Intentional homicide rate

December 14, 2015 Alex

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Intentional homicide is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person.

Country	Homicide count	Homicide rate per 100,000 population
Honduras	7104	91.6
El Salvador	4308	69.2
Cote d’Ivoire	10801	56.9
Jamaica	1430	52.2
Venezuela	13080	45.1
Belize	129	41.4
Virgin Is.	43	39.2
Guatemala	5681	38.5
St. Kitts & Nevis	20	38.2
Zambia	4710	38
Uganda	11373	36.3
Malawi	5039	36
Lesotho	764	35.2
Trinidad & Tobago	472	35.2
Colombia	15459	33.4
South Africa	15940	31.8
Congo	1180	30.8
Central African Republic	1240	29.3
Puerto Rico	983	26.2
Ethiopia	20239	25.5
St. Lucia	44	25.2
Dominican Republic	2513	25
Tanzania	10357	24.5
Sudan	10028	24.2
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	25	22.9
Mexico	25757	22.7
Guinea	2152	22.5
Dominica	15	22.1
Burundi	1726	21.7
Congo, DRC	13558	21.7
Panama	759	21.6
Brazil	40974	21
Equatorial Guinea	137	20.7
Guinea-Bissau	294	20.2
Kenya	7733	20.1
Kyrgyzstan	1072	20.1
Cameroon	3700	19.7
Montserrat	1	19.7
Greenland	11	19.2
Angola	3426	19
Guyana	140	18.6
Ecuador	2638	18.2
Burkina Faso	2786	18
Eritrea	879	17.8
Namibia	352	17.2
Rwanda	1708	17.1
Chad	1686	15.8
Ghana	3646	15.7
North Korea	3658	15.2
Benin	1262	15.1
Sierra Leone	837	14.9
Mauritania	485	14.7
Botswana	287	14.5
Zimbabwe	1775	14.3
Gabon	200	13.8
Nicaragua	785	13.6
French Guiana	30	13.3
Papua New Guinea	854	13
Swaziland	141	12.9
Bermuda	8	12.3
Comoros	85	12.2
Nigeria	18422	12.2
Cape Verde	56	11.6
Grenada	12	11.5
Paraguay	741	11.5
Barbados	31	11.3
Costa Rica	527	11.3
Togo	627	10.9
Peru	2969	10.3
Myanmar	4800	10.2
Russia	14574	10.2
Liberia	371	10.1
Nauru	1	9.8
Bolivia	884	8.9
Kazakhstan	1418	8.8
Mozambique	1925	8.8
Mongolia	239	8.7
Senegal	1027	8.7
Turks & Caicos Is.	3	8.7
British Virgin Is.	2	8.6
Cayman Is.	5	8.4
Seychelles	7	8.3
Indonesia	18963	8.1
Madagascar	1588	8.1
Mali	1157	8
Pakistan	13860	7.8
Kiribati	7	7.3
Haiti	689	6.9
Timor-Leste	75	6.9
Anguilla	1	6.8
Antigua & Barbuda	6	6.8
Lithuania	219	6.6
Uruguay	199	5.9
Philippines	4947	5.4
Estonia	70	5.2
Ukraine	2356	5.2
Cuba	563	5
Belarus	479	4.9
Thailand	3307	4.8
Laos	279	4.6
Suriname	24	4.6
Georgia	187	4.3
Turkmenistan	203	4.2
United States	12996	4.2
Yemen	990	4.2
Albania	127	4
Niger	552	3.8
Solomon Is.	19	3.7
Sri Lanka	745	3.6
Montenegro	22	3.5
Argentina	1360	3.4
Cambodia	448	3.4
Djibouti	29	3.4
India	40752	3.4
Turkey	2320	3.3
Chile	541	3.2
Latvia	70	3.1
Uzbekistan	831	3.1
Iran	2215	3
Libya	176	2.9
Fiji	23	2.8
Liechtenstein	1	2.8
Nepal	818	2.8
Bangladesh	3988	2.7
South Korea	1251	2.6
Luxembourg	12	2.5
Mauritius	33	2.5
Afghanistan	712	2.4
Malaysia	604	2.3
Syria	463	2.3
Azerbaijan	206	2.2
Finland	118	2.2
Kuwait	59	2.2
Lebanon	95	2.2
Israel	159	2.1
Tajikistan	143	2.1
Bulgaria	147	2
Iraq	608	2
Romania	421	2
Belgium	200	1.9
Macedonia	40	1.9
Sao Tome & Principe	3	1.9
Cyprus	19	1.7
Czech Republic	181	1.7
Canada	554	1.6
Maldives	5	1.6
Vietnam	1346	1.6
Algeria	516	1.5
Bosnia & Herzegovina	56	1.5
Greece	176	1.5
Slovakia	84	1.5
Somalia	138	1.5
Armenia	44	1.4
Croatia	62	1.4
Morocco	447	1.4
Andorra	1	1.3
Hungary	133	1.3
Egypt	992	1.2
Ireland	54	1.2
Portugal	124	1.2
Serbia	123	1.2
United Kingdom	722	1.2
France	682	1.1
Netherlands	179	1.1
Poland	436	1.1
Samoa	2	1.1
Tunisia	117	1.1
Australia	229	1
Bhutan	7	1
China	13410	1
Malta	4	1
Saudi Arabia	265	1
Sweden	91	1
Tonga	1	1
Denmark	47	0.9
Italy	529	0.9
Micronesia	1	0.9
New Zealand	39	0.9
Qatar	13	0.9
Vanuatu	2	0.9
Germany	690	0.8
Spain	390	0.8
United Arab Emirates	39	0.8
Oman	18	0.7
