List of countries by intentional homicide rate

{{Short description|None}} thumb |upright=1.2 |The countries with the most homicides per unit population, 2021. Width of rectangles show population; the countries with high rates are generally those with small populations (including a cluster of very narrow rectangles).<ref name=UNODC_homicides_2021>● Homicide data from {{cite web |title=Homicide rate UNODC / Homicide rate, 2021 |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table |website=OurWorldInData.org |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241104050317/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table |archive-date=4 November 2024 |date=2023 |url-status=live}} UNODC data for most countries is for 2021. <br>● 2021 Population data from {{cite web |title=The World Factbook (2021 Archive) Country Comparisons – Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/field/population/country-comparison |publisher=U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704193118/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/field/population/country-comparison |archive-date=4 July 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name=UNODC-by-country>{{cite web |title=Intentional Homicide |url=https://data.unodc.org/datareport/hom-victim |website=data.unodc.org |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)}} Table by country. Some have 2024 data. Can select countries, regions, years, gender, mechanisms, relationship, and more. Use fit-to-page slider at page bottom to see everything. Use [https://data.unodc.org/sites/dataportal.unodc.org/files/2025-11/data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx dataset link] to get all the data with higher accuracy. Table last fully updated from dataset retrieved 24 February 2026. Individual countries updated since then.</ref><ref name=UNODC>{{cite web |title=Victims of Intentional Homicide: 2018 |url=https://dataunodc.un.org/content/homicide-rate-option-2 |publisher=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.</ref><ref name=UNODC-graph>{{cite web |url=https://dataunodc.un.org/content/data/homicide/homicide-rate |title=Homicide rate {{!}} dataUNODC |publisher=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}}</ref> The reliability of underlying national murder rate data may vary.<ref name=UNODC-2019/><ref name="richards-1999-056-p29">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/RP99-56.pdf |title=Homicide statistics, research paper 99/56 |last=Richards |first=Patsy |date=27 May 1999 |publisher=House of Commons of the United Kingdom library, Social and general statistics section |location=London, UK}} 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.</ref> Only UNODC-vetted data is used in the main table to maintain consistency.<ref name=UNODC-by-country/> In some cases, it may not be as up to date as other sources.

Homicide rates may be under-reported for political reasons.<ref>{{cite book |author=Fry, Don. |title=Believing the news |isbn=978-0-935742-11-4 |year=1985 |publisher=Poynter Institute for Media Studies |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/believingnews0000unse }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Vizzard, William J. |title=Shots in the dark |isbn=978-0-8476-9560-7|year=2000 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref>{{page needed|date=May 2018}}

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.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.genevadeclaration.org/fileadmin/docs/Global-Burden-of-Armed-Violence-full-report.pdf |title=Global Burden of Armed Violence Report |publisher=Geneva Declaration Secretariat |date=September 2008 |location=Geneva, Switzerland |type=report |isbn=978-2-8288-0101-4 |pages=67ff |quote=data from 2004-2007}}. [http://www.genevadeclaration.org The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development].</ref> UNODC calculated a global estimated rate of 6.9 per 100,000 in 2010;<ref>[http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/Homicide/Globa_study_on_homicide_2011_web.pdf 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.</ref> 6.2 per 100,000 in 2012;{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=12}}<ref name=UNODCXLS>[http://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/data/GSH2013_Homicide_count_and_rate.xlsx 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 [http://www.unodc.org/gsh/en/data.html Global Study on Homicide – Data: UNODC Homicide Statistics 2013]</ref> 6.1 per 100,000 in 2017; and a rate of 5.61 per 100,000 for 2022.<ref name=UNODC-2019>[https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/Booklet2.pdf 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.</ref>

