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Intentional homicide rate (UNODC)

Unlawful deaths purposefully inflicted on a person by another person, per 100,000 people, from criminal justice and public health sources compiled by UNODC.

Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Frequency: Annual Coverage: 196 countries and 11 groups 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank (original data: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Highest in 2020 51.8 per 100,000 people Turks and Caicos Islands Lowest in 2020 0.2 per 100,000 people Singapore
World, 2020 5.3 per 100,000 people Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2020 129 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

129 countries have a value for 2020, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) (victims per 100,000 people), 1999 to 2023
Period WorldUnited StatesChinaIndia
2023 5.2 per 100,000 people 5.8 per 100,000 people – –
2022 5.3 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people – 2.8 per 100,000 people
2021 5.5 per 100,000 people 6.8 per 100,000 people – 2.9 per 100,000 people
2020 5.3 per 100,000 people 6.4 per 100,000 people 0.5 per 100,000 people 2.9 per 100,000 people
2019 5.4 per 100,000 people 4.9 per 100,000 people 0.5 per 100,000 people 2.9 per 100,000 people
2018 5.7 per 100,000 people 4.9 per 100,000 people 0.5 per 100,000 people 3.0 per 100,000 people
2017 5.9 per 100,000 people 5.2 per 100,000 people 0.6 per 100,000 people 3.1 per 100,000 people
2016 6.0 per 100,000 people 5.3 per 100,000 people 0.6 per 100,000 people 3.1 per 100,000 people
2015 5.9 per 100,000 people 4.9 per 100,000 people 0.7 per 100,000 people 3.3 per 100,000 people
2014 6.1 per 100,000 people 4.4 per 100,000 people 0.7 per 100,000 people 3.6 per 100,000 people
2013 6.1 per 100,000 people 4.5 per 100,000 people 0.8 per 100,000 people 3.5 per 100,000 people
2012 6.2 per 100,000 people 4.7 per 100,000 people 0.8 per 100,000 people 3.7 per 100,000 people
2011 6.2 per 100,000 people 4.7 per 100,000 people 0.9 per 100,000 people 3.8 per 100,000 people
2010 6.1 per 100,000 people 4.7 per 100,000 people 1.0 per 100,000 people 3.7 per 100,000 people
2009 6.1 per 100,000 people 5.0 per 100,000 people 1.1 per 100,000 people 3.7 per 100,000 people
2008 6.0 per 100,000 people 5.4 per 100,000 people 1.1 per 100,000 people 3.8 per 100,000 people
2007 6.0 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people 1.2 per 100,000 people 3.8 per 100,000 people
2006 6.2 per 100,000 people 5.8 per 100,000 people 1.4 per 100,000 people 3.8 per 100,000 people
2005 6.3 per 100,000 people – 1.6 per 100,000 people 3.9 per 100,000 people
2004 6.5 per 100,000 people – 1.9 per 100,000 people 4.1 per 100,000 people
2003 6.7 per 100,000 people – 1.9 per 100,000 people 4.0 per 100,000 people
2002 6.9 per 100,000 people 5.7 per 100,000 people 2.0 per 100,000 people 4.2 per 100,000 people
2001 6.9 per 100,000 people 6.7 per 100,000 people – 4.3 per 100,000 people
2000 6.9 per 100,000 people 5.5 per 100,000 people – 4.6 per 100,000 people
1999 – 5.6 per 100,000 people – 4.6 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 129 countries with a value for 2020, the highest is Turks and Caicos Islands (51.8 per 100,000 people) and the lowest Singapore (0.2 per 100,000 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 2.6 per 100,000 people and half below.
  • From 2019 to 2020 the value rose in 5 countries and fell in 8.
  • The figure for the world was 5.3 per 100,000 people in 2020, against 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2015 (−0.6).

