Intentional Homicide, Rate per 100,000 population. Country Ranks 2017


 SOURCE: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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Intentional homicide is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Where only estimates were available, we used the highest UN estimate in the ranking table. Countries and regions are ranked highest to lowest score.

Rank Country Score
1 South Africa 69.0
2 Colombia 61.1
3 El Salvador 57.5
4 Jamaica 55.2
5 Côte d'Ivoire 45.7
6 Lesotho 37.3
7 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 37.0
8 Guatemala 36.4
9 Angola 36.0
10 Burundi 35.4
11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 35.2
12 Sierra Leone 34.0
13 Haiti 33.9
14 Zimbabwe 32.9
15 Honduras 32.2
16 Brazil 30.8
17 Belize 30.1
18 Russian Federation 29.7
19 Central African Republic 29.1
20 Sudan 28.6
21 Rwanda 26.6
22 United Republic of Tanzania 26.1
23 Uganda 25.2
24 Dominican Republic 24.2
25 Equatorial Guinea 24.0
26 Zambia 22.9
27 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.7
28 Bahamas 22.5
29 Botswana 21.5
30 Saint Lucia 21.3
31 Swaziland 21.1
32 Philippines 21.0
33 Kenya 20.8
34 Puerto Rico 20.3
35 Mozambique 20.2
36 Niger 20.2
37 Trinidad and Tobago 19.6
38 Ethiopia 19.3
39 Guyana 19.2
40 Chad 19.0
41 North Korea 18.9
42 Republic of Congo 18.8
43 Ecuador 18.5
44 Cambodia 18.5
45 Burkina Faso 18.1
46 Malawi 18.0
47 Mali 18.0
48 Paraguay 17.8
49 Nigeria 17.7
50 Namibia 17.4
51 Nicaragua 17.4
52 Guinea 17.3
53 Gabon 17.1
54 Liberia 16.8
55 Guinea-Bissau 16.3
56 Kazakhstan 16.2
57 Cameroon 16.1
58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.0
59 Eritrea 15.9
60 Myanmar 15.7
61 Mauritania 15.2
62 Papua New Guinea 15.2
63 Barbados 15.1
64 Senegal 14.2
65 Togo 13.7
66 Gambia 13.5
67 Panama 13.4
68 Mongolia 13.1
69 Benin 12.7
70 Ukraine 12.0
71 Seychelles 11.8
72 Suriname 11.8
73 Madagascar 11.7
74 Timor-Leste 11.7
75 Ghana 11.6
76 Mexico 11.3
77 Cape Verde 10.7
78 Dominica 10.3
79 Lithuania 10.3
80 Belarus 10.2
81 Latvia 10.2
82 Nauru 9.9
83 Algeria 9.6
84 Comoros 9.3
85 Thailand 9.0
86 Indonesia 8.9
87 Malaysia 8.9
88 Estonia 8.9
89 Turkmenistan 8.8
90 Kyrgyzstan 8.6
91 Anguilla 8.3
92 Republic of Moldova 8.2
93 Nepal 8.0
94 Bangladesh 7.8
95 Antigua and Barbuda 7.7
96 Costa Rica 7.3
97 Sri Lanka 7.2
98 Jordan 6.9
99 Turkey 6.9
100 Iraq 6.7
101 Albania 6.6
102 Kiribati 6.5
103 Pakistan 6.3
104 Georgia 6.2
105 Cuba 6.0
106 Uruguay 6.0
107 United States of America 5.9
108 Peru 5.7
109 Argentina 5.5
110 Chile 5.5
111 India 5.5
112 Sao Tome and Principe 5.4
113 Laos 5.4
114 Bolivia 5.3
115 Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of 5.2
116 Grenada 4.9
117 Israel 4.7
118 Bhutan 4.3
119 Guam 4.2
120 Palestinian Territory 4.0
121 Viet Nam 3.8
122 Uzbekistan 3.7
123 Montenegro 3.6
124 Djibouti 3.5
125 Afghanistan 3.4
126 Somalia 3.3
127 Armenia 3.3
128 Romania 3.3
129 Saudi Arabia 3.2
130 Yemen 3.2
131 Bulgaria 3.1
132 Monaco 3.1
133 Libya 2.9
134 Iran 2.9
135 Liechtenstein 2.9
136 Switzerland 2.9
137 Azerbaijan 2.8
138 Finland 2.8
139 Fiji 2.8
140 Mauritius 2.7
141 Syria 2.6
142 UK - Scotland 2.6
143 Lebanon 2.5
144 Tajikistan 2.4
145 Sweden 2.4
146 UK - Northern Ireland 2.4
147 Slovakia 2.3
148 China 2.2
149 South Korea 2.2
150 Czechia 2.2
151 Hungary 2.2
152 Oman 2.1
153 Maldives 2.1
154 Belgium 2.1
155 Slovenia 2.1
156 Canada 2.0
157 Croatia 2.0
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.9
159 Cyprus 1.8
160 Portugal 1.8
161 Marshall Island 1.8
162 Tunisia 1.7
163 Malta 1.7
164 Poland 1.7
165 France 1.6
166 UK - England & Wales 1.6
167 Australia 1.5
168 New Zealand 1.5
169 Solomon Islands 1.5
170 Brunei Darussalam 1.4
171 Kuwait 1.4
172 Serbia 1.4
173 Andorra 1.4
174 Netherlands 1.4
175 Spain 1.4
176 Egypt 1.3
177 Singapore 1.3
178 Italy 1.2
179 Morocco 1.1
180 Bermuda 1.1
181 Bahrain 1.1
182 Denmark 1.1
183 Ireland 1.1
184 Luxembourg 1.1
185 Samoa 1.1
186 Germany 1.0
187 Greece 1.0
188 Iceland 1.0
189 Tonga 1.0
190 Vanuatu 1.0
191 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.9
192 Palau 0.9
193 Qatar 0.8
194 Austria 0.8
195 Norway 0.8
196 United Arab Emirates 0.7
197 Hong Kong 0.6
198 Japan 0.5


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