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Intentional homicides by country, 2020

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

129 places ranked for 2020. Highest: Turks and Caicos Islands (51.8 per 100,000 people). Lowest: Singapore (0.2 per 100,000 people). The median is 2.6 per 100,000 people.

Unit: victims per 100,000 people Source: World Bank Trend, map and download

Highest 10

  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

Lowest 10

  1. 129. Singapore 0.2 per 100,000 people
  2. 128. Kuwait 0.2 per 100,000 people
  3. 127. Japan 0.3 per 100,000 people
  4. 126. Macao SAR, China 0.3 per 100,000 people
  5. 125. Hong Kong SAR, China 0.3 per 100,000 people
  6. 124. Oman 0.3 per 100,000 people
  7. 123. Vanuatu 0.3 per 100,000 people
  8. 122. West Bank and Gaza 0.4 per 100,000 people
  9. 121. Qatar 0.4 per 100,000 people
  10. 120. Italy 0.5 per 100,000 people

The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 129. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

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).

Full ranking

Intentional homicides by country, 2020
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 51.8 per 100,000 people 2020
2 Jamaica 47.1 per 100,000 people 2020
3 Honduras 35.7 per 100,000 people 2020
4 South Africa 33.0 per 100,000 people 2020
5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.9 per 100,000 people 2020
6 Venezuela 29.5 per 100,000 people 2020
7 Saint Lucia 29.2 per 100,000 people 2020
8 Mexico 29.0 per 100,000 people 2020
9 Trinidad and Tobago 26.9 per 100,000 people 2020
10 Belize 26.1 per 100,000 people 2020
11 Colombia 22.6 per 100,000 people 2020
12 Dominica 22.2 per 100,000 people 2020
13 Brazil 21.8 per 100,000 people 2020
14 El Salvador 21.5 per 100,000 people 2020
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.3 per 100,000 people 2020
16 Guyana 19.4 per 100,000 people 2020
17 Bahamas 18.4 per 100,000 people 2020
18 Guatemala 18.2 per 100,000 people 2020
19 Puerto Rico (US) 17.0 per 100,000 people 2020
20 Barbados 14.6 per 100,000 people 2020
21 Grenada 12.0 per 100,000 people 2020
22 Panama 11.6 per 100,000 people 2020
23 Haiti 11.4 per 100,000 people 2020
24 Costa Rica 11.3 per 100,000 people 2020
25 Namibia 11.1 per 100,000 people 2020
26 Bermuda 10.9 per 100,000 people 2020
27 Uruguay 10.0 per 100,000 people 2020
28 Uganda 10.0 per 100,000 people 2020
29 Antigua and Barbuda 9.8 per 100,000 people 2020
30 Botswana 9.3 per 100,000 people 2020
31 Suriname 9.0 per 100,000 people 2020
32 Dominican Republic 8.7 per 100,000 people 2020
33 Ecuador 7.8 per 100,000 people 2020
34 Seychelles 7.5 per 100,000 people 2020
35 Russia 7.3 per 100,000 people 2020
36 Paraguay 7.3 per 100,000 people 2020
37 Cabo Verde 7.0 per 100,000 people 2020
38 Afghanistan 6.6 per 100,000 people 2020
39 United States 6.4 per 100,000 people 2020
40 Mongolia 6.2 per 100,000 people 2020
41 Peru 5.8 per 100,000 people 2020
42 Chile 5.8 per 100,000 people 2020
43 Argentina 5.4 per 100,000 people 2020
44 Zimbabwe 5.0 per 100,000 people 2020
45 Tunisia 4.7 per 100,000 people 2020
46 Cameroon 4.6 per 100,000 people 2020
47 Cayman Islands 4.4 per 100,000 people 2020
48 Ukraine 3.8 per 100,000 people 2020
49 Tanzania 3.7 per 100,000 people 2020
50 Latvia 3.7 per 100,000 people 2020
51 Bolivia 3.6 per 100,000 people 2020
52 Lithuania 3.6 per 100,000 people 2020
53 Rwanda 3.6 per 100,000 people 2020
54 Kenya 3.6 per 100,000 people 2020
55 Pakistan 3.6 per 100,000 people 2020
56 Estonia 3.2 per 100,000 people 2020
57 Kazakhstan 3.1 per 100,000 people 2020
58 Moldova 3.0 per 100,000 people 2020