About this measure

Definition
Unlawful deaths purposefully inflicted on a person by another person, per 100,000 people, from criminal justice and public health sources compiled by UNODC.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
Victims per 100,000 people
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 100,000 people)

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2023
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

All countries in 2020 Every value is for 2020, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 51.8 per 100,000 people
  2. 2 Jamaica 47.1 per 100,000 people
  3. 3 Honduras 35.7 per 100,000 people
  4. 4 South Africa 33.0 per 100,000 people
  5. 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.9 per 100,000 people
  6. 6 Venezuela 29.5 per 100,000 people
  7. 7 Saint Lucia 29.2 per 100,000 people
  8. 8 Mexico 29.0 per 100,000 people
  9. 9 Trinidad and Tobago 26.9 per 100,000 people
  10. 10 Belize 26.1 per 100,000 people
  11. 11 Colombia 22.6 per 100,000 people
  12. 12 Dominica 22.2 per 100,000 people
  13. 13 Brazil 21.8 per 100,000 people
  14. 14 El Salvador 21.5 per 100,000 people
  15. 15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.3 per 100,000 people
  16. 16 Guyana 19.4 per 100,000 people
  17. 17 Bahamas 18.4 per 100,000 people
  18. 18 Guatemala 18.2 per 100,000 people
  19. 19 Puerto Rico (US) 17.0 per 100,000 people
  20. 20 Barbados 14.6 per 100,000 people
  21. 21 Grenada 12.0 per 100,000 people
  22. 22 Panama 11.6 per 100,000 people
  23. 23 Haiti 11.4 per 100,000 people
  24. 24 Costa Rica 11.3 per 100,000 people
  25. 25 Namibia 11.1 per 100,000 people
  26. 26 Bermuda 10.9 per 100,000 people
  27. 27 Uruguay 10.0 per 100,000 people
  28. 28 Uganda 10.0 per 100,000 people
  29. 29 Antigua and Barbuda 9.8 per 100,000 people
  30. 30 Botswana 9.3 per 100,000 people
  31. 31 Suriname 9.0 per 100,000 people
  32. 32 Dominican Republic 8.7 per 100,000 people
  33. 33 Ecuador 7.8 per 100,000 people
  34. 34 Seychelles 7.5 per 100,000 people
  35. 35 Russia 7.3 per 100,000 people
  36. 36 Paraguay 7.3 per 100,000 people
  37. 37 Cabo Verde 7.0 per 100,000 people
  38. 38 Afghanistan 6.6 per 100,000 people
  39. 39 United States 6.4 per 100,000 people
  40. 40 Mongolia 6.2 per 100,000 people
  41. 41 Peru 5.8 per 100,000 people
  42. 42 Chile 5.8 per 100,000 people
  43. 43 Argentina 5.4 per 100,000 people
  44. 44 Zimbabwe 5.0 per 100,000 people
  45. 45 Tunisia 4.7 per 100,000 people
  46. 46 Cameroon 4.6 per 100,000 people
  47. 47 Cayman Islands 4.4 per 100,000 people
  48. 48 Ukraine 3.8 per 100,000 people
  49. 49 Tanzania 3.7 per 100,000 people
  50. 50 Latvia 3.7 per 100,000 people
  51. 51 Bolivia 3.6 per 100,000 people
  52. 52 Lithuania 3.6 per 100,000 people
  53. 53 Rwanda 3.6 per 100,000 people
  54. 54 Kenya 3.6 per 100,000 people
  55. 55 Pakistan 3.6 per 100,000 people
  56. 56 Estonia 3.2 per 100,000 people
  57. 57 Kazakhstan 3.1 per 100,000 people
  58. 58 Moldova 3.0 per 100,000 people
  59. 59 Myanmar 3.0 per 100,000 people
  60. 60 Montenegro 3.0 per 100,000 people
  61. 61 Fiji 3.0 per 100,000 people
  62. 62 India 2.9 per 100,000 people
  63. 63 Morocco 2.9 per 100,000 people
  64. 64 Mauritius 2.7 per 100,000 people
  65. 65 Armenia 2.6 per 100,000 people