==Definition== thumb|upright=1.6 |The class of violent deaths documented in this article is intentional killing of others outside of war. Deaths occurring during situations of civil unrest are a grey area. [[File:World map of homicide rates per 100,000 people. OWID.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|A map of countries by their intentional homicide rate per 100,000 people. Latest available year up to year on map. From Our World in Data. Data: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.<ref name=OWID>{{cite web |title=Homicide rate |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc |website=Our World in Data}} Interactive map at source. With yearly slide bar. Hover over country to see graph timeline of rate.</ref>]] {{owidslider |start = 2021 |list = Template:OWID/homicide rate unodc#gallery |location = commons |caption = |title = |language = |file = link=|thumb|upright=1.3|Homicide rate (UNODC). Interactive yearly timeline up to 2024, and beyond (when updated).<ref name=OWID/> |startingView = World }} 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-01-01.pdf | title=SDG indicator metadata | website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>

The UNODC in its 2013 ''Global Study on Homicide'' report{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=10}} stated that: {{quote|Within the broad range of violent deaths, the core element of intentional homicide is the complete liability of the direct perpetrator, which thus excludes killings directly related to war or conflicts, self-inflicted death (suicide), killings due to legal interventions or justifiable killings (such as self-defence), and those deaths caused when the perpetrator was reckless or negligent but did not intend to take a human life (non-intentional homicide). }} 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.{{sfn|UNODC|2014|pp=102–103}} 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.<ref name=UNODC-2019/>

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.<ref name=UNODC-2019/> 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.{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=99}} The two sources usually match in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, but there are large discrepancies for the three African countries reporting both sources.{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=101}} For the 70 countries (as of 2013) in which neither source was made available, figures were derived from WHO statistical models.{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=99}}

Deaths resulting from an armed conflict between states are never included in the count.{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=104}} 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.{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=104}}

The World Bank Group stated with regard to statistics on intentional homicides per 100,000 people collected by UNODC that:<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://databank.worldbank.org/metadataglossary/world-development-indicators/series/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 | title=Metadata Glossary | website=databank.worldbank.org}}</ref>

{{quote|Statistics reported to the United Nations in the context of its various surveys on crime levels and criminal justice trends are incidents of victimization that have been reported to the authorities in any given country. That means that this data is subject to the problems of accuracy of all official crime data. The survey results provide an overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the criminal justice system to promote informed decision-making in administration, nationally and internationally. The degree to which different societies apportion the level of culpability to acts resulting in death is also subject to variation. Consequently, the comparison between countries and regions of "intentional homicide", or unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person, is also a comparison of the extent to which different countries deem that a killing be classified as such, as well as the capacity of their legal systems to record it. Caution should therefore be applied when evaluating and comparing homicide data.}}

==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.{{sfn | UNODC|2014 | pp=7–8}}<ref name=UNODC/>

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.''<ref name=UNODC-by-country/> *'''''Note:''' Only '''UNODC-vetted data''' is used in the table.'' *'''''Asterisk''' (*) in '''Location''' column indicates a '''Crime in LOCATION''' article.''