59 Myanmar 3.0 per 100,000 people 2020
60 Montenegro 3.0 per 100,000 people 2020
61 Fiji 3.0 per 100,000 people 2020
62 India 2.9 per 100,000 people 2020
63 Morocco 2.9 per 100,000 people 2020
64 Mauritius 2.7 per 100,000 people 2020
65 Armenia 2.6 per 100,000 people 2020
66 Andorra 2.6 per 100,000 people 2020
67 Liechtenstein 2.6 per 100,000 people 2020
68 Türkiye 2.5 per 100,000 people 2020
69 Bhutan 2.5 per 100,000 people 2020
70 Lebanon 2.2 per 100,000 people 2020
71 Sierra Leone 2.2 per 100,000 people 2020
72 Azerbaijan 2.2 per 100,000 people 2020
73 Nepal 2.1 per 100,000 people 2020
74 Albania 2.1 per 100,000 people 2020
75 Kosovo 2.1 per 100,000 people 2020
76 Canada 2.0 per 100,000 people 2020
77 Finland 1.8 per 100,000 people 2020
78 Kyrgyzstan 1.7 per 100,000 people 2020
79 Ghana 1.7 per 100,000 people 2020
80 Israel 1.7 per 100,000 people 2020
81 Algeria 1.5 per 100,000 people 2020
82 Romania 1.4 per 100,000 people 2020
83 Iceland 1.4 per 100,000 people 2020
84 Malta 1.4 per 100,000 people 2020
85 Uzbekistan 1.3 per 100,000 people 2020
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 per 100,000 people 2020
87 Serbia 1.2 per 100,000 people 2020
88 Sweden 1.2 per 100,000 people 2020
89 Slovakia 1.2 per 100,000 people 2020
90 Cyprus 1.2 per 100,000 people 2020
91 France 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020
92 New Zealand 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020
93 Croatia 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020
94 Mauritania 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020
95 Bulgaria 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020
96 Jordan 1.0 per 100,000 people 2020
97 United Kingdom 0.9 per 100,000 people 2020
98 Germany 0.9 per 100,000 people 2020
99 Tajikistan 0.9 per 100,000 people 2020
100 Australia 0.9 per 100,000 people 2020
101 Denmark 0.8 per 100,000 people 2020
102 Hungary 0.8 per 100,000 people 2020
103 Portugal 0.8 per 100,000 people 2020
104 Malaysia 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
105 Czechia 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
106 Greece 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
107 Austria 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
108 Poland 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
109 Spain 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
110 United Arab Emirates 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
111 Netherlands 0.7 per 100,000 people 2020
112 Ireland 0.6 per 100,000 people 2020
113 South Korea 0.6 per 100,000 people 2020
114 North Macedonia 0.6 per 100,000 people 2020
115 Norway 0.6 per 100,000 people 2020
116 Switzerland 0.5 per 100,000 people 2020
117 Slovenia 0.5 per 100,000 people 2020
118 China 0.5 per 100,000 people 2020
119 Luxembourg 0.5 per 100,000 people 2020
120 Italy 0.5 per 100,000 people 2020
121 Qatar 0.4 per 100,000 people 2020
122 West Bank and Gaza 0.4 per 100,000 people 2020
123 Vanuatu 0.3 per 100,000 people 2020
124 Oman 0.3 per 100,000 people 2020
125 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.3 per 100,000 people 2020
126 Macao SAR, China 0.3 per 100,000 people 2020
127 Japan 0.3 per 100,000 people 2020
128 Kuwait 0.2 per 100,000 people 2020
129 Singapore 0.2 per 100,000 people 2020

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

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How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2020, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2020 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

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