Overview
- From 2020 to 2024, an average of 22 women a year were killed by a current or former partner, a level that has remained stable since 2010.
- In the same five-year period, an average of 43 women were killed annually overall, with roughly half of cases involving a partner or ex-partner.
- Since 2010, partner or ex-partner killings have averaged 2.7 per 1 million women, while killings by other or unknown perpetrators fell from about 3 to just over 2 per million.
- Risk is highest for women aged 20 to 40 and relatively elevated for divorced women at 5.6 victims per million, compared with 2.5 for married and just over 2 for unmarried or widowed women.
- In European comparisons for 2017–2023, the Netherlands is mid-range, with Slovakia lower and Finland and Lithuania higher, though differing registrations and definitions limit direct rankings.