{{static row numbers}}{{mw-datatable}}{{sort under}}{{table alignment}}{{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers sticky-header mw-datatable sort-under-center col1left col2right col4right " |+Intentional homicide counts, and rates per 100,000 inhabitants.<ref name=UNODC-by-country/><ref name=UNODC/><ref name=UNODC-graph/> |- ! Location ! Rate ! Year ! Count ! Year ! {{tooltip|Region|To sort by rate or number within regions, sort by region then shift-click on Count or Rate.}} ! {{tooltip|Subregion|To sort by rate or number within subregions, sort by subregion then shift-click on Count or Rate.}} |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Afghanistan}} || 4.032 || 2021 || 1,613 || 2021 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Albania}} || 1.387 || 2023 || 49 || 2024 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Algeria}} || 1.161 || 2023 || 536 || 2023 || Africa || Northern Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|American Samoa}} || 0 || 2019 || 0 || 2019 || Oceania || Polynesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Andorra}} || 2.585 || 2020 || 2 || 2020 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Angola}} || 4.098 || 2016 || 1,196 || 2016 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Anguilla}} || 29.136 || 2014 || 4 || 2014 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Antigua and Barbuda}} || 10.716 || 2023 || 10 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Argentina}} || 4.493 || 2023 || 2,046 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Armenia}} || 2.208 || 2023 || 65 || 2023 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Aruba}} || 1.935 || 2014 || 2 || 2014 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Australia}} || 0.854 || 2023 || 226 || 2023 || Oceania || Australia and New Zealand |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Austria}} || 0.876 || 2023 || 80 || 2023 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Azerbaijan}} || 2.161 || 2023 || 206 || 2024 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bahamas}} || 32.198 || 2022 || 128 || 2022 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bahrain}} || 0.196 || 2022 || 3 || 2022 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bangladesh}} || 2.342 || 2018 || 3,830 || 2018 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Barbados}} || 7.438 || 2023 || 21 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Belarus}} || 2.385 || 2019 || 225 || 2019 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Belgium}} || 1.080 || 2021 || 125 || 2021 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Belize}} || 28.058 || 2022 || 113 || 2022 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bermuda}} || 6.183 || 2023 || 4 || 2023 || Americas || Northern America |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bhutan}} || 2.468 || 2020 || 19 || 2020 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bolivia (Plurinational State of)}} || 4.418 || 2023 || 541 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 1.224 || 2023 || 39 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Botswana}} || 11.368 || 2021 || 273 || 2021 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Brazil}} || 19.275 || 2023 || 40,698 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|British Virgin Islands}} || 8.166 || 2006 || 2 || 2006 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Brunei Darussalam}} || 0.486 || 2013 || 2 || 2013 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Bulgaria}} || 1.089 || 2023 || 74 || 2023 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Burundi}} || 5.650 || 2016 || 635 || 2016 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Cabo Verde}} || 6.995 || 2020 || 36 || 2020 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Cambodia}} || 1.820 || 2011 || 268 || 2011 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Cameroon}} || 6.760 || 2022 || 1,868 || 2022 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Canada}} || 1.980 || 2023 || 778 || 2023 || Americas || Northern America |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Cayman Islands}} || 4.368 || 2020 || 3 || 2020 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Channel Islands}} || 0 || 2010 || 0 || 2010 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Chile}} || 6.348 || 2023 || 1,248 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|China}} || 0.502 || 2020 || 7,157 || 2020 || Asia || Eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Colombia}} || 24.913 || 2023 || 13,035 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Cook Islands}} || 3.556 || 2012 || 1 || 2012 || Oceania || Polynesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Costa Rica}} || 17.745 || 2023 || 906 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Croatia}} || 0.667 || 2023 || 26 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Cuba}} || 4.463 || 2019 || 500 || 2019 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Curaçao}} || 16.920 || 2007 || 26 || 2007 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Cyprus}} || 0.818 || 2023 || 13 || 2024 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Czechia}} || 0.768 || 2023 || 83 || 2023 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Denmark}} || 0.841 || 2023 || 50 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Dominica}} || 27.063 || 2023 || 18 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Dominican Republic}} || 10.917 || 2023 || 1,237 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Timor-Leste|name=East Timor}} || 4.066 || 2015 || 49 || 2015 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Ecuador}} || 45.723 || 