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Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
93.82
El Salvador
Lowest
0.1811
Singapore
Median
4.54
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312

What the numbers show

Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 93.82 in El Salvador; the lowest is 0.1811 in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.54, and the mean is 8.46.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 518.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 142 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 101.9%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 76.2%).

Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 El Salvador 93.82 2021 up 31.9% rising
2 Honduras 75.21 2021 down 7.1% rising
3 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 63.15 2021 up 20.3% rising
4 Jamaica 51.87 2021 down 0.8% rising
5 Bahamas 44.6 2021 up 48.9% rising
6 Lesotho 38.95 2021 down 1.6% falling
7 Belize 38.27 2021 up 4.0% rising
8 Trinidad and Tobago 37.66 2021 up 5.4% rising
9 Colombia 35.75 2021 down 38.0% falling
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.61 2021 up 65.4% rising
11 South Africa 33.81 2021 down 5.7% falling
12 Brazil 32.34 2021 up 5.5% flat
13 Mexico 28.23 2021 up 15.6% rising
14 Guatemala 26.18 2021 down 33.8% falling
15 Puerto Rico 23.28 2021 down 20.3% rising
16 Haiti 20.94 2021 down 1.0% flat
17 Panama 20.31 2021 down 17.2% rising
18 Saint Lucia 20.07 2021 down 14.9% falling
19 Dominican Republic 19.54 2021 down 27.7% falling
20 Eswatini 18.45 2021 down 14.4% falling
21 Central African Republic 18.08 2021 down 8.9% falling
22 Namibia 17.94 2021 up 2.3% falling
23 South Sudan 16.52 2021 up 20.3% falling
24 Uganda 15.5 2021 up 22.6% rising
25 Botswana 15.35 2021 down 5.4% flat
26 Seychelles 14.56 2021 down 3.0% rising
27 Cape Verde 13.92 2021 up 32.7% rising
28 Guyana 13.89 2021 down 18.7% falling
29 Costa Rica 13.52 2021 up 34.2% rising
30 Barbados 12.69 2021 up 5.2% rising
31 Philippines 12.66 2021 down 20.3% falling
32 Iraq 12.59 2021 down 20.2% falling
33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.42 2021 down 5.5% falling
34 Zimbabwe 11.92 2021 down 15.5% flat
35 Côte d'Ivoire 10.95 2021 down 13.1% falling
36 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.74 2021 down 11.6% rising
37 Mauritania 10.64 2021 down 12.1% falling
38 Eritrea 10.43 2021 down 8.3% falling
39 Papua New Guinea 10.41 2021 up 13.3% rising
40 Mali 10.04 2021 down 14.4% falling
41 Yemen 9.4 2021 up 58.3% rising
42 Niger 9.38 2021 down 12.8% falling
43 Liberia 9.36 2021 down 16.3% falling
44 Congo 9.33 2021 down 9.8% falling
45 Burkina Faso 9.29 2021 down 3.7% falling
46 Nicaragua 9.23 2021 down 33.0% falling
47 Uruguay 9.2 2021 up 55.5% rising
48 Nigeria 8.77 2021 down 15.9% falling
49 Angola 8.67 2021 down 18.1% falling
50 Guinea-Bissau 8.57 2021 down 12.7% falling
51 Togo 8.51 2021 down 10.9% falling
52 Guinea 8.48 2021 down 11.7% falling
53 Chad 8.46 2021 down 14.2% falling
54 Afghanistan 8.33 2021 down 9.5% falling
55 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.27 2021 down 3.2% rising
56 Gabon 7.97 2021 down 10.2% falling
57 Gambia 7.95 2021 down 10.0% falling
58 Senegal 7.91 2021 down 8.7% falling
59 Comoros 7.6 2021 down 14.2% falling
60 Paraguay 7.58 2021 down 44.1% falling
61 Sierra Leone 7.47 2021 down 14.3% falling
62 Palestine, State of 6.81 2021 down 5.2% falling
63 Russian Federation 6.74 2021 down 45.3% falling
64 Ethiopia 6.72 2021 down 17.7% falling
65 Pakistan 6.58 2021 down 14.8% falling
66 Ecuador 6.55 2021 down 66.3% falling
67 Burundi 6.51 2021 up 27.8% rising
68 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.35 2021 down 11.9% falling
69 Peru 6.21 2021 up 47.2% rising
70 Madagascar 6.11 2021 down 20.0% falling
71 Cameroon 6.01 2021 down 32.2% falling
72 Zambia 5.94 2021 down 22.8% falling
73 Argentina 5.94 2021 up 13.3% falling
74 Ghana 5.9 2021 down 4.7% falling
75 Kenya 5.82 2021 up 0.8% rising
76 Antigua and Barbuda 5.82 2021 up 101.9% falling
77 Sao Tome and Principe 5.82 2021 up 10.3% rising
78 Djibouti 5.8 2021 down 13.9% falling
79 Benin 5.78 2021 down 9.4% falling
80 United States of America 5.77 2021 up 6.3% falling
81 Ukraine 5.61 2021 down 4.7% falling
82 Mongolia 5.32 2021 down 46.4% falling
83 Lebanon 5.31 2021 up 31.6% rising
84 Sudan 5.31 2021 down 16.7% falling
85 Timor-Leste 5.11 2021 up 20.2% flat
