List of countries by intentional homicide rate
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The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide per year.[2][3][4] The reliability of underlying national murder rate data may vary.[5][6] Only UNODC-vetted data is used in the main table to maintain consistency.[2] In some cases, it may not be as up to date as other sources.
Homicide rates may be under-reported for political reasons.[7][8][page needed]
A study undertaken by the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development estimated that there were approximately 490,000 intentional homicides globally in 2004, for a rate of 7.6 per 100,000.[9] UNODC calculated a global estimated rate of 6.9 per 100,000 in 2010;[10] 6.2 per 100,000 in 2012;Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[11] 6.1 per 100,000 in 2017; and a rate of 5.61 per 100,000 for 2022.[5]
Definition
Template:Owidslider The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which collects global data on intentional homicide, currently using the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes, ICCS 2015, has offered details on the methodology and definitions used, and on the limitations which exist.[13]
The UNODC in its 2013 Global Study on Homicide reportLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. stated that: Template:Quote Though some discrepancies exist in how specific categories of intentional killings are classified, the definitions used by countries to record data are generally close to the UNODC definition, making the homicide rates highly comparable at the international level.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. UNODC uses the homicide rate as a proxy for overall violence, as this type of crime is one of the most accurately reported and internationally comparable indicators.[5]
Figures from the Global Study on Homicide are based on the UNODC Homicide Statistics dataset, which is derived from the criminal justice or public health systems of a variety of countries and territories.[5] The homicide rates derived from criminal justice data (typically recorded by police authorities) and the public health system data (recorded when the cause of death is established) may diverge substantially for some countries.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The two sources usually match in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, but there are large discrepancies for the three African countries reporting both sources.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. For the 70 countries (as of 2013) in which neither source was made available, figures were derived from WHO statistical models.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Deaths resulting from an armed conflict between states are never included in the count.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Killings caused by a non-international armed conflict may or may not be included, depending on the intensity of hostilities and whether it is classified as 'civil unrest' or a clash between organized armed groups.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The World Bank Group stated with regard to statistics on intentional homicides per 100,000 people collected by UNODC that:[14]
UNODC's global study
The regions and subregions in the table are based on the United Nations geoscheme since the table sources are United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports. See List of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme.
The U.N. recognizes that variability in the quality and integrity of data provided by certain countries may minimize country murder rates.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[3]
The table below features a total yearly count of homicides for each country. Rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants. Rates are to the 3rd decimal place in order to separate countries with low homicide rates.
For some countries, the most recent homicide rate that UNODC publishes for a country is not from the same year as the most recent published total homicide count. Therefore, the 'rate' and 'count' columns below each have their own accompanying 'year' column.
- Note: When the regions or subregions are sorted the countries are also alphabetically sorted within those regions or subregions. Then shift-click rate or count column heads to secondarily sort countries by rates or counts within the regions or subregions previously sorted.
- Note: Table last fully updated from data retrieved 24 February 2026 from UNODC. Individual countries updated since then.[2]
- Note: Only UNODC-vetted data is used in the table.
- Asterisk (*) in Location column indicates a Crime in LOCATION article.
