Homicide rate 2024: North Macedonia 1.10 per 100,000 — how it compares to neighbours and the EU
Eurostat data show North Macedonia at 1.10 homicides per 100,000 in 2024 and place the country below several regional and EU peers.
North Macedonia recorded a police‑registered homicide rate of 1.10 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024, according to Eurostat data released this year.
Among neighbouring countries in the Western Balkans and the region, Montenegro reported the highest rate at 1.92, followed by Bulgaria at 1.23. Serbia registered 0.82 homicides per 100,000 and Greece 0.78.
EU picture: Baltic states at the top, Luxembourg at the bottom
Within the European Union, Lithuania had the highest homicide rate in 2024 with 2.63 per 100,000, followed by Latvia at 2.40 and Estonia at 1.82. At the opposite end, Luxembourg recorded the lowest rate in the EU at 0.30, with Italy at 0.57 and the Czech Republic at 0.63.
Eurostat’s figures also highlight a significant long‑term decline in Lithuania, where the homicide rate has fallen by more than half compared with 2014.
North Macedonia’s own trend over the last decade is downward as well: the country registered 1.21 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014 versus 1.10 in 2024. The data provide a statistical snapshot useful for comparing cross‑border crime levels, but do not in themselves explain underlying causes such as policing, social policy or judicial practice.
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