Geography

Countries by Homicide Rate

Name: Countries by Homicide Rate
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Countries ranked by intentional homicide rate.

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Location↕	Rate↕	Count↕	Year↕	Region↕	Subregion↕
Afghanistan *	4.02	1,613	2,021	Asia	Southern Asia
Albania *	2.04	49	2,024	Europe	Southern Europe
Algeria	1.16	536	2,023	Africa	Northern Africa
American Samoa	0	0	2,019	Oceania	Polynesia
Andorra	2.57	2	2,020	Europe	Southern Europe
Angola	4.1	1,196	2,016	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Anguilla	28.33	4	2,014	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda *	10.66	10	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina *	4.31	1,961	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Armenia *	2.19	61	2,021	Asia	Western Asia
Aruba	1.93	2	2,014	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Australia *	0.85	226	2,023	Oceania	Australia and New Zealand
Austria *	0.88	80	2,023	Europe	Western Europe
Azerbaijan *	1.99	206	2,024	Asia	Western Asia
Bahamas	31.22	128	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Bahrain *	0.2	3	2,022	Asia	Western Asia
Bangladesh *	2.34	3,830	2,018	Asia	Southern Asia
Barbados	15.27	43	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Belarus *	2.33	225	2,019	Europe	Eastern Europe
Belgium *	1.08	125	2,021	Europe	Western Europe
Belize *	27.88	113	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Bermuda	6.18	4	2,023	Americas	Northern America
Bhutan *	2.46	19	2,020	Asia	Southern Asia
Bolivia *	4.37	535	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.22	39	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Botswana	10.55	273	2,021	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Brazil *	19.27	40,698	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
British Virgin Islands	8.22	2	2,006	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Brunei	0.49	2	2,013	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Bulgaria *	1.09	74	2,023	Europe	Eastern Europe
Burundi	5.82	635	2,016	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Cape Verde *	6.18	36	2,020	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Cambodia *	1.84	268	2,011	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Cameroon	4.54	1,202	2,020	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Canada *	2.27	874	2,022	Americas	Northern America
Cayman Islands	4.46	3	2,020	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Chile *	6.35	1,248	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
China *	0.5	7,157	2,020	Asia	Eastern Asia
Colombia *	25.27	13,108	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Cook Islands	3.49	1	2,012	Oceania	Polynesia
Costa Rica *	17.75	906	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Croatia *	0.77	31	2,022	Europe	Southern Europe
Cuba *	4.42	500	2,019	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Curaçao	17.09	26	2,007	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Cyprus *	1.41	13	2,024	Asia	Western Asia
Czech Republic *	0.77	83	2,023	Europe	Eastern Europe
Denmark *	0.84	50	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
Dominica	26.12	19	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Dominican Republic *	12.37	1,389	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Timor-Leste	4.06	49	2,015	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Ecuador *	45.72	8,221	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Egypt *	1.34	1,360	2,017	Africa	Northern Africa
El Salvador *	7.83	496	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Eritrea	14.57	474	2,012	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Estonia *	1.54	21	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
Eswatini	12.66	151	2,021	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia *	8.63	8,153	2,012	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Fiji	2.17	20	2,020	Oceania	Melanesia
Finland *	0.98	55	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
France *	1.31	897	2,024	Europe	Western Europe
French Guiana	13.3	39	2,020	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
French Polynesia	0.35	1	2,009	Oceania	Polynesia
Georgia *	2.04	77	2,019	Asia	Western Asia
Germany *	0.91	770	2,023	Europe	Western Europe
Ghana *	1.81	607	2,022	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Gibraltar *	0	0	2,024	Europe	Southern Europe
Greece *	0.84	86	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Greenland *	5.37	3	2,016	Americas	Northern America
Grenada	6.38	8	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Guadeloupe *	5.78	23	2,016	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Guam	4.15	7	2,019	Oceania	Micronesia
Guatemala *	19.99	3,520	2,021	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Guinea-Bissau	1.12	21	2,017	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Guyana *	16.2	131	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Haiti *	41.15	4,789	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Holy See *	0	0	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Honduras *	31.44	3,347	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Hong Kong *	0.4	30	2,022	Asia	Eastern Asia
Hungary *	0.77	75	2,023	Europe	Eastern Europe
Iceland *	1.07	4	2,022	Europe	Northern Europe
India *	2.83	40,130	2,022	Asia	Southern Asia
Indonesia *	0.31	847	2,022	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Iran *	2.42	1,936	2,014	Asia	Southern Asia
Iraq	9.41	3,339	2,013	Asia	Western Asia
Iraq (Central Iraq)	15.4	5,459	2,021	Asia	Western Asia
Iraq (Kurdistan Region)	2.25	111	2,013	Asia	Western Asia
Ireland	0.65	34	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
Isle of Man	0	0	2,016	Europe	Northern Europe
Israel *	1.63	147	2,022	Asia	Western Asia
Italy *	0.55	322	2,022	Europe	Southern Europe
Jamaica *	49.3	1,400	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Japan *	0.23	285	2,023	Asia	Eastern Asia
Jordan *	0.99	113	2,023	Asia	Western Asia
Kazakhstan *	2.63	511	2,022	Asia	Central Asia
Kenya *	4.89	2,643	2,022	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Kiribati	7.17	8	2,012	Oceania	Micronesia
Kosovo *	1.99	33	2,021	Europe	Southern Europe
Kuwait *	0.25	11	2,020	Asia	Western Asia
Latvia *	2.5	47	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
Lebanon	2.26	128	2,020	Asia	Western Asia
