Homicides by country
Number of intentional homicides.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
40,698 homicides
Brazil
Lowest
0 homicides
Vatican
Median
128 homicides
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,154
What the numbers show
Homicides is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 40,698 homicides in Brazil; the lowest is 0 homicides in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 128 homicides, and the mean is 1,748 homicides.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 775.0%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).
Homicides: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 40,698 homicides | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 2 | India | 40,130 homicides | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 3 | Mexico | 32,252 homicides | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 4 | South Africa | 27,272 homicides | 2022 | up 68.2% | falling |
| 5 | United States | 19,796 homicides | 2023 | up 38.2% | falling |
| 6 | Colombia | 13,035 homicides | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 7 | Russia | 11,327 homicides | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 8 | Pakistan | 10,729 homicides | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 9 | Ecuador | 8,221 homicides | 2023 | up 376.6% | volatile |
| 10 | China | 7,157 homicides | 2020 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 11 | Philippines | 4,995 homicides | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 12 | Haiti | 4,789 homicides | 2023 | up 360.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Uganda | 4,366 homicides | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 14 | Guatemala | 4,235 homicides | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 3,830 homicides | 2018 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela | 3,568 homicides | 2022 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Honduras | 3,347 homicides | 2023 | down 48.0% | rising |
| 18 | Iraq | 3,339 homicides | 2013 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 19 | Thailand | 3,307 homicides | 2011 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 2,853 homicides | 2021 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 21 | Turkey | 2,817 homicides | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 22 | Kenya | 2,643 homicides | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 23 | Tanzania | 2,286 homicides | 2020 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 2,046 homicides | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 1,868 homicides | 2022 | up 112.3% | rising |
| 26 | Yemen | 1,703 homicides | 2013 | up 141.9% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 1,673 homicides | 2021 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 1,613 homicides | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 29 | Jamaica | 1,404 homicides | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 1,394 homicides | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 1,360 homicides | 2017 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Vietnam | 1,358 homicides | 2011 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 33 | Chile | 1,248 homicides | 2023 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 1,237 homicides | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 1,086 homicides | 2022 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 906 homicides | 2023 | up 120.4% | rising |
| 37 | France | 897 homicides | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 38 | Zambia | 853 homicides | 2015 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 39 | Mozambique | 849 homicides | 2011 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 40 | Indonesia | 847 homicides | 2022 | — | falling |
| 41 | Canada | 778 homicides | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 42 | Germany | 770 homicides | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 757 homicides | 2021 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 754 homicides | 2021 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 45 | Lesotho | 752 homicides | 2008 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 742 homicides | 2019 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 713 homicides | 2010 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 48 | Burundi | 635 homicides | 2016 | — | rising |
| 48 | Morocco | 635 homicides | 2024 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 617 homicides | 2020 | down 24.1% | flat |
| 51 | Ghana | 607 homicides | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 605 homicides | 2022 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 53 | Tunisia | 562 homicides | 2020 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 54 | Bolivia | 541 homicides | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 55 | Algeria | 536 homicides | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 56 | Panama | 522 homicides | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 511 homicides | 2022 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 58 | Cuba | 500 homicides | 2019 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 59 | El Salvador | 496 homicides | 2022 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 489 homicides | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 479 homicides | 2021 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 62 | Rwanda | 472 homicides | 2020 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 63 | Paraguay | 464 homicides | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 64 | Syria | 463 homicides | 2010 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 65 | Uruguay | 381 homicides | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 338 homicides | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Spain | 331 homicides | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 68 | Namibia | 315 homicides | 2021 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 69 | Poland | 311 homicides | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 70 | Japan | 285 homicides | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 285 homicides | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 72 | Malawi | 279 homicides | 2012 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 73 | Botswana | 273 homicides | 2021 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 74 | Cambodia | 268 homicides | 2011 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 75 | Malaysia | 258 homicides | 2023 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 76 | South Korea | 247 homicides | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 77 | Australia | 226 homicides | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 78 | Belarus | 225 homicides | 2019 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 79 | Romania | 213 homicides | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 206 homicides | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 81 | Mongolia | 196 homicides | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 176 homicides | 2020 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 83 | Guyana | 158 homicides | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 84 | Eswatini | 151 homicides | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 85 | Israel | 148 homicides | 2022 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 86 | Liberia | 135 homicides | 2012 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 87 | Bahamas | 128 homicides | 2022 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 87 | Lebanon | 128 homicides | 2020 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 125 homicides | 2021 | — | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 125 homicides | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Sweden | 121 homicides | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 92 | Belize | 113 homicides | 2022 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 92 | Jordan | 113 homicides | 2023 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 94 | Serbia | 89 homicides | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 87 homicides | 2020 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Greece | 86 homicides | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 97 | Czechia | 83 homicides | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 98 | Austria | 80 homicides | 2023 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 99 | Moldova | 78 homicides | 2023 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 100 | Georgia | 77 homicides | 2019 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Lithuania | 75 homicides | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 101 | New Zealand | 75 homicides | 2022 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 75 homicides | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 74 homicides | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 71 homicides | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 106 | Hungary | 70 homicides | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 70 homicides | 2023 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Armenia | 65 homicides | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 63 homicides | 2015 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 110 | Slovakia | 62 homicides | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 111 | Finland | 55 homicides | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 112 | Switzerland | 53 homicides | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52 homicides | 2023 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 113 | United States Virgin Islands | 52 homicides | 2012 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 115 | Denmark | 50 homicides | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 116 | Albania | 49 homicides | 2024 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 116 | East Timor | 49 homicides | 2015 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 47 homicides | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | 41 homicides | 2023 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 120 | Norway | 40 homicides | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39 homicides | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 122 | French Guiana | 38.7 homicides | 2020 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 36 homicides | 2020 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 35 homicides | 2022 | up 775.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Palestine | 33 homicides | 2022 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 30 homicides | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritius | 29 homicides | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 129 | Hong Kong | 28 homicides | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 28 homicides | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 131 | Curacao | 26 homicides | 2007 | up 160.0% | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 26 homicides | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Barbados | 21 homicides | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 134 | Estonia | 21 homicides | 2023 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Bhutan | 19 homicides | 2020 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 136 | Fiji | 19 homicides | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 19 homicides | 2008 | — | flat |
| 139 | Dominica | 18 homicides | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 140 | Grenada | 16 homicides | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 141 | Reunion | 15 homicides | 2009 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 142 | Cyprus | 13 homicides | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 142 | Samoa | 13 homicides | 2018 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 144 | Slovenia | 12 homicides | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Kuwait | 11 homicides | 2020 | down 81.7% | flat |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10 homicides | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Martin (French part) | 10 homicides | 2016 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 147 | Seychelles | 10 homicides | 2022 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 151 | Kiribati | 8 homicides | 2012 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Guam | 7 homicides | 2019 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Oman | 7 homicides | 2023 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6 homicides | 2011 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 155 | Iceland | 5 homicides | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Montenegro | 5 homicides | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 157 | Bermuda | 4 homicides | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Macao | 4 homicides | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Singapore | 4 homicides | 2023 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Anguilla | 4 homicides | 2014 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahrain | 3 homicides | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Cayman Islands | 3 homicides | 2020 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Greenland | 3 homicides | 2016 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 161 | Maldives | 3 homicides | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Aruba | 2 homicides | 2014 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Andorra | 2 homicides | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Brunei | 2 homicides | 2013 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Qatar | 2 homicides | 2022 | down 71.4% | rising |
| 166 | British Virgin Islands | 2 homicides | 2006 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 1 homicides | 2019 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 173 | American Samoa | 0 homicides | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Isle of Man | 0 homicides | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | San Marino | 0 homicides | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 0 homicides | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Montserrat | 0 homicides | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Helena | 0 homicides | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Vatican | 0 homicides | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Number of intentional homicides.