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| Location | Rate | Year | Count | Year | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst |
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| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.032 | 2021 | 1,613 | 2021 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.387 | 2023 | 49 | 2024 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.161 | 2023 | 536 | 2023 | Africa | Northern Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2019 | 0 | 2019 | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.585 | 2020 | 2 | 2020 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.098 | 2016 | 1,196 | 2016 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 29.136 | 2014 | 4 | 2014 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 10.716 | 2023 | 10 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.493 | 2023 | 2,046 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.208 | 2023 | 65 | 2023 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.935 | 2014 | 2 | 2014 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.854 | 2023 | 226 | 2023 | Oceania | Australia and New Zealand |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.876 | 2023 | 80 | 2023 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.161 | 2023 | 206 | 2024 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 32.198 | 2022 | 128 | 2022 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.196 | 2022 | 3 | 2022 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.342 | 2018 | 3,830 | 2018 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 7.438 | 2023 | 21 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.385 | 2019 | 225 | 2019 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.080 | 2021 | 125 | 2021 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 28.058 | 2022 | 113 | 2022 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.183 | 2023 | 4 | 2023 | Americas | Northern America |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.468 | 2020 | 19 | 2020 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.418 | 2023 | 541 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.224 | 2023 | 39 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 11.368 | 2021 | 273 | 2021 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 19.275 | 2023 | 40,698 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 8.166 | 2006 | 2 | 2006 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.486 | 2013 | 2 | 2013 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.089 | 2023 | 74 | 2023 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.650 | 2016 | 635 | 2016 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.995 | 2020 | 36 | 2020 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.820 | 2011 | 268 | 2011 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.760 | 2022 | 1,868 | 2022 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.980 | 2023 | 778 | 2023 | Americas | Northern America |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.368 | 2020 | 3 | 2020 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2010 | 0 | 2010 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.348 | 2023 | 1,248 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.502 | 2020 | 7,157 | 2020 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 24.913 | 2023 | 13,035 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.556 | 2012 | 1 | 2012 | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 17.745 | 2023 | 906 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.667 | 2023 | 26 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.463 | 2019 | 500 | 2019 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 16.920 | 2007 | 26 | 2007 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.818 | 2023 | 13 | 2024 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.768 | 2023 | 83 | 2023 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.841 | 2023 | 50 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 27.063 | 2023 | 18 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 10.917 | 2023 | 1,237 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.066 | 2015 | 49 | 2015 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 45.723 | 2023 | 8,221 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.312 | 2017 | 1,360 | 2017 | Africa | Northern Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 7.898 | 2022 | 496 | 2022 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 15.608 | 2012 | 474 | 2012 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.536 | 2023 | 21 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 12.515 | 2021 | 151 | 2021 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 8.511 | 2012 | 8,153 | 2012 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.056 | 2023 | 19 | 2023 | Oceania | Melanesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.982 | 2023 | 55 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.335 | 2023 | 897 | 2024 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 13.388 | 2020 | 39 | 2020 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.371 | 2009 | 1 | 2009 | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.028 | 2019 | 77 | 2019 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.911 | 2023 | 770 | 2023 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.831 | 2022 | 607 | 2022 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.200 | 2010 | 0 | 2024 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.840 | 2023 | 86 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.351 | 2016 | 3 | 2016 | Americas | Northern America |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 13.666 | 2023 | 16 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.684 | 2016 | 23 | 2016 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.326 | 2019 | 7 | 2019 | Oceania | Micronesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 23.366 | 2023 | 4,235 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.119 | 2017 | 21 | 2017 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 19.120 | 2023 | 158 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 41.152 | 2023 | 4,789 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2023 | 0 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 31.442 | 2023 | 3,347 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.376 | 2023 | 28 | 2023 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.723 | 2023 | 70 | 2023 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.290 | 2023 | 5 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.815 | 2022 | 40,130 | 2022 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.304 | 2022 | 847 | 2022 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.375 | 2014 | 1,936 | 2014 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 9.464 | 2013 | 3,339 | 2013 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 15.397 | 2021 | 5,459 | 2021 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.246 | 2013 | 111 | 2013 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.654 | 2023 | 34 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2016 | 0 | 2016 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.626 | 2022 | 148 | 2022 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.568 | 2023 | 338 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 49.440 | 2023 | 1,404 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.229 | 2023 | 285 | 2023 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.988 | 2023 | 113 | 2023 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.551 | 2022 | 511 | 2022 | Asia | Central Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.872 | 2022 | 2,643 | 2022 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 7.125 | 2012 | 8 | 2012 | Oceania | Micronesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.895 | 2021 | 33 | 2021 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.250 | 2020 | 11 | 2020 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.497 | 2023 | 47 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.245 | 2020 | 128 | 2020 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 38.240 | 2008 | 752 | 2008 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.087 | 2012 | 135 | 2012 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.122 | 2021 | 2 | 2021 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.628 | 2023 | 75 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.531 | 2022 | 10 | 2022 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.560 | 2023 | 4 | 2023 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.776 | 2012 | 279 | 2012 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.734 | 2023 | 258 | 2023 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.615 | 2019 | 3 | 2019 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.563 | 2023 | 3 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.192 | 1994 | 2 | 1994 | Oceania | Micronesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.753 | 2009 | 11 | 2009 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.000 | 2020 | 46 | 2020 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.272 | 2022 | 29 | 2022 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.944 | 2009 | 12 | 2009 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 24.859 | 2023 | 32,252 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.907 | 2019 | 1 | 2019 | Oceania | Micronesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2008 | 0 | 2008 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.915 | 2023 | 196 | 2024 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.789 | 2023 | 5 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2018 | 0 | 2018 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.705 | 2023 | 635 | 2024 | Africa | Northern Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.590 | 2011 | 849 | 2011 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.575 | 2023 | 1,394 | 2023 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 11.208 | 2021 | 315 | 2021 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.130 | 2020 | 617 | 2020 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.691 | 2023 | 125 | 2023 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.110 | 2009 | 8 | 2009 | Oceania | Melanesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.461 | 2022 | 75 | 2022 | Oceania | Australia and New Zealand |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 11.347 | 2021 | 754 | 2021 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.418 | 2012 | 788 | 2012 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 15.747 | 2023 | 35,884 | 2023 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.529 | 2023 | 28 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.521 | 2023 | 10 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.725 | 2023 | 40 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.139 | 2023 | 7 | 2023 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.335 | 2023 | 10,729 | 2023 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 11.227 | 2018 | 2 | 2018 | Oceania | Micronesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.622 | 2022 | 33 | 2022 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 11.707 | 2023 | 522 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 9.340 | 2010 | 713 | 2010 | Oceania | Melanesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.780 | 2023 | 464 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 8.605 | 2021 | 2,853 | 2021 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.348 | 2023 | 4,995 | 2023 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.802 | 2023 | 311 | 2023 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.720 | 2022 | 75 | 2022 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 14.590 | 2023 | 489 | 2024 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.069 | 2022 | 2 | 2022 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.477 | 2023 | 247 | 2023 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.543 | 2023 | 78 | 2023 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.789 | 2009 | 15 | 2009 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.109 | 2023 | 213 | 2024 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.765 | 2021 | 11,327 | 2024 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.612 | 2020 | 472 | 2020 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2009 | 0 | 2009 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 64.160 | 2023 | 30 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 39.044 | 2023 | 70 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 26.900 | 2016 | 10 | 2016 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 16.585 | 2009 | 1 | 2009 | Americas | Northern America |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 51.321 | 2023 | 52 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.263 | 2018 | 13 | 2018 | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2011 | 0 | 2011 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.232 | 2011 | 6 | 2011 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.935 | 2019 | 285 | 2019 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.038 | 2023 | 57 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.314 | 2023 | 89 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 7.967 | 2022 | 10 | 2022 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.224 | 2020 | 176 | 2020 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.069 | 2023 | 4 | 2023 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.124 | 2023 | 62 | 2023 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.566 | 2023 | 12 | 2023 | Europe | Southern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.734 | 2008 | 19 | 2008 | Oceania | Melanesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 43.720 | 2022 | 27,272 | 2022 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 13.983 | 2012 | 1,504 | 2012 