Slovenia	15	0.7
Switzerland	52	0.7
Austria	53	0.6
Bahrain	6	0.6
Guam	1	0.6
Norway	29	0.6
Brunei	2	0.5
French Polynesia	1	0.4
Japan	506	0.4
Iceland	1	0.3
Singapore	16	0.3
Monaco	0	0
Palau	0	0

Intentional homicide count and rate per 100,000 population in the most populous city, by country (2000 – 2010)

Country/Territory	City	Variable	Year
			2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Kenya	Nairobi	Rate					7.1	7.0	6.1	4.1	4.0
		Count					201	196	177	121	117
Mauritius	Port Louis	Rate						5.4	3.4	5.4	9.4	7.4
		Count						8	5	8	14	11
Uganda	Kampala	Rate									13.4	15.3
		Count									401	459
United Republic of Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Rate					12.9
		Count					362
Zambia	Lusaka	Rate					8.5	8.1	8.6	10.8	3.1	9.5	8.1
		Count					128	121	129	162	46	142	121
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	Rate											1.6
		Count											163
Algeria	Algiers	Rate						0.8	0.5	0.4	0.5
		Count						21	13	15	19
Egypt	Cairo	Rate				0.2	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
		Count				11	25	21	49	49	51	43
Morocco	Casablanca	Rate				1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.4
		Count				35	36	44	30	41	36	52
Sudan	Khartoum	Rate									5.0
		Count									263
Botswana	Gaborone	Rate										16.1
		Count										36
Lesotho	Maseru	Rate								64.1	59.7	61.9
		Count								146	136	141
South Africa	Cape Town	Rate		77.0	86.0	60.0	55.0	55.4	61.0	59.9
		Count		2,306	2,629	1,871	1,749	1,797	2,016	2,018
Ghana	Accra	Rate									1.3	1.3
		Count									46	48
Liberia	Monrovia	Rate								4.6	6.7	5.7	4.9
		Count								46	68	58	50
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Rate								5.8	8.0
		Count								52	72
Bahamas	Nassau	Rate										28.5
		Count										71
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Rate						37.3	29.7
		Count						367	292
Haiti	Port au Prince	Rate								23.8	13.1	24.1	40.1
		Count								294	162	297	495
Jamaica	Kingston	Rate					33.7	50.8	33.1	43.1	29.0	26.8	20.2
		Count					220	331	216	281	189	175	132
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Rate					26.6	32.5	25.6	50.6	50.0	97.6	47.4
		Count					4	5	4	8	8	16	8
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Rate					28.5	43.3	36.7	31.9	60.7	47.0
		Count					77	117	99	86	164	127
Belize	Belize City	Rate					54.0	60.3	61.9	65.1	70.5	81.0	106.4
		Count					34	38	39	41	47	54	71
Costa Rica	San Jose	Rate						6.2	6.7
		Count						123	133
El Salvador	San Salvador	Rate							88.2			94.6
		Count							1,381			1,496
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Rate					94.7	102.1	108.0	115.3	109.0	118.3	116.6
		Count					1,018	1,098	1,161	1,239	1,172	1,272	1,253
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Rate										72.7
		Count										802
Mexico	Mexico City	Rate					8.0	7.9	7.3	8.0	8.0	8.4
		Count					710	698	649	714	713	747
Nicaragua	Managua	Rate						11.7	14.1
		Count						162	178
Panama	Panama City	Rate					13.1	15.8	15.0	18.1	27.0	34.6
		Count					207	256	248	305	465	610
Canada	Toronto	Rate				1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.5
		Count				89	88	99	96	103	101	84
United States of America	New York	Rate				7.2	6.8	6.5	7.1	5.9	6.3	5.6
		Count				597	570	539	596	496	523	471
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Rate						4.3	3.8	3.9
		Count						130	116	119
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	La Paz	Rate						5.5	5.2
		Count						46	44
Brazil	Sao Paolo	Rate					20.8	16.8	13.9	11.6	10.5	10.8
		Count					8,746	7,053	5,832	4,871	4,426	4,557