2023 || 8,221 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Egypt}} || 1.312 || 2017 || 1,360 || 2017 || Africa || Northern Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|El Salvador}} || 7.898 || 2022 || 496 || 2022 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Eritrea}} || 15.608 || 2012 || 474 || 2012 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Estonia}} || 1.536 || 2023 || 21 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Eswatini}} || 12.515 || 2021 || 151 || 2021 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Ethiopia}} || 8.511 || 2012 || 8,153 || 2012 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Fiji}} || 2.056 || 2023 || 19 || 2023 || Oceania || Melanesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Finland}} || 0.982 || 2023 || 55 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|France}} || 1.335 || 2023 || 897 || 2024 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|French Guiana}} || 13.388 || 2020 || 39 || 2020 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|French Polynesia}} || 0.371 || 2009 || 1 || 2009 || Oceania || Polynesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Georgia}} || 2.028 || 2019 || 77 || 2019 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Germany}} || 0.911 || 2023 || 770 || 2023 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Ghana}} || 1.831 || 2022 || 607 || 2022 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Gibraltar}} || 3.200 || 2010 || 0 || 2024 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Greece}} || 0.840 || 2023 || 86 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Greenland}} || 5.351 || 2016 || 3 || 2016 || Americas || Northern America |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Grenada}} || 13.666 || 2023 || 16 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Guadeloupe}} || 5.684 || 2016 || 23 || 2016 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Guam}} || 4.326 || 2019 || 7 || 2019 || Oceania || Micronesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Guatemala}} || 23.366 || 2023 || 4,235 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Guinea-Bissau}} || 1.119 || 2017 || 21 || 2017 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Guyana}} || 19.120 || 2023 || 158 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Haiti}} || 41.152 || 2023 || 4,789 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Vatican City|name=Holy See}} || 0 || 2023 || 0 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Honduras}} || 31.442 || 2023 || 3,347 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region}} || 0.376 || 2023 || 28 || 2023 || Asia || Eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Hungary}} || 0.723 || 2023 || 70 || 2023 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Iceland}} || 1.290 || 2023 || 5 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|India}} || 2.815 || 2022 || 40,130 || 2022 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Indonesia}} || 0.304 || 2022 || 847 || 2022 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Iran (Islamic Republic of)}} || 2.375 || 2014 || 1,936 || 2014 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Iraq}} || 9.464 || 2013 || 3,339 || 2013 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Iraq (Central Iraq)|name=Iraq (Central Iraq)}} || 15.397 || 2021 || 5,459 || 2021 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Iraq (Kurdistan Region)|name=Iraq. (Kurdistan Region)}} || 2.246 || 2013 || 111 || 2013 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Ireland}} || 0.654 || 2023 || 34 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Isle of Man}} || 0 || 2016 || 0 || 2016 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Israel}} || 1.626 || 2022 || 148 || 2022 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Italy}} || 0.568 || 2023 || 338 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Jamaica}} || 49.440 || 2023 || 1,404 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Japan}} || 0.229 || 2023 || 285 || 2023 || Asia || Eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Jordan}} || 0.988 || 2023 || 113 || 2023 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Kazakhstan}} || 2.551 || 2022 || 511 || 2022 || Asia || Central Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Kenya}} || 4.872 || 2022 || 2,643 || 2022 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Kiribati}} || 7.125 || 2012 || 8 || 2012 || Oceania || Micronesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Kosovo under UNSCR 1244}} || 1.895 || 2021 || 33 || 2021 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Kuwait}} || 0.250 || 2020 || 11 || 2020 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Latvia}} || 2.497 || 2023 || 47 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Lebanon}} || 2.245 || 2020 || 128 || 2020 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Lesotho}} || 38.240 || 2008 || 752 || 2008 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Liberia}} || 3.087 || 2012 || 135 || 2012 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Liechtenstein}} || 5.122 || 2021 || 2 || 2021 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Lithuania}} || 2.628 || 2023 || 75 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Luxembourg}} || 1.531 || 2022 || 10 || 2022 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|China, Macao Special Administrative Region}} || 0.560 || 2023 || 4 || 2023 || Asia || Eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Malawi}} || 1.776 || 2012 || 279 || 2012 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Malaysia}} || 0.734 || 2023 || 258 || 2023 