Distribution of child homicide perpetrator proportions by perpetrator and region
| Total homicides | Parents | Family no parents | Acquaintances | Stranger | Unknown | |
| All children <18 (n=35) | 75 496 | 59.7 | 3.0 |
12.6 (5.9–31.3) |
2.1 (0.0–11.1) |
9.2 (0.0–21.9) |
| High-income countries(n=19) | 73 242 | 64.2 (56.2–71.8) | 2.4 (0.0–7.0) | 10.3 (5.4–13.7) | 2.0 (0.0–10.6) | 8.7 (0.0–17.7) |
| East Asia and Pacific (n=5) | 559 | 61.7 (46.7–78.6) | 5.9 (3.3–7.1) | 14.3 (10.0–26.9) | 8.3 (0.0–13.1) | 1.6 (0.0–11.9) |
| Americas (n=3) | 121 | 27.6 (25.0–30.3) | 21.7 (0.0–43.4) | 44.4 (26.3–62.5) | 6.3 (0.0–12.5) | 31.1 (0.0–43.4) |
| LMIC Europe (n=3) | 71 | 16.7 (14.3–69.6) | 0.0 (0.0–4.4) | 14.3 (0.0–44.4) | 8.7 (0.0–27.8) | 15.2 (11.1–71.4) |
| Africa (n=3) | 1042 | 23.6 (8.3–38.8) | 3.9 (0.0–7.8) | 19.1 (0.0–38.1) | 8.2 (3.8–12.5) | 11.5 (0.0–79.2) |
| Mediterranean (n=2) | 461 | 17.8 (10.5–25.0) | 25.6 (1.1–50.0) | 69.7 (64.3–75.0) | 0.4 (0.0–0.9) | 4.4 (0.0–8.8) |
| Girls (n=9) | 21 800 |
58.4 (0.0–66.7) |
5.3 (0.0–6.5) |
15.5 (0.0–24.4) |
6.5 (3.6–6.7) |
8.8 (0.0–9.8) |
| Boys (n=8) | 44 714 |
46.8 (14.1–63.8) |
5.8 (3.1–8.0) |
11.2 (3.6–28.3) |
9.2 (4.2–38.6) |
11.4 (4.8–16.8) |
| Under 1 year (n=12) | 5529 |
77.8 (61.5–100.0) |
0.0 (0.0–13.0) |
0.0 (0.0–0.0) |
0.0 (0.0–0.0) |
7.3 (0.0–24.0) |
| High-income countries (n=10) | 5131 | 77.9 (61.5–100.0) | 1.8 (0.0–7.3) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 3.6 (0.0–13.4) |
| East Asia and Pacific (n=2) | 40 | 96.3 (92.7–100.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 4.0 (0.0–7.9) |
| Americas (n=0) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| LMIC Europe (n=0) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Africa (n=2) | 358 | 40.7 (9.5–71.8) | 1.5 (0.0–3.0) | 0.6 (0.0–1.9) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 57.3 (24.0–90.5) |
| Mediterranean(n=0) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Adolescents (n=12) | 34 599 |
11.0 (0.0–33.3) |
1.5 (0.0–6.1) |
36.9 (6.6–51.8) |
6.6 (0.0–25.0) |
9.6 (1.0–32.8) |
| High-income countries (n=6) | 34 280 | 19.0 (0.0–40.0) | 2.1 (0.0–7.9) | 34.7 (0.0–37.6) | 14.5 (0.0–20.8) | 17.4 (5.6–37.9) |
| East Asia and Pacific (n=2) | 50 | 3.1 (0.0–6.3) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 80.2 (60.4–100.0) | 14.6 (0.0–29.2) | 1.0 (0.0–2.1) |
| Americas (n=1) | 68 | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 4.41 (4.1–4.4) | 13.2 (13.2–13.2) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 13.2 (13.2–13.2) |
| LMIC Europe (n=0) | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Africa (n=1) | 195 | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 3.1 (3.1–3.1) | 43.1 (43.1–43.1) | 41.5 (41.5–41.5) | 12.3 (12.3–12.3) |
| Mediterranean (n=2) | 6 | 16.7 (0.0–33.3) | 16.7 (0.0–33.3) | 33.3 (0.0–66.7) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 33.3 (0.0–66.7) |
Data are number of homicides or median (IQR).
n=number of countries with existing data.
*The high-income countries (classified by the World Bank15) included Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, England and Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Japan, Korea Rep., Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA.
LMIC, low-income and middle-income countries.