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.311 | 2019 | 742 | 2019 | Asia | Southern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.519 | 2023 | 41 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.147 | 2023 | 121 | 2023 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.597 | 2023 | 53 | 2023 | Europe | Western Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2.059 | 2010 | 463 | 2010 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.892 | 2020 | 87 | 2020 | Asia | Central Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.749 | 2020 | 2,286 | 2020 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.792 | 2011 | 3,307 | 2011 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.946 | 2019 | 1 | 2019 | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 40.443 | 2022 | 605 | 2022 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4.693 | 2020 | 562 | 2020 | Africa | Northern Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.228 | 2023 | 2,817 | 2023 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.014 | 2015 | 63 | 2015 | Asia | Central Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 76.340 | 2022 | 35 | 2022 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0 | 2019 | 0 | 2019 | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 8.973 | 2023 | 4,366 | 2023 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3.777 | 2021 | 1,673 | 2021 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.693 | 2022 | 71 | 2022 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.148 | 2021 | 684 | 2021 | Europe | Northern Europe |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.763 | 2023 | 19,796 | 2023 | Americas | Northern America |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 49.857 | 2012 | 52 | 2012 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 11.245 | 2023 | 381 | 2023 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.399 | 2021 | 479 | 2021 | Asia | Central Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 0.335 | 2020 | 1 | 2020 | Oceania | Melanesia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 12.647 | 2022 | 3,568 | 2022 | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1.535 | 2011 | 1,358 | 2011 | Asia | South-eastern Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.810 | 2013 | 1,703 | 2013 | Asia | Western Asia |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 5.202 | 2015 | 853 | 2015 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 6.758 | 2022 | 1,086 | 2022 | Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Other multi-country studies
A 2024 study by InSight Crime revealed that the Turks and Caicos Islands had the highest homicide rate in Latin America and the Caribbean. Haiti ranked second, followed by St. Kitts and Nevis in third place.[15] In 2025, InSight Crime reported that the overall homicide rate across Latin America and the Caribbean declined. Haiti recorded the highest rate in the region, followed by the Turks and Caicos Islands, Ecuador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia.[16]
See also
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References
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- ^ ● Homicide data from Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Homicide rate UNODC / Homicide rate, 2021". OurWorldInData.org. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2023.
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Victims of Intentional Homicide: 2018". UNODC. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Map and table of rates and counts. Pick a country (or countries) in the sidebar "Country" dropdown menu. Then pick a year (1990-2018). Click that country on the map to see a timeline graph of homicide rates. Below the map see a timeline table of the rates and counts for that country or countries. There is a "Bulk data download" link at top right (hover to see name). May need to click twice to download.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Homicide rate | dataUNODC". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Timeline graph of "Victims of intentional homicide 1990-2018". Can select a country and a region. Table below graph shows data 1990-2018. Download link icon below table offers multiple formats just for selected country and region. Click "bulk data download" link icon twice at top of page to get Excel file that covers years 1990-2018 for all countries.
- ^ a b c d Global Study on Homicide 2019. Booklet 2. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). See page 11 for global rate. See page 9 about homicide rates as proxy for overall violence. See Box 1 on page 14 for criminal justice data sources versus public health sources. See figure 2 on page 14 for regional homicide rates in 2017. See figure 3 on page 16 for regional number of homicides. See page 85 about the six-booklet format of this study. Look for page numbers on the bottom of pages, and ignore the incorrect page numbers provided by your PDF reader.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Richards, Patsy (27 May 1999). "Homicide statistics, research paper 99/56" (PDF). London, UK: House of Commons of the United Kingdom library, Social and general statistics section. See page 7 for section called "Definition of the offence of homicide". See page 29 for table of nations and homicide rates for the years 1994–97. It also has further info on how homicide is defined across countries.
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data from 2004-2007
. The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development. - ^ 2011 Global Study on Homicide: Trends, Contexts, Data. "data from 2010 or latest available year". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Vienna, Austria.
- ^ Intentional homicide count and rate per 100,000 population, by country/territory (2000–2012). Data (in spreadsheet format) for UNODC report titled "Global Study on Homicide 2013". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Linked from Global Study on Homicide – Data: UNODC Homicide Statistics 2013
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Homicide rate". Our World in Data. Interactive map at source. With yearly slide bar. Hover over country to see graph timeline of rate.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marina Cavalari; Juliana Manjarrés; Christopher Newton (26 February 2025). "InSight Crime's 2024 Homicide Round-Up". InSight Crime. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."InSight Crime's 2025 Homicide Round-Up". InSight Crime. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Global Study on Homicide 2013: Trends, Contexts, Data (PDF). Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. March 2014. ISBN 9789210542050. Look for page numbers on the bottom of pages, and ignore the incorrect page numbers provided by your PDF reader.
Further reading
- The Homicide Monitor map. Made by Brazil-based think tank, The Igarapé Institute.
External links
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