Female Homicide Victims in 19 African Countries, 1990–2024

19 African countries are covered by this dataset of female homicide victims. It contains 162 observations spanning the years 1990 to 2024, repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa from Our World in Data. The data likely contains annual counts or rates of female homicide victims per country.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in female homicide based on the 1990–2024 time range
• Compare gender-based violence statistics across the 19 African countries mentioned
• Model correlations between female homicide rates and other socio-economic indicators
• Support policy evaluation and resource allocation for violence prevention programs

Strengths

• Covers a 34-year time range from 1990 to 2024
• Includes data from 19 distinct African countries
• Derived from the authoritative Our World in Data source

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Collection Method

Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa; original collection method not specified

Time Range

1990–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:20:52; freshness should be verified

Geography

19 African countries