⚠️ Unconfirmedsocial2021

Human homicide rate (proxy for human-to-cat homicide ratio)

Name: Human homicide rate (proxy for human-to-cat homicide ratio)
Creator: UNODC (via Our World in Data)
Keywords: homicide, crime, intentional homicide, violence, UNODC, OWID, data limitation, proxy

No comparable global “cat homicide rate” exists. This dataset maps intentional human homicide rates per 100,000 people (UNODC via Our World in Data).

Source: UNODC (via Our World in Data)•53 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

8.5per 100,000 people

Median: 2.4per 100,000 people

Countries Covered

with available data

Highest

South Africa

41.9per 100,000 people

Lowest

Qatar

0.2per 100,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1South Africa41.9per 100,000 people

2Country 42640.5per 100,000 people

3Country 86240.4per 100,000 people

4Country 34035.6per 100,000 people

5Colombia26.8per 100,000 people

By Region

Other17.8per 100,000 people(11 countries)

South America14.2per 100,000 people(7 countries)

North America13.0per 100,000 people(4 countries)

Africa11.0per 100,000 people(6 countries)

Asia2.0per 100,000 people(9 countries)

Key Findings

•A valid global ratio of human homicide to cat homicide cannot be produced due to the absence of a standardized cat-homicide metric.
•Human homicide rates vary dramatically across countries (from ~0.2 to >40 per 100,000 in this compilation).
•Several countries in the Americas and Southern Africa show the highest human homicide rates in this dataset.
•Many high-income countries in Europe and East Asia show low rates (generally near or below 1 per 100,000).
•For any future ratio attempt, a defensible cat-killing metric would require harmonized definitions, consistent reporting, and a clear denominator (e.g., per 100,000 people or per estimated cat population), none of which exist globally today.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2per 100,000 people)High (43.8per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 8.5per 100,000 people)

Other (11)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Africa (6)

Asia (9)

Europe (14)

Oceania (2)

About This Statistic

A true “rate of human homicide to cat homicide” cannot be produced at country level because there is no standardized, internationally comparable statistic for the intentional killing of cats (“cat homicide”). Animal cruelty data—where it exists—varies widely by legal definition, reporting systems, and whether incidents are even disaggregated by species (cats vs. other animals) or by outcome (killing vs. neglect/abuse).

As a practical alternative for map visualization, this object provides the closest globally comparable component: the intentional human homicide rate per 100,000 population (primarily 2021; some countries use the latest nearby year shown in the provided source compilation). This enables cross-country comparison for the measurable part of the requested ratio, while explicitly documenting why the cat component and any resulting ratio are not valid to compute.

Methodology

Values represent the intentional homicide rate (unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person) per 100,000 population, as compiled from UNODC and presented by Our World in Data. The originally requested ratio (human homicide to cat homicide) is not computed because there is no standardized, cross-country “cat homicide rate” denominator. For mapping, the human homicide rate is provided as a proxy variable; year is set to 2021 as the predominant reference year, but several entries reflect the latest available year noted in the source compilation.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	South Africa	41.9per 100,000 people
2	Lesotho	40.5per 100,000 people
3	Venezuela	40.4per 100,000 people
4	Honduras	35.6per 100,000 people
5	Colombia	26.8per 100,000 people
6	Mexico	26.1per 100,000 people
7	Brazil	22.3per 100,000 people
8	Ecuador	22.1per 100,000 people
9	El Salvador	17.6per 100,000 people
10	Guatemala	17.0per 100,000 people
11	Algeria	17.0per 100,000 people
12	Dominican Republic	15.3per 100,000 people
13	Costa Rica	12.6per 100,000 people
14	Uruguay	11.2per 100,000 people
15	Papua New Guinea	10.3per 100,000 people
16	Paraguay	9.3per 100,000 people
17	Russian Federation	9.2per 100,000 people
18	Peru	7.9per 100,000 people
19	Philippines	7.9per 100,000 people
20	Ukraine	6.8per 100,000 people
21	United States of America	6.8per 100,000 people
22	Argentina	4.8per 100,000 people
23	Chile	4.5per 100,000 people
24	Andorra	3.2per 100,000 people
25	Thailand	2.5per 100,000 people
26	Sri Lanka	2.4per 100,000 people
27	Saudi Arabia	2.4per 100,000 people
28	Albania	2.2per 100,000 people
29	Egypt	2.1per 100,000 people
30	Canada	2.0per 100,000 people
31	Nigeria	2.0per 100,000 people
32	Ghana	1.7per 100,000 people
33	Vietnam	1.5per 100,000 people
34	Belgium	1.5per 100,000 people
35	Slovakia	1.2per 100,000 people
36	Sweden	1.2per 100,000 people
37	France	1.1per 100,000 people
38	Morocco	1.0per 100,000 people
39	United Kingdom	1.0per 100,000 people
40	Iceland	0.9per 100,000 people
41	Ireland	0.9per 100,000 people
42	New Zealand	0.9per 100,000 people
43	Germany	0.8per 100,000 people
44	Australia	0.8per 100,000 people
45	South Korea	0.6per 100,000 people
46	Netherlands	0.6per 100,000 people
47	Spain	0.6per 100,000 people
48	People's Republic of China	0.5per 100,000 people
49	Italy	0.5per 100,000 people
50	Norway	0.5per 100,000 people
51	Switzerland	0.5per 100,000 people
52	Japan	0.2per 100,000 people
53	Qatar	0.2per 100,000 people

Showing 53 of 53 countries

Topics

#homicide #crime #intentional homicide #violence #UNODC #OWID #data limitation #proxy

Data Source

This data comes from UNODC (via Our World in Data) (2021).

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