According to the Women's Peace and Security Index, prepared by the famous Georgetown University in the USA, Azerbaijan ranks 34th in the world in terms of the number of women killed as a result of domestic violence.
Yeniavaz.com reports according to the Women's Peace and Security Index, the number of deaths of women per 100 thousand people in Azerbaijan is 1.56.
Based on this, Azerbaijan's indicator was assessed as 0.63 (between 0-1).
In terms of the number of women killed as a result of domestic violence, Azerbaijan has the same figures as Burkina Faso, Egypt, Comoros, Myanmar and Lebanon.
The worst result was recorded in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's index in the Women's Peace and Security Index was 0.28.
According to the Index, the 10 countries with the highest number of female deaths were:
Afghanistan – 0.28
Syria – 0.38
Yemen – 0.39
Pakistan – 0.48
Iraq – 0.52
South Sudan – 0.54
Chad – 0.55
Democratic Republic of the Congo – 0.55
Sudan – 0.56
Sierra Leone – 0.56
According to the Index, the 10 countries with the fewest deaths among women were:
Norway – 0.92
Finland – 0.91
Iceland – 0.91
Denmark – 0.9
Luxembourg – 0.9
Switzerland - 0.9
Sweden – 0.9
Austria – 0.89
UK – 0.89
Netherlands – 0.89
The situation with female mortality in the countries of the former USSR and the region was as follows:
34. Azerbaijan – 0.63
46. Iran – 0.65
64. Türkiye – 0.69
72. Kyrgyzstan – 0.71
82. Armenia – 0.73
83. Tajikistan – 0.73
95. Uzbekistan – 0.74
103. Ukraine – 0.75
105. Moldova – 0.75
109. Turkmenistan – 0.76
110. Kazakhstan – 0.76
116. Russia – 0.77
129. Georgia - 0.81
131. Belarus – 0.81
139. Lithuania – 0.83
146. Latvia – 0.86
149. Estonia – 0.86
For information, the latest statistics released by the State Statistics Committee indicate that last year in Azerbaijan, a total of 1,439 criminal cases were registered on facts of domestic violence (family conflict). 62 crimes resulting from domestic violence resulted in death.

Elnur Ali