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Maldives}} || 0.615 || 2019 || 3 || 2019 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Malta}} || 0.563 || 2023 || 3 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Marshall Islands}} || 4.192 || 1994 || 2 || 1994 || Oceania || Micronesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Martinique}} || 2.753 || 2009 || 11 || 2009 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Mauritania}} || 1.000 || 2020 || 46 || 2020 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Mauritius}} || 2.272 || 2022 || 29 || 2022 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Mayotte}} || 5.944 || 2009 || 12 || 2009 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Mexico}} || 24.859 || 2023 || 32,252 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Micronesia (Federated States of)}} || 0.907 || 2019 || 1 || 2019 || Oceania || Micronesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Monaco}} || 0 || 2008 || 0 || 2008 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Mongolia}} || 5.915 || 2023 || 196 || 2024 || Asia || Eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Montenegro}} || 0.789 || 2023 || 5 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Montserrat}} || 0 || 2018 || 0 || 2018 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Morocco}} || 1.705 || 2023 || 635 || 2024 || Africa || Northern Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Mozambique}} || 3.590 || 2011 || 849 || 2011 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Myanmar}} || 2.575 || 2023 || 1,394 || 2023 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Namibia}} || 11.208 || 2021 || 315 || 2021 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Nepal}} || 2.130 || 2020 || 617 || 2020 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Netherlands (Kingdom of the)}} || 0.691 || 2023 || 125 || 2023 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|New Caledonia}} || 3.110 || 2009 || 8 || 2009 || Oceania || Melanesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|New Zealand}} || 1.461 || 2022 || 75 || 2022 || Oceania || Australia and New Zealand |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Nicaragua}} || 11.347 || 2021 || 754 || 2021 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Niger}} || 4.418 || 2012 || 788 || 2012 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Nigeria}} || 15.747 || 2023 || 35,884 || 2023 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|North Macedonia}} || 1.529 || 2023 || 28 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)|union}} || 0.521 || 2023 || 10 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Norway}} || 0.725 || 2023 || 40 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Oman}} || 0.139 || 2023 || 7 || 2023 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Pakistan}} || 4.335 || 2023 || 10,729 || 2023 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Palau}} || 11.227 || 2018 || 2 || 2018 || Oceania || Micronesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|State of Palestine}} || 0.622 || 2022 || 33 || 2022 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Panama}} || 11.707 || 2023 || 522 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Papua New Guinea}} || 9.340 || 2010 || 713 || 2010 || Oceania || Melanesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Paraguay}} || 6.780 || 2023 || 464 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Peru}} || 8.605 || 2021 || 2,853 || 2021 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Philippines}} || 4.348 || 2023 || 4,995 || 2023 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Poland}} || 0.802 || 2023 || 311 || 2023 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Portugal}} || 0.720 || 2022 || 75 || 2022 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Puerto Rico}} || 14.590 || 2023 || 489 || 2024 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Qatar}} || 0.069 || 2022 || 2 || 2022 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Republic of Korea}} || 0.477 || 2023 || 247 || 2023 || Asia || Eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Republic of Moldova}} || 2.543 || 2023 || 78 || 2023 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Réunion}} || 1.789 || 2009 || 15 || 2009 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Romania}} || 1.109 || 2023 || 213 || 2024 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Russian Federation}} || 6.765 || 2021 || 11,327 || 2024 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Rwanda}} || 3.612 || 2020 || 472 || 2020 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Saint Helena}} || 0 || 2009 || 0 || 2009 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || 64.160 || 2023 || 30 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Saint Lucia}} || 39.044 || 2023 || 70 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Saint Martin (French Part)}} || 26.900 || 2016 || 10 || 2016 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Saint Pierre and Miquelon}} || 16.585 || 2009 || 1 || 2009 || Americas || Northern America |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || 51.321 || 2023 || 52 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Samoa}} || 6.263 || 2018 || 13 || 2018 || Oceania || Polynesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|San Marino}} || 0 || 2011 || 0 || 2011 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Sao Tome and Principe}} || 3.232 || 2011 || 6 || 2011 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Saudi Arabia}} || 0.935 || 2019 || 285 || 2019 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|United Kingdom (Scotland)}} || 1.038 || 2023 || 57 