Colombia	Bogota	Rate					22.3	23.2	18.8	18.2	17.8	17.4	17.1
		Count					1,571	1,669	1,372	1,351	1,341	1,327	1,327
Ecuador	Quito	Rate						11.4	13.8
		Count						229	277
Paraguay	Asuncion	Rate						13.1	10.6
		Count						68	55
Peru	Lima	Rate					3.9
		Count					298
Uruguay	Montevideo	Rate								6.5
		Count								86
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Caracas	Rate	113.0	92.0	118.0	119.0	90.0	88.0	107.0	130.5	127.0	122.0
		Count	2,310	1,884	2,436	2,461	1,871	1,926	2,218	2,710	2,653	2,550
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Rate						11.5	10.9	8.7	11.3
		Count						173	164	130	170
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Rate				9.4	9.9	15.3	12.2	11.0	10.5
		Count				80	84	130	104	93	89
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Rate					8.2	6.0	6.0	5.0	3.4	3.7
		Count					52	38	39	32	22	24
Turkmenistan	Ashkhabad	Rate						3.6	3.5
		Count						33	33
Japan	Tokyo	Rate						0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4
		Count						47	55	55	83	55
Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Rate				16.8	15.5	16.3	15.7	14.8	11.5	10.2
		Count				162	150	157	152	143	111	98
Republic of Korea	Seoul	Rate										2.4
		Count										249
Indonesia	Jakarta	Rate					0.7
		Count					71
Malaysia	Kuala Lampur	Rate						3.0	4.4
		Count						47	70
Myanmar	Yangon	Rate							2.9
		Count							114
Philippines	Quezon City	Rate					1.2	3.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	5.3
		Count					28	69	47	43	46	123
Thailand	Bangkok	Rate						5.5	5.8	5.0	4.5	4.0
		Count						311	327	283	252	225
Timor-Leste	Dili	Rate											11.3
		Count											17
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Rate						3.6	5.3
		Count						231	344
India	Mumbai	Rate					1.5	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.3
		Count					253	212	239	230	210	217
Maldives	Male	Rate								6.7	5.0
		Count								8	6
Nepal	Kathmandu	Rate						19.2	18.5
		Count						172	166
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Rate							2.6	2.2	2.2	1.2
		Count							66	55	55	31
Armenia	Yerevan	Rate						0.6	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.9
		Count						20	26	29	40	28
Azerbaijan	Baku	Rate						3.5	3.5	3.3	3.3
		Count						70	70	67	67
Cyprus	Nicosia	Rate					1.3	1.0	2.6	1.0	1.0	1.3
		Count					4	3	8	3	3	4
Georgia	Tbilisi	Rate						13.1	7.8	8.2	4.9	5.0	3.4
		Count						141	86	90	56	57	39
Israel	Tel Aviv	Rate				4.6	4.8	6.1	3.8	4.3	4.6
		Count				18	19	24	15	17	18
Jordan	Amman	Rate						1.5	1.8
		Count						23	40
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Rate					0.3	1.0	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.2
		Count					2	8	9	12	11	11
Occupied Palestinian Territory	Hebron	Rate						3.2
		Count						17
Oman	Muscat	Rate								0.6	0.6
		Count								4	4
Qatar	Doha	Rate								1.3	1.1
		Count								5	4
Syrian Arab Republic	Aleppo	Rate								2.9	2.5
		Count								155	131
Turkey	Istanbul	Rate				6.7	6.8	7.3	6.7	5.2	4.7
		Count				842	854	923	842	656	596
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Rate						1.9	1.5
		Count						25	20
Belarus	Minsk	Rate					4.0	4.6	4.7	2.7	3.0	2.6
		Count					73	85	87	49	56	48
Bulgaria	Sofia	Rate				3.8	3.0	3.1	2.2	1.9	2.2	1.8
		Count				46	37	38	27	24	27	23
Czech Republic	Prague	Rate				3.9	4.1	3.1	3.3	3.3	2.6	2.7
		Count				45	48	37	39	40	32	34
Hungary	Budapest	Rate				2.3	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.1
		Count				39	32	31	30	17	26	35
Poland	Warsaw	Rate				2.9	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.2	1.5	1.9
