Intentional homicides in Jamaica
Jamaica recorded 49.4 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2023.
Jamaica, 2023
49.4
Change from 2022
−3.7per 100,000 people
World, 2023
5.2 per 100,000 people
Intentional homicides in Jamaica 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 | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 49.4 per 100,000 people | 5.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | 53.1 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | 51.9 per 100,000 people | 5.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | 47.1 per 100,000 people | 5.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | 47.5 per 100,000 people | 5.4 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 45.7 per 100,000 people | 5.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 58.5 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 48.2 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 43.1 per 100,000 people | 5.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 36.0 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 43.2 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 39.7 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 41.0 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 52.6 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 61.5 per 100,000 people | 6.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 59.4 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 58.4 per 100,000 people | 6.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 49.6 per 100,000 people | 6.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 62.3 per 100,000 people | 6.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 55.0 per 100,000 people | 6.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 36.7 per 100,000 people | 6.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 39.6 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 43.4 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 34.0 per 100,000 people | 6.9 per 100,000 people |
| 1999 | 33.0 per 100,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.7 from 53.1 per 100,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 43.2 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +6.3.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 5.2 per 100,000 people.