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Serbia}} || 1.314 || 2023 || 89 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Seychelles}} || 7.967 || 2022 || 10 || 2022 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Sierra Leone}} || 2.224 || 2020 || 176 || 2020 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Singapore}} || 0.069 || 2023 || 4 || 2023 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Slovakia}} || 1.124 || 2023 || 62 || 2023 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Slovenia}} || 0.566 || 2023 || 12 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Solomon Islands}} || 3.734 || 2008 || 19 || 2008 || Oceania || Melanesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|South Africa}} || 43.720 || 2022 || 27,272 || 2022 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|South Sudan}} || 13.983 || 2012 || 1,504 || 2012 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Spain}} || 0.691 || 2023 || 331 || 2023 || Europe || Southern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Sri Lanka}} || 3.311 || 2019 || 742 || 2019 || Asia || Southern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Suriname}} || 6.519 || 2023 || 41 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Sweden}} || 1.147 || 2023 || 121 || 2023 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Switzerland}} || 0.597 || 2023 || 53 || 2023 || Europe || Western Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Syrian Arab Republic}} || 2.059 || 2010 || 463 || 2010 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Tajikistan}} || 0.892 || 2020 || 87 || 2020 || Asia || Central Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|United Republic of Tanzania}} || 3.749 || 2020 || 2,286 || 2020 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Thailand}} || 4.792 || 2011 || 3,307 || 2011 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Tonga}} || 0.946 || 2019 || 1 || 2019 || Oceania || Polynesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Trinidad and Tobago}} || 40.443 || 2022 || 605 || 2022 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Tunisia}} || 4.693 || 2020 || 562 || 2020 || Africa || Northern Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Türkiye}} || 3.228 || 2023 || 2,817 || 2023 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Turkmenistan}} || 1.014 || 2015 || 63 || 2015 || Asia || Central Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Turks and Caicos Islands}} || 76.340 || 2022 || 35 || 2022 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Tuvalu}} || 0 || 2019 || 0 || 2019 || Oceania || Polynesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Uganda}} || 8.973 || 2023 || 4,366 || 2023 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Ukraine}} || 3.777 || 2021 || 1,673 || 2021 || Europe || Eastern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|United Arab Emirates}} || 0.693 || 2022 || 71 || 2022 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|United Kingdom (England and Wales)|name=United Kingdom (England and Wales)}} || 1.148 || 2021 || 684 || 2021 || Europe || Northern Europe |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|United States of America}} || 5.763 || 2023 || 19,796 || 2023 || Americas || Northern America |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|United States Virgin Islands}} || 49.857 || 2012 || 52 || 2012 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Uruguay}} || 11.245 || 2023 || 381 || 2023 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Uzbekistan}} || 1.399 || 2021 || 479 || 2021 || Asia || Central Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Vanuatu}} || 0.335 || 2020 || 1 || 2020 || Oceania || Melanesia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)}} || 12.647 || 2022 || 3,568 || 2022 || Americas || Latin America and the Caribbean |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Viet Nam}} || 1.535 || 2011 || 1,358 || 2011 || Asia || South-eastern Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Yemen}} || 5.810 || 2013 || 1,703 || 2013 || Asia || Western Asia |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Zambia}} || 5.202 || 2015 || 853 || 2015 || Africa || Sub-Saharan Africa |- | {{flagg|us*eft|pref=Crime in|Zimbabwe}} || 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.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Marina Cavalari |author2=Juliana Manjarrés |author3=Christopher Newton |date=26 February 2025 |title=InSight Crime's 2024 Homicide Round-Up |url=https://insightcrime.org/news/insight-crime-2024-homicide-round-up/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=InSight Crime |language=en-US}}</ref> 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'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 March 2026 |title=InSight Crime’s 2025 Homicide Round-Up |url=https://insightcrime.org/news/insight-crime-2025-homicide-round-up/ |access-date=14 March 2026 |website=InSight Crime |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Sources== * {{cite book|title=Global Study on Homicide 2013: Trends, Contexts, Data|date=March 2014|publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime|location=Vienna|isbn=9789210542050|url=https://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf|ref = {{harvid|UNODC|2014}} }} Look for page numbers on the bottom of pages, and ignore the incorrect page numbers provided by your PDF reader.

== Further reading ==

* [http://homicide.igarape.org.br/ The Homicide Monitor map]. Made by Brazil-based think tank, The Igarapé Institute.

==External links== {{commons category|Homicide rates}} {{Law country lists}} {{Race and crime}}

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