Target 16.1: Reduce violence everywhere
UN definition: "Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere."
Intentional homicides - SDG Indicator 16.1.1
Definition: Indicator 16.1.1 is the "number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age".
Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups.
Goal: "Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates" across all countries by 2030.
There is no defined target level of reduction for this indicator.
Conflict-related deaths - SDG Indicator 16.1.2
Definition: Indicator 16.1.2 is "conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age and cause".
Conflict-related deaths are the number of deaths per 100,000 people from war, conflict, and terrorism-related deaths.
Goal: "Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates" across all countries by 2030.
There is no defined target level of reduction for this indicator.
Prevalence of all forms of violence - SDG Indicator 16.1.3
Definition: Indicator 16.1.3 is the "proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months".
Complete data for this indicator is not available. Data shown here is only one aspect of the complete indicator: the share of women (aged 15 years or older) who have experienced sexual or physical violence from an intimate partner over the previous 12 months.
Data on violence for non-partnered women, men, and psychological violence is not available.
Goal: "Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates" across all countries by 2030.
There is no defined target level of reduction for this indicator.
Public safety - SDG Indicator 16.1.4
Definition: Indicator 16.1.4 is the "proportion of the population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live".
Goal: "Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates" across all countries by 2030.
Target 16.2: Protect children from abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence
UN definition: "End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children."
