Worldwide Homicide / Murder Rate
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|
Country
|
Murder Rate
(rate per 100,000 population) |
|
Honduras
|
60.87
|
|
Jamaica
|
59.5
|
|
El Salvador
|
51.83
|
|
Venezuela
|
47.21
|
|
Guatemala
|
45.17
|
|
Colombia
|
40.1
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
39.67
|
|
Angola
|
38.59
|
|
Burundi
|
37.38
|
|
Lesotho
|
36.69
|
|
South Africa
|
36.54
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
35.25
|
|
Democratic Republic
of the Congo |
34.99
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
34.29
|
|
Belize
|
34.26
|
|
Central African Republic
|
29.84
|
|
Anguilla
|
27.61
|
|
Rwanda
|
27.27
|
|
Sudan
|
27.23
|
|
United Republic of Tanzania
|
25.8
|
|
Zambia
|
22.51
|
|
Bahamas
|
22.4
|
|
Brazil
|
21.97
|
|
Haiti
|
21.8
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
21.51
|
|
Swaziland
|
21.1
|
|
Guyana
|
20.7
|
|
Ethiopia
|
20.47
|
|
Niger
|
20.47
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
20.35
|
|
Mozambique
|
20
|
|
Congo
|
19.9
|
|
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea |
19.25
|
|
Chad
|
19.18
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
19.1
|
|
Ecuador
|
18.1
|
|
Namibia
|
17.86
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
17.59
|
|
Mali
|
17.56
|
|
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines |
17.51
|
|
Malawi
|
17.46
|
|
Liberia
|
17.43
|
|
Barbados
|
17.42
|
|
Gabon
|
16.24
|
|
Eritrea
|
16.1
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
16
|
|
Myanmar
|
15.58
|
|
Mauritania
|
15.1
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
15.1
|
|
Senegal
|
14.85
|
|
Gambia
|
14.31
|
|
Togo
|
14.26
|
|
Russian Federation
|
14.18
|
|
Benin
|
13.74
|
|
Suriname
|
13.66
|
|
Panama
|
13.28
|
|
Nicaragua
|
12.97
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
12.52
|
|
Madagascar
|
12.42
|
|
Paraguay
|
12.21
|
|
Comoros
|
11.95
|
|
Botswana
|
11.9
|
|
Mexico
|
11.59
|
|
Cape Verde
|
11.39
|
|
Bolivia
|
10.64
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
10.56
|
|
Nauru
|
9.91
|
|
Indonesia
|
9.29
|
|
Uganda
|
8.7
|
|
Lithuania
|
8.61
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
8.49
|
|
Seychelles
|
8.44
|
|
Costa Rica
|
8.28
|
|
Chile
|
8.1
|
|
Mongolia
|
7.91
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
7.78
|
|
Georgia
|
7.57
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
7.42
|
|
Iraq
|
7.31
|
|
Republic of Moldova
|
7.21
|
|
Pakistan
|
6.81
|
|
Kiribati
|
6.64
|
|
Philippines
|
6.44
|
|
Estonia
|
6.26
|
|
Dominica
|
5.92
|
|
Thailand
|
5.9
|
|
Uruguay
|
5.78
|
|
Belarus
|
5.56
|
|
Cuba
|
5.5
|
|
Ukraine
|
5.36
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
5.33
|
|
Argentina
|
5.24
|
|
United States of America
|
5.22
|
|
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
|
5.17
|
|
Grenada
|
4.89
|
|
Latvia
|
4.38
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
4.13
|
|
Yemen
|
3.97
|
|
Occupied Palestinian Territory
|
3.85
|
|
Mauritius
|
3.75
|
|
Montenegro
|
3.7
|
|
Kenya
|
3.65
|
|
Afghanistan
|
3.44
|
|
Serbia
|
3.42
|
|
Djibouti
|
3.41
|
|
Albania
|
3.29
|
|
Somalia
|
3.25
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
3.24
|
|
Cambodia
|
3.23
|
|
Peru
|
3.21
|
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
3
|
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
|
2.95
|
|
Turkey
|
2.94
|
|
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
|
2.88
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
2.81
|
|
Fiji
|
2.8
|
|
India
|
2.77
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
2.63
|
|
Maldives
|
2.62
|
|
Bangladesh
|
2.56
|
|
Armenia
|
2.53
|
|
Finland
|
2.49
|
|
Romania
|
2.47
|
|
Israel
|
2.43
|
|
Malaysia
|
2.31
|
|
Republic of Korea
|
2.3
|
|
Tajikistan
|
2.29
|
|
Cameroon
|
2.28
|
|
Bulgaria
|
2.27
|
|
Nepal
|
2.24
|
|
United Kingdom (Scotland)
|
2.16
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
2
|
|
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia |
2
|
|
Czech Republic
|
1.96
|
|
Ireland
|
1.95
|
|
Viet Nam
|
1.85
|
|
Belgium
|
1.83
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.8
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
1.8
|
|
Ghana
|
1.75
|
|
Jordan
|
1.74
|
|
Slovakia
|
1.74
|
|
Tunisia
|
1.68
|
|
Canada
|
1.67
|
|
Croatia
|
1.61
|
|
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Nothern Ireland |
1.57
|
|
Bermuda
|
1.56
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
1.52
|
|
Hungary
|
1.47
|
|
Malta
|
1.47
|
|
Luxembourg
|
1.46
|
|
Denmark
|
1.4
|
|
Kuwait
|
1.38
|
|
Bhutan
|
1.36
|
|
France
|
1.35
|
|
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
|
1.35
|
|
Andorra
|
1.3
|
|
Nigeria
|
1.29
|
|
New Zealand
|
1.25
|
|
Australia
|
1.23
|
|
China
|
1.21
|
|
Poland
|
1.21
|
|
United Kingdom
(England and Wales) |
1.19
|
|
Italy
|
1.16
|
|
Portugal
|
1.16
|
|
Samoa
|
1.12
|
|
Greece
|
1.1
|
|
Cyprus
|
1
|
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
Qatar
|
1
|
|
Tonga
|
0.99
|
|
Vanuatu
|
0.95
|
|
Micronesia (Federated States of)
|
0.92
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
0.92
|
|
Spain
|
0.91
|
|
Sweden
|
0.89
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
0.85
|
|
Egypt
|
0.84
|
|
Germany
|
0.8
|
|
Bahrain
|
0.77
|
|
Switzerland
|
0.72
|
|
Oman
|
0.65
|
|
Algeria
|
0.64
|
|
Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of China |
0.64
|
|
Norway
|
0.64
|
|
Austria
|
0.58
|
|
Guam
|
0.58
|
|
Lebanon
|
0.56
|
|
Slovenia
|
0.55
|
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
0.53
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
0.49
|
|
Japan
|
0.45
|
|
Guinea
|
0.44
|
|
Morocco
|
0.4
|
|
Singapore
|
0.39
|
|
Cote d’Ivoire
|
0.37
|
|
Iceland
|
0
|
|
Monaco
|
0
|
|
Palau
|
0
|
Source: International Statistics on Crime and Justice (2011) & www.vividmaps.com
