Homicide rate by country
Estimated number of deaths from interpersonal violence in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
94.3 deaths per 100,000 people
El Salvador
Lowest
0.18 deaths per 100,000 people
Japan
Median
4.65 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Homicide rate is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 94.3 deaths per 100,000 people in El Salvador; the lowest is 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.65 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 8.32 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 524.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 102.8%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 76.4%).
Homicide rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Salvador | 94.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 2 | Honduras | 77.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela | 62.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 4 | Jamaica | 51.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Bahamas | 43.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 6 | Lesotho | 39.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 7 | Belize | 38.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 35.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 10 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 11 | South Africa | 32.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 32.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 13 | Mexico | 28.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 14 | Guatemala | 26.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 15 | Haiti | 20.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 16 | Panama | 20.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 20.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 19.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 18.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 20 | Eswatini | 18.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 21 | Namibia | 17.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 22 | South Sudan | 15.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 23 | Botswana | 15.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 24 | Uganda | 15.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 26 | Guyana | 14.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 27 | Seychelles | 14.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 28 | Cape Verde | 13.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 13.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 30 | Barbados | 12.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 31 | Philippines | 12.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 32 | Iraq | 12.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 12.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 12.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritania | 10.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 37 | Bolivia | 10.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 38 | Eritrea | 10.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 10.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 40 | Mali | 9.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 41 | Yemen | 9.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 42 | Nauru | 9.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 43 | Congo | 9.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 44 | Liberia | 9.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 45 | Palau | 9.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 9.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 9.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 48 | Niger | 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 48 | Uruguay | 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 50 | Angola | 8.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 51 | Nigeria | 8.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 52 | Dominica | 8.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 53 | Togo | 8.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 54 | Guinea | 8.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 55 | Chad | 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 8.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 58 | Gabon | 8.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 59 | Tanzania | 8.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 60 | Gambia | 7.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 61 | Comoros | 7.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 62 | Senegal | 7.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 63 | Paraguay | 7.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 7.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 6.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 6.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 67 | Russia | 6.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 68 | Ecuador | 6.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 68 | Pakistan | 6.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 70 | Burundi | 6.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 71 | Laos | 6.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 72 | Marshall Islands | 6.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 73 | Madagascar | 6.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 74 | Peru | 6.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 75 | Cameroon | 6.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 76 | Argentina | 5.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 77 | Zambia | 5.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 78 | Ghana | 5.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 102.8% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 5.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 81 | Djibouti | 5.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 82 | Benin | 5.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 84 | United States | 5.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 85 | Ukraine | 5.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 86 | Sudan | 5.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 87 | Mongolia | 5.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 88 | Lebanon | 5.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 89 | East Timor | 5.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 90 | Cuba | 5.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 91 | Somalia | 4.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 92 | Micronesia (country) | 4.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 92 | Suriname | 4.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 94 | Turkey | 4.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 95 | Grenada | 4.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 96 | Niue | 4.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 97 | Moldova | 4.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 99 | Latvia | 4.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 100 | Kiribati | 4.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 4.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 102 | Thailand | 4.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 103 | Egypt | 4.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 104 | Lithuania | 4.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 105 | Indonesia | 4.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 4.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 107 | North Korea | 4.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 108 | Armenia | 3.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 109 | Myanmar | 3.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 110 | Chile | 3.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 3.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 112 | India | 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 113 | Tunisia | 3.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 3.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 115 | Albania | 3.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 116 | Tonga | 3.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 117 | Mozambique | 3.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 118 | Bhutan | 3.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 2.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 120 | Iran | 2.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 121 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 122 | Montenegro | 2.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 123 | Malaysia | 2.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 2.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 125 | Syria | 2.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 126 | Samoa | 2.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 127 | Saudi Arabia | 2.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 128 | Jordan | 2.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 128 | Nepal | 2.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 2.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 131 | Belarus | 2.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritius | 2.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 133 | Libya | 2.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 134 | Fiji | 2.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 135 | Maldives | 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 136 | Vietnam | 1.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 1.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 138 | Malawi | 1.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 139 | Estonia | 1.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Serbia | 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 141 | Cambodia | 1.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 141 | Sri Lanka | 1.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 144 | Canada | 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 144 | Algeria | 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 146 | Morocco | 1.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Kuwait | 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 148 | Cyprus | 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 149 | Hungary | 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 151 | United Kingdom | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 153 | Belgium | 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 154 | Denmark | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 154 | New Zealand | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 156 | Romania | 1.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 157 | Bulgaria | 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 158 | Greece | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.4% | flat |
| 158 | Iceland | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Finland | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 161 | Sweden | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 163 | Israel | 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 164 | France | 1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 164 | Slovakia | 1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 164 | Cook Islands | 1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 167 | Germany | 0.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 168 | Australia | 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 170 | Slovenia | 0.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 171 | Portugal | 0.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 172 | Brunei | 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 173 | Croatia | 0.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 174 | Oman | 0.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 176 | South Korea | 0.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 177 | Poland | 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 0.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 178 | China | 0.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 180 | Italy | 0.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 181 | Netherlands | 0.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 182 | Czechia | 0.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 182 | Norway | 0.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 184 | Spain | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 185 | Austria | 0.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 186 | Andorra | 0.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 188 | Switzerland | 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 188 | Qatar | 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 190 | Monaco | 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 191 | Bahrain | 0.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 192 | San Marino | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 193 | Singapore | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Japan | 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.0% | falling |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from interpersonal violence in both sexes, per 100,000 people.