Lesotho *	37.69	752	2,008	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Liberia *	3.12	135	2,012	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Liechtenstein	5.12	2	2,021	Europe	Western Europe
Lithuania	2.63	75	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
Luxembourg	1.54	10	2,022	Europe	Western Europe
Macau *	0.57	4	2,023	Asia	Eastern Asia
Malawi *	1.79	279	2,012	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Malaysia *	0.72	243	2,021	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Maldives *	0.59	3	2,019	Asia	Southern Asia
Malta *	0.56	3	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Marshall Islands	4.01	2	1,994	Oceania	Micronesia
Martinique	2.79	11	2,009	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Mauritania *	1.02	46	2,020	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Mauritius *	2.23	29	2,022	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Mayotte	5.82	12	2,009	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Mexico *	24.86	32,252	2,023	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Micronesia	0.9	1	2,019	Oceania	Micronesia
Monaco	0	0	2,008	Europe	Western Europe
Mongolia	5.59	196	2,024	Asia	Eastern Asia
Montenegro *	0.79	5	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Montserrat	0	0	2,018	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Morocco	1.69	635	2,024	Africa	Northern Africa
Mozambique	3.57	849	2,011	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Myanmar *	3.87	2,098	2,022	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Namibia *	12.45	315	2,021	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Nepal *	2.1	617	2,020	Asia	Southern Asia
Netherlands *	0.69	125	2,023	Europe	Western Europe
New Caledonia	3.11	8	2,009	Oceania	Melanesia
New Zealand *	1.11	57	2,021	Oceania	Australia and New Zealand
Nicaragua	11.01	754	2,021	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Niger	4.39	788	2,012	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria *	21.74	44,200	2,019	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
North Macedonia	1.53	28	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Northern Ireland	1.41	27	2,022	Europe	Northern Europe
Norway *	0.72	40	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
Oman *	0.14	7	2,023	Asia	Western Asia
Pakistan *	4.33	10,729	2,023	Asia	Southern Asia
Palau	11.2	2	2,018	Oceania	Micronesia
Palestine *	1.41	74	2,022	Asia	Western Asia
Panama *	11.32	499	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Papua New Guinea *	9.4	713	2,010	Oceania	Melanesia
Paraguay *	6.96	472	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Peru *	8.46	2,853	2,021	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Philippines *	4.32	4,764	2,019	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Poland *	0.8	311	2,023	Europe	Eastern Europe
Portugal *	0.8	82	2,021	Europe	Southern Europe
Puerto Rico *	15.27	489	2,024	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Qatar *	0.07	2	2,022	Asia	Western Asia
South Korea *	0.48	247	2,023	Asia	Eastern Asia
Moldova *	2.54	78	2,023	Europe	Eastern Europe
Réunion	1.7	15	2,009	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Romania *	1.12	213	2,024	Europe	Eastern Europe
Russia *	7.76	11,327	2,024	Europe	Eastern Europe
Rwanda	3.59	472	2,020	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Saint Helena	0	0	2,009	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis *	23.08	11	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Saint Lucia *	36.7	66	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Saint Martin	28.73	10	2,016	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	16.52	1	2,009	Americas	Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40.41	42	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Samoa	6.2	13	2,018	Oceania	Polynesia
San Marino	0	0	2,011	Europe	Southern Europe
São Tomé and Príncipe	3.23	6	2,011	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Saudi Arabia *	0.8	285	2,019	Asia	Western Asia
Scotland	0.97	53	2,021	Europe	Northern Europe
Serbia *	1.31	89	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Seychelles	9.34	10	2,022	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone	2.14	176	2,020	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Singapore *	0.07	4	2,023	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Slovakia *	1.12	62	2,023	Europe	Eastern Europe
Slovenia *	0.57	12	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Solomon Islands	3.68	19	2,008	Oceania	Melanesia
South Africa *	45.53	27,272	2,022	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
South Sudan	14.05	1,504	2,012	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Spain *	0.69	331	2,023	Europe	Southern Europe
Sri Lanka *	3.43	742	2,019	Asia	Southern Asia
Suriname *	7.28	45	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Sweden *	1.15	121	2,023	Europe	Northern Europe
Switzerland *	0.6	53	2,023	Europe	Western Europe
Syria	2.07	463	2,010	Asia	Western Asia
Tajikistan	0.91	87	2,020	Asia	Central Asia
Tanzania	3.71	2,286	2,020	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Thailand *	4.81	3,307	2,011	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Tonga *	0.95	1	2,019	Oceania	Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago *	39.52	605	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Tunisia	4.62	562	2,020	Africa	Northern Africa
Turkey *	3.23	2,817	2,023	Asia	Western Asia
Turkmenistan	1.09	63	2,015	Asia	Central Asia
Turks and Caicos Islands	76.58	35	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Tuvalu *	0	0	2,019	Oceania	Polynesia
Uganda	8.77	4,143	2,022	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ukraine *	3.84	1,673	2,021	Europe	Eastern Europe
United Arab Emirates *	0.75	71	2,022	Asia	Western Asia
United Kingdom *. England and Wales	1.15	684	2,021	Europe	Northern Europe
United States *	5.76	19,796	2,023	Americas	Northern America
U.S. Virgin Islands	49.63	52	2,012	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Uruguay	11.19	383	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Uzbekistan	1.41	479	2,021	Asia	Central Asia
Vanuatu	0.32	1	2,020	Oceania	Melanesia
Venezuela *	12.61	3,568	2,022	Americas	Latin America and the Caribbean
Vietnam *	1.54	1,358	2,011	Asia	South-eastern Asia
Yemen *	6.31	1,703	2,013	Asia	Western Asia
Zambia *	5.25	853	2,015	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe *	6.76	1,086	2,022	Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa

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