There were 48,000 femicide victims in 2022, with the highest number in Africa.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data shows that approximately 55%, or 48,800 women and girls worldwide, were murdered by family members or partners in 2022.

The UNODC states that most of these murders were motivated by gender issues. This phenomenon can be called femicide.

"This means that, on average, more than 133 women or girls are murdered every day by someone in their own family," the UNODC wrote in its report.

According to the demographics, Africa was the region with the highest number of murders of women by family members, with 20,000 victims last year.

Asia followed in second place, with 18,000 women murdered by their own family members in 2022.

Then, the number of women murdered by partners/family members in the Americas reached 7,900, followed by Europe with 2,300 and Oceania with 200.

The report states that women and girls in Africa are at higher risk of being murdered by partners or other family members.

The gender-related homicide rate at home is estimated at 2.8 per 100,000 female population in Africa—the highest globally. This is followed by a ratio of 1.5 in the Americas, 1.1 in Oceania, 0.8 in Asia, and 0.6 in Europe.

“The alarming number of murders of women is a stark reminder that humanity is still grappling with deeply rooted inequalities in violence against women and girls,” said UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly in a written statement on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.

For information, the Indonesian National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) previously defined femicide as the murder of women driven by hatred, revenge, conquest, domination, enjoyment, and a view of women as property, allowing perpetrators to do as they please.

Komnas Perempuan states that femicide differs from ordinary murder because it contains aspects of gender inequality, domination, aggression, or oppression. According to the institution, femicide is not death as it is generally understood, but rather a product of patriarchal and misogynistic culture and occurs in the private, community, and state spheres.

(See also: Komnas Perempuan: Violence in the Personal Sphere Remains Most Dominant Each Year)