86 Cuba 5.01 2021 up 2.2% falling
87 Somalia 5 2021 down 16.8% falling
88 Grenada 4.95 2021 up 20.9% rising
89 Türkiye 4.83 2021 down 1.0% falling
90 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.8 2021 up 7.8% rising
91 Kyrgyzstan 4.74 2021 down 49.9% falling
92 Republic of Moldova 4.56 2021 down 44.4% falling
93 Latvia 4.51 2021 down 35.2% falling
94 Kiribati 4.45 2021 down 13.5% falling
95 Thailand 4.44 2021 down 35.1% falling
96 Kazakhstan 4.43 2021 down 52.9% falling
97 Lithuania 4.17 2021 down 40.0% falling
98 Egypt 4.16 2021 up 7.3% rising
99 Indonesia 4.14 2021 down 13.9% falling
100 Armenia 4.14 2021 down 3.0% flat
101 North Korea 4.09 2021 down 12.5% falling
102 Rwanda 4.09 2021 down 12.4% falling
103 Myanmar 3.94 2021 down 11.1% falling
104 Chile 3.77 2021 down 20.9% falling
105 Solomon Islands 3.77 2021 down 18.8% falling
106 India 3.65 2021 down 14.6% falling
107 Tunisia 3.63 2021 up 19.6% rising
108 Turkmenistan 3.43 2021 down 15.2% falling
109 Albania 3.4 2021 down 33.4% falling
110 Tonga 3.3 2021 down 6.9% falling
111 Mozambique 3.26 2021 down 27.3% falling
112 Bhutan 3.03 2021 down 23.3% flat
113 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.9 2021 down 20.6% falling
114 Bangladesh 2.86 2021 down 7.0% falling
115 Equatorial Guinea 2.62 2021 down 4.9% falling
116 Malaysia 2.62 2021 down 3.5% falling
117 Montenegro 2.6 2021 down 21.4% falling
118 Azerbaijan 2.46 2021 down 3.6% falling
119 Syria 2.43 2021 up 0.2% falling
120 Samoa 2.36 2021 down 36.0% falling
121 Saudi Arabia 2.35 2021 up 22.1% rising
122 Jordan 2.33 2021 down 27.0% falling
123 Nepal 2.32 2021 down 24.0% falling
124 Vanuatu 2.25 2021 down 15.0% falling
125 Mauritius 2.2 2021 down 36.1% falling
126 Belarus 2.2 2021 down 53.8% volatile
127 Maldives 2.14 2021 down 6.5% falling
128 Libya 2.1 2021 down 26.0% falling
129 Fiji 2.07 2021 down 9.4% falling
130 Viet Nam 1.91 2021 up 4.0% rising
131 Malawi 1.9 2021 down 37.6% falling
132 Georgia 1.87 2021 down 40.8% falling
133 Estonia 1.85 2021 down 64.9% volatile
134 Sri Lanka 1.85 2021 down 58.5% falling
135 Serbia 1.84 2021 down 9.8% falling
136 Cambodia 1.82 2021 down 25.1% falling
137 Kuwait 1.71 2021 down 11.1% falling
138 Tajikistan 1.7 2021 down 15.0% falling
139 Canada 1.64 2021 down 6.9% falling
140 Algeria 1.64 2021 up 24.0% falling
141 Morocco 1.53 2021 up 0.8% falling
142 Cyprus 1.43 2021 down 50.5% falling
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.41 2021 down 20.6% falling
144 Hungary 1.39 2021 down 16.6% falling
145 Uzbekistan 1.28 2021 down 46.0% falling
146 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.27 2021 down 12.5% falling
147 Belgium 1.23 2021 down 25.5% falling
148 Denmark 1.22 2021 up 46.3% rising
149 New Zealand 1.21 2021 down 2.0% falling
150 Romania 1.14 2021 down 46.1% falling
151 Greece 1.08 2021 down 36.2% flat
152 Bulgaria 1.08 2021 down 40.9% falling
153 Iceland 1.07 2021 up 54.6% rising
154 North Macedonia 1.06 2021 down 38.0% volatile
155 Sweden 1.06 2021 up 21.3% flat
156 Finland 1.06 2021 down 45.8% falling
157 Israel 1.03 2021 down 56.4% volatile
158 France 1 2021 up 1.7% falling
159 Slovakia 0.9985 2021 down 43.3% falling
160 Germany 0.9414 2021 up 4.5% falling
161 Australia 0.9091 2021 down 22.5% falling
162 Malta 0.862 2021 down 1.4% falling
163 Slovenia 0.8436 2021 up 2.0% falling
164 Portugal 0.8315 2021 down 25.3% falling
165 Brunei Darussalam 0.8229 2021 down 16.1% falling
166 Croatia 0.7826 2021 down 34.1% falling
167 Oman 0.7577 2021 down 4.5% falling
168 Ireland 0.7521 2021 down 20.9% falling
169 Republic of Korea 0.7399 2021 down 38.2% falling
170 Poland 0.6813 2021 down 43.6% falling
171 United Arab Emirates 0.6727 2021 down 37.6% falling
172 China 0.6717 2021 down 40.5% falling
173 Italy 0.6416 2021 down 28.9% falling
174 Netherlands 0.5762 2021 down 36.3% falling
175 Norway 0.5643 2021 down 76.2% falling
176 Czechia 0.5621 2021 down 38.3% falling
177 Spain 0.5168 2021 down 37.8% falling
178 Austria 0.4944 2021 down 40.8% falling
179 Qatar 0.4759 2021 down 22.0% falling
180 Luxembourg 0.4749 2021 down 44.9% falling
181 Switzerland 0.4435 2021 down 28.5% falling
182 Bahrain 0.2722 2021 down 67.1% falling
183 Japan 0.1814 2021 down 49.1% falling
184 Singapore 0.1811 2021 down 67.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 4,312 data points, 2000–2021
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