social2023
Homicide rate (IHME)
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
7.8deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 3.6deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
El Salvador
56.3deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
San Marino
0.1deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1El Salvador56.3deaths per 100,000 people
2Haiti49.5deaths per 100,000 people
3Lesotho47.1deaths per 100,000 people
4Venezuela45.1deaths per 100,000 people
5Eswatini43.8deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
South America14.6deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)
North America14.2deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
Other9.9deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)
Africa9.4deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Asia2.7deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.1deaths per 100,000 people)High (56.3deaths per 100,000 people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 7.8deaths per 100,000 people)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (124)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Salvador | 56.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 2 | Haiti | 49.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 3 | Lesotho | 47.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 4 | Venezuela | 45.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 5 | Eswatini | 43.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 6 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 42.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 7 | Bahamas | 36.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 8 | South Africa | 36.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 9 | Namibia | 35.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 10 | Jamaica | 33.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 11 | Colombia | 30.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 12 | South Sudan | 29.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 13 | Honduras | 28.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 14 | Mexico | 27.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 15 | Eritrea | 26.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 17 | Belize | 25.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 18 | Ecuador | 24.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 19 | Brazil | 24.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 20 | Somalia | 21.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 21 | Guatemala | 20.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 18.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 18.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 26 | Malawi | 17.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 27 | Puerto Rico | 17.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 28 | Panama | 15.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 29 | Zambia | 15.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 15.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 31 | Guyana | 15.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 32 | Kenya | 14.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 33 | Iraq | 14.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 34 | Paraguay | 14.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 35 | Djibouti | 13.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 36 | Barbados | 13.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 12.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 12.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 40 | Cape Verde | 11.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 41 | Uganda | 11.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 11.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 11.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 44 | Dominica | 11.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 45 | Niger | 11.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 10.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 47 | Botswana | 10.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 48 | Chad | 9.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 50 | Suriname | 9.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 51 | Mali | 9.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 52 | Greenland | 8.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 8.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 54 | Guinea | 8.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 8.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 56 | Uruguay | 8.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 57 | Comoros | 8.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 58 | Ghana | 8.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 59 | Philippines | 8.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 60 | Togo | 8.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 61 | Nauru | 7.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 62 | Mozambique | 7.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 63 | Benin | 7.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 64 | Nigeria | 7.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 65 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 66 | Ukraine | 7.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 67 | United States of America | 7.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 7.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 69 | Palau | 7.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 70 | Northern Mariana Islands | 6.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 71 | Cameroon | 6.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 72 | Cuba | 6.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 73 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 74 | Bolivia | 6.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 75 | Afghanistan | 6.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 76 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 77 | Republic of the Congo | 5.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 78 | Guam | 5.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 79 | Mauritania | 5.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 80 | Liberia | 5.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 81 | Mongolia | 5.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 83 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 5.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 85 | Rwanda | 5.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 86 | Thailand | 5.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 87 | Latvia | 5.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 88 | Peru | 5.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 89 | Argentina | 5.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 5.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 91 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 93 | Angola | 4.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 94 | Grenada | 4.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 95 | Marshall Islands | 4.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 96 | Moldova, Republic of | 4.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 97 | Samoa | 4.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 98 | American Samoa | 4.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 100 | Gabon | 4.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 101 | Belarus | 3.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 102 | Lithuania | 3.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 103 | Chile | 3.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 104 | Bermuda | 3.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 105 | Niue | 3.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 106 | Albania | 3.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 107 | Estonia | 3.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 108 | Timor-Leste | 3.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 3.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 110 | Seychelles | 3.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 111 | State of Palestine | 3.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 112 | Madagascar | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 113 | India | 3.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | 3.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 3.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 116 | Fiji | 2.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 117 | Tokelau | 2.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 118 | North Korea | 2.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 119 | Cambodia | 2.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 120 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 2.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 121 | Republic of The Gambia | 2.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 122 | Pakistan | 2.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 123 | Armenia | 2.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 124 | Libya | 2.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 125 | Georgia | 2.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 126 | Montenegro | 2.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 127 | Bangladesh | 2.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 128 | Jordan | 2.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 129 | New Zealand | 2.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 131 | Yemen | 1.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 132 | Türkiye | 1.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 1.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 134 | Myanmar | 1.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 1.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 136 | Burundi | 1.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 137 | Serbia | 1.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 1.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 139 | Nepal | 1.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 140 | Israel | 1.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 141 | Senegal | 1.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 142 | Slovakia | 1.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 143 | Uzbekistan | 1.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 144 | Malaysia | 1.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 145 | Vietnam | 1.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 146 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 147 | Romania | 1.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 148 | Canada | 1.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 149 | Sudan | 1.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 151 | Lebanon | 1.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 152 | Maldives | 1.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 153 | Bahrain | 1.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 154 | Finland | 1.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 155 | Portugal | 1.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 156 | Hungary | 1.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 157 | Indonesia | 1.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 159 | Cyprus | 1.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 160 | Algeria | 1.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 161 | Mauritius | 1.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 162 | Bhutan | 1.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 163 | Croatia | 1.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 164 | Tunisia | 1.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 165 | Poland | 1.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 166 | Cook Islands | 1.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 167 | Belgium | 1.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 168 | Tonga | 1.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 169 | Egypt | 1.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 170 | South Korea | 1.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 171 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 172 | France | 0.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 173 | Sweden | 0.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 174 | Taiwan, Province of China | 0.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 175 | Australia | 0.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 176 | Kuwait | 0.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 177 | Czech Republic | 0.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 178 | Greece | 0.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 179 | Malta | 0.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 180 | Morocco | 0.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 181 | Slovenia | 0.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 182 | Netherlands | 0.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 183 | Austria | 0.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 184 | Kiribati | 0.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 185 | Andorra | 0.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 186 | Denmark | 0.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 187 | Norway | 0.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 188 | Singapore | 0.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 189 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 190 | Oman | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 191 | Spain | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 192 | Iceland | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 193 | Luxembourg | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 194 | Vanuatu | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 195 | People's Republic of China | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 196 | Japan | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 197 | Italy | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 198 | Switzerland | 0.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 199 | Ireland | 0.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 200 | United Kingdom | 0.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 201 | Germany | 0.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 202 | Monaco | 0.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 203 | Qatar | 0.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 204 | San Marino | 0.1deaths per 100,000 people |
Showing 204 of 204 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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