & Central Asia, where the median is 2.0 per 100,000. Worldwide: 74th of 102.