		Count				49	36	37	36	37	25	33
Republic of Moldova	Chishinau	Rate					9.4	7.3	7.2	6.5	4.6	5.5	5.3
		Count					73	57	56	51	36	43	42
Romania	Bucharest	Rate				1.3	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.9
		Count				25	24	27	25	22	17	18
Russian Federation	Moscow	Rate					8.8	7.4	7.4	6.0	6.0	4.6
		Count					912	766	767	629	626	481
Slovakia	Bratislava	Rate				4.0	4.2	2.6	3.5	3.8	2.1	2.1
		Count				17	18	11	15	16	9	9
Ukraine	Kiev	Rate					5.0	4.4	4.4	3.4	3.4	4.2
		Count					139	122	122	95	93	115
Denmark	Copenhagen	Rate				1.6	1.2	3.2	1.8	1.4	1.6
		Count				8	6	16	9	7	8
Estonia	Tallinn	Rate				10.6	8.6	10.1	7.3	8.8	6.0	7.3
		Count				42	34	40	29	35	24	29
Finland	Helsinki	Rate					3.9	2.3	2.5	1.8	2.8	1.2
		Count					22	13	14	10	16	7
Iceland	Reykjavik	Rate						1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5
		Count						2	0	2	0	1
Ireland	Dublin	Rate				2.4	1.8	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.1
		Count				27	20	31	33	31	26
Latvia	Riga	Rate				12.9	10.5	5.2	7.6	5.4	4.8	5.4
		Count				95	77	38	55	39	34	38
Lithuania	Vilnius	Rate				9.8	8.5	8.5	6.9	7.4	10.6	5.4
		Count				54	47	47	38	41	59	30
Norway	Oslo	Rate				2.0	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.4	2.1	1.2
		Count				11	8	9	9	8	12	7
United Kingdom (England and Wales)	London	Rate				2.9	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.6
		Count				212	195	177	169	164	155	119
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	Belfast	Rate				2.9	2.2	4.9	4.1	2.2	1.5	2.6
		Count				8	6	13	11	6	4	7
United Kingdom (Scotland)	Glasgow	Rate					4.0	3.1	4.5	4.1	4.1	3.3
		Count					23	18	26	24	24	19
Albania	Tirana	Rate							1.1	1.6	2.8
		Count							9	13	22
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Rate						1.8	2.0
		Count						9	10
Croatia	Zagreb	Rate				1.9	0.9	2.1	1.4	0.8	1.9	0.6
		Count				15	7	16	11	6	15	5
Greece	Athens	Rate				0.9	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.3
		Count				29	32	39	35	32	45
Italy	Rome	Rate				1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.1
		Count				29	31	37	30	36	30
Montenegro	Podgorica	Rate				5.0	3.9	6.7	5.5	0.5	3.5
		Count				9	7	12	11	1	7
Portugal	Lisbon	Rate				0.6	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.2
		Count				11	10	15	16	13	10	5
Serbia	Belgrade	Rate						2.9	2.8	2.4	2.2	1.4
		Count						46	45	39	35	23
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Rate				1.1	2.6	1.5	0.4	1.1	0.0	0.4
		Count				3	7	4	1	3	0	1
Spain	Madrid	Rate						1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.0
		Count						36	37	34	39	32
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Skopje	Rate					3.4	2.8	4.0	4.0	2.3	2.3	2.3
		Count					18	15	21	21	12	12	12
Austria	Vienna	Rate				1.1	0.9	1.3	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.1
		Count				18	15	22	18	20	15	19
Belgium	Brussels	Rate	3.4	4.2	6.9	4.8	3.9	3.1	3.6	1.9	3.9	3.0
		Count	33	41	68	48	39	32	37	20	42	33
France	Paris	Rate				2.6	1.0	1.6	1.3	1.5	1.6
		Count				55	21	34	29	33	35
Germany	Berlin	Rate	2.2	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.8	1.1
		Count	76	77	68	68	67	60	50	42	42	61	37
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Rate				5.3	3.7	4.3	2.3	4.4	2.7	4.4
		Count				39	27	32	17	33	20	33
Australia	Sydney	Rate				1.4	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.1
		Count				60	46	51	62	49
New Zealand	Auckland	Rate						1.3	1.6	0.8	1.3
		Count						19	23	11	19
Solomon Islands	Honiara City	Rate					3.5	5.2	20.8	33.0	19.1
		Count					2	3	12	19	11