  66. 66 Andorra 2.6 per 100,000 people
  67. 67 Liechtenstein 2.6 per 100,000 people
  68. 68 Türkiye 2.5 per 100,000 people
  69. 69 Bhutan 2.5 per 100,000 people
  70. 70 Lebanon 2.2 per 100,000 people
  71. 71 Sierra Leone 2.2 per 100,000 people
  72. 72 Azerbaijan 2.2 per 100,000 people
  73. 73 Nepal 2.1 per 100,000 people
  74. 74 Albania 2.1 per 100,000 people
  75. 75 Kosovo 2.1 per 100,000 people
  76. 76 Canada 2.0 per 100,000 people
  77. 77 Finland 1.8 per 100,000 people
  78. 78 Kyrgyzstan 1.7 per 100,000 people
  79. 79 Ghana 1.7 per 100,000 people
  80. 80 Israel 1.7 per 100,000 people
  81. 81 Algeria 1.5 per 100,000 people
  82. 82 Romania 1.4 per 100,000 people
  83. 83 Iceland 1.4 per 100,000 people
  84. 84 Malta 1.4 per 100,000 people
  85. 85 Uzbekistan 1.3 per 100,000 people
  86. 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 per 100,000 people
  87. 87 Serbia 1.2 per 100,000 people
  88. 88 Sweden 1.2 per 100,000 people
  89. 89 Slovakia 1.2 per 100,000 people
  90. 90 Cyprus 1.2 per 100,000 people
  91. 91 France 1.0 per 100,000 people
  92. 92 New Zealand 1.0 per 100,000 people
  93. 93 Croatia 1.0 per 100,000 people
  94. 94 Mauritania 1.0 per 100,000 people
  95. 95 Bulgaria 1.0 per 100,000 people
  96. 96 Jordan 1.0 per 100,000 people
  97. 97 United Kingdom 0.9 per 100,000 people
  98. 98 Germany 0.9 per 100,000 people
  99. 99 Tajikistan 0.9 per 100,000 people
  100. 100 Australia 0.9 per 100,000 people
  101. 101 Denmark 0.8 per 100,000 people
  102. 102 Hungary 0.8 per 100,000 people
  103. 103 Portugal 0.8 per 100,000 people
  104. 104 Malaysia 0.7 per 100,000 people
  105. 105 Czechia 0.7 per 100,000 people
  106. 106 Greece 0.7 per 100,000 people
  107. 107 Austria 0.7 per 100,000 people
  108. 108 Poland 0.7 per 100,000 people
  109. 109 Spain 0.7 per 100,000 people
  110. 110 United Arab Emirates 0.7 per 100,000 people
  111. 111 Netherlands 0.7 per 100,000 people
  112. 112 Ireland 0.6 per 100,000 people
  113. 113 South Korea 0.6 per 100,000 people
  114. 114 North Macedonia 0.6 per 100,000 people
  115. 115 Norway 0.6 per 100,000 people
  116. 116 Switzerland 0.5 per 100,000 people
  117. 117 Slovenia 0.5 per 100,000 people
  118. 118 China 0.5 per 100,000 people
  119. 119 Luxembourg 0.5 per 100,000 people
  120. 120 Italy 0.5 per 100,000 people
  121. 121 Qatar 0.4 per 100,000 people
  122. 122 West Bank and Gaza 0.4 per 100,000 people
  123. 123 Vanuatu 0.3 per 100,000 people
  124. 124 Oman 0.3 per 100,000 people
  125. 125 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.3 per 100,000 people
  126. 126 Macao SAR, China 0.3 per 100,000 people
  127. 127 Japan 0.3 per 100,000 people
  128. 128 Kuwait 0.2 per 100,000 people
  129. 129 Singapore 0.2 per 100,000 people
  130. East Asia and Pacific 0.9 per 100,000 people
  131. Europe and Central Asia 2.3 per 100,000 people
  132. Latin America and Caribbean 20.4 per 100,000 people
  133. Middle East and North Africa 3.7 per 100,000 people
  134. North America 5.9 per 100,000 people
  135. South Asia 2.9 per 100,000 people
  136. Sub-Saharan Africa 12.5 per 100,000 people
  137. World 5.3 per 100,000 people
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Grey: no value for 2020. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.