Intentional homicides in American Samoa
American Samoa recorded 25.5 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.
The latest value for American Samoa is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2020.
American Samoa, 2018
25.5
Change from 2017
+12.0per 100,000 people
World, 2018
5.7 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in American Samoa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | American Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 5.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | – | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | – | 5.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | – | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | – | 5.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 25.5 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 13.6 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | – | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 7.6 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 5.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 3.7 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 9.1 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 9.1 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 3.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 5.4 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 1.8 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 7.1 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 10.6 per 100,000 people | 6.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 7.0 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 5.3 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 12.3 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 1.8 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | – | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +12.0 from 13.6 per 100,000 people in 2017.
- Since 2007, when it was 1.8 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +23.8.
- The figure for the world in 2018 was 5.7 per 100,000 people.