BE · 2021 · tps00146
Death due to homicide, assault, by sex
Belgium, 2021
In 2021, Belgium's death due to homicide, assault, by sex decreased by 9.6% compared to 2020, reaching 1.32.
Belgium accounts for 101.5% of the EU-27 total of 1.30.
Belgium ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 40.0% (from 2.20 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00146, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.