Countries with similar homicide rates as U.S. states

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Homicide rate from highest to lowest
Louisiana 11.8 – Costa Rica 11.77
Missouri 8.8 – Cape Verde 8.84
Alabama 8.4 – Dominica 8.4
Illinois 8.2 – Ecuador 8.23
Maryland 8.0 – Iraq 8.0
Mississippi 8.0 – Iraq 8.0
Nevada 7.6 – Ethiopia 7.6
South Carolina 7.4 – Eritrea 7.46
Tennessee 7.3 – Senegal 7.3
Arkansas 7.2 – Mongolia 7.23
Alaska 7.0 – Tanzania 7.01
New Mexico 6.7 – Yemen 6.67
North Carolina 6.7 – Yemen 6.67
Georgia 6.6 – Afghanistan 6.55
Indiana 6.6 – Afghanistan 6.55
Oklahoma 6.2 – Benin 6.01
Michigan 6.0 – Benin 6.01
Delaware 5.9 – Cameroon 5.93
Kentucky 5.9 – Cameroon 5.93
Virginia 5.8 – Zambia 5.85
Ohio 5.6 – Somalia 5.56
Arizona 5.5 – Somalia 5.56
Florida 5.4 – Somalia 5.56
Texas 5.3 – Kyrgyzstan 5.12
Pennsylvania 5.2 – Kyrgyzstan 5.12
California 4.9 – United States 4.88 (Kazakhstan 4.84 if US excluded)
West Virginia 4.4 – North Korea 4.41
New Jersey 4.2 – Turkmenistan 4.20
Wisconsin 4.0 – Burundi 4.03
Kansas 3.8 – Solomon Islands 3.77
Colorado 3.7 – East Timor 3.69
Montana 3.5 – Thailand 3.51
Wyoming 3.4 – Mozambique 3.39
New York 3.2 – Estonia 3.20
South Dakota 3.1 – Palau 3.11
Idaho 2.9 – Sri Lanka 2.91
Oregon 2.8 – Bhutan 2.75
Rhode Island 2.7 – Mauritius 2.71
Washington 2.7 – Mauritius 2.71
Nebraska 2.6 – Georgia 2.68
Hawaii 2.5 – Bangladesh 2.51
Utah 2.4 – Myanmar 2.42
Iowa 2.3 – Albania 2.28
Connecticut 2.2 – Syria 2.23
Vermont 2.2 – Syria 2.23
Massachusetts 2.0 – Jordan 2.0
North Dakota 2.0 – Jordan 2.0
Minnesota 1.8 – Bulgaria 1.8
Maine 1.5 – Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5
New Hampshire 1.3 – Cyprus 1.29