48,800 women and girls are estimated to have been killed by family members or intimate partners worldwide in 2022, according to a new report by the UN. This equates to an average of more than 133 women or girls having been killed by a relative each day. While far more men are killed in homicides worldwide than women (80 percent of killings were men in 2022), females are overrepresented in the home sphere, accounting for 66 percent of all victims of intimate partner killings.
As the following chart based on UN estimates shows, gender-based violence takes place in all regions worldwide. In 2022, Africa became the region with the highest number of girls and women killed in absolute terms - a position previously held by Asia. Africa also saw the highest rates of female intimate partner and family-related homicide of any region, at 2.8 women or girls per 100,000 female population. In terms of absolute numbers, Asia came in rank 2 with 18,400 women or girls killed that year, while the Americas saw the second highest rates with 1.5 women or girls killed per 100,000 female population. UN researchers note, however, that these figures are only estimates and that there are considerable gaps in the data.
https://www.statista.com/chart/31326/estimated-number-of-female-homicides-by-family-and-partners/