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Homicide rate per 100,000 population
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
7.5homicides per 100,000 population
Median: 2.6homicides per 100,000 population
Countries Covered
199
with available data
Highest
Turks and Caicos Islands
76.3homicides per 100,000 population
Lowest
American Samoa
0.0homicides per 100,000 population
Top 5 Countries
1Turks and Caicos Islands76.3homicides per 100,000 population
2Saint Kitts and Nevis64.2homicides per 100,000 population
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51.3homicides per 100,000 population
4Virgin Islands, U.S.49.9homicides per 100,000 population
5Jamaica49.4homicides per 100,000 population
By Region
South America17.2homicides per 100,000 population(7 countries)
North America14.0homicides per 100,000 population(4 countries)
Other9.6homicides per 100,000 population(119 countries)
Africa9.2homicides per 100,000 population(9 countries)
Asia2.2homicides per 100,000 population(26 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0homicides per 100,000 population)High (76.3homicides per 100,000 population)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 7.5homicides per 100,000 population)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (119)
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.
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About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; 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 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 4 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 49.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 5 | Jamaica | 49.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 6 | Ecuador | 45.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 7 | South Africa | 43.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 8 | Haiti | 41.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 39.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 11 | Lesotho | 38.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 12 | Bahamas | 32.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 13 | Honduras | 31.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 14 | Anguilla | 29.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 15 | Belize | 28.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 16 | Dominica | 27.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 17 | Saint Martin (French part) | 26.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 18 | Colombia | 24.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 19 | Mexico | 24.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 20 | Guatemala | 23.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 21 | Brazil | 19.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 22 | Guyana | 19.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 17.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 24 | Curaçao | 16.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 25 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 16.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 26 | Nigeria | 15.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 27 | Eritrea | 15.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 15.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 29 | South Sudan | 14.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 30 | Grenada | 13.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 31 | French Guiana | 13.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 32 | Venezuela | 12.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 33 | Eswatini | 12.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 34 | Panama | 11.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 35 | Botswana | 11.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 11.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 37 | Uruguay | 11.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 38 | Palau | 11.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 39 | Namibia | 11.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 10.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 41 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 42 | Iraq | 9.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 9.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 44 | Uganda | 9.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 45 | Peru | 8.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 8.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 47 | Virgin Islands, British | 8.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 48 | Seychelles | 8.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 49 | El Salvador | 7.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 50 | Russian Federation | 7.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 51 | Barbados | 7.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 52 | Kiribati | 7.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 7.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 54 | Paraguay | 6.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 55 | Cameroon | 6.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 6.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 57 | Suriname | 6.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 58 | Chile | 6.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 59 | Samoa | 6.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 60 | Bermuda | 6.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 61 | Mayotte | 5.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 62 | Yemen | 5.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 63 | United States of America | 5.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 64 | Guadeloupe | 5.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 65 | Burundi | 5.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 66 | Mongolia | 5.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 67 | Greenland | 5.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 68 | Zambia | 5.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 69 | Liechtenstein | 5.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 70 | Kenya | 4.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 71 | Thailand | 4.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 72 | Tunisia | 4.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 73 | Argentina | 4.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 74 | Cuba | 4.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 75 | Bolivia | 4.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 76 | Niger | 4.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 77 | Cayman Islands | 4.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 78 | Philippines | 4.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 79 | Pakistan | 4.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 80 | Guam | 4.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 81 | Marshall Islands | 4.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 82 | Angola | 4.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 83 | Timor-Leste | 4.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 4.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 85 | Ukraine | 3.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 86 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 3.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 88 | Rwanda | 3.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 89 | Mozambique | 3.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 90 | Cook Islands | 3.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 3.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 93 | Türkiye | 3.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 3.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 95 | Liberia | 3.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 96 | India | 2.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 97 | Martinique | 2.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 98 | Lithuania | 2.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 99 | Andorra | 2.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 100 | Myanmar | 2.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 2.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 102 | Moldova, Republic of | 2.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 103 | Latvia | 2.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 104 | Bhutan | 2.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 105 | Belarus | 2.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 106 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 2.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 2.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 108 | Mauritius | 2.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 109 | Lebanon | 2.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 2.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 111 | Armenia | 2.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 112 | Nepal | 2.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 113 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 114 | Fiji | 2.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 115 | Georgia | 2.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 2.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 117 | Canada | 2.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 118 | Aruba | 1.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 119 | Ghana | 1.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 120 | Cambodia | 1.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 121 | Reunion | 1.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 122 | Malawi | 1.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 123 | Albania | 1.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 124 | Morocco | 1.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 125 | Israel | 1.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 126 | Estonia | 1.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 127 | Vietnam | 1.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 1.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 129 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 130 | New Zealand | 1.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 1.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 132 | France | 1.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 133 | Serbia | 1.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 134 | Egypt | 1.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 135 | Iceland | 1.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 137 | Algeria | 1.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 138 | Sweden | 1.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 139 | Slovakia | 1.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 140 | Romania | 1.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 142 | United Kingdom | 1.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 1.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 144 | Belgium | 1.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 145 | Turkmenistan | 1.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 147 | Jordan | 1.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 148 | Finland | 1.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 149 | Cyprus | 1.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 150 | Tonga | 0.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 152 | Germany | 0.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 153 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 0.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 155 | Austria | 0.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 156 | Australia | 0.9homicides per 100,000 population |
| 157 | Denmark | 0.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 158 | Greece | 0.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 159 | Poland | 0.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 160 | Montenegro | 0.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 161 | Czech Republic | 0.8homicides per 100,000 population |
| 162 | Malaysia | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 163 | Norway | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 164 | Hungary | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 165 | Portugal | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 167 | Netherlands | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 168 | Spain | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 169 | Croatia | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 170 | Ireland | 0.7homicides per 100,000 population |
| 171 | State of Palestine | 0.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 172 | Maldives | 0.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 173 | Switzerland | 0.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 174 | Italy | 0.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 175 | Slovenia | 0.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 176 | Malta | 0.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 177 | Macao | 0.6homicides per 100,000 population |
| 178 | People's Republic of China | 0.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 180 | South Korea | 0.5homicides per 100,000 population |
| 181 | Hong Kong | 0.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 182 | French Polynesia | 0.4homicides per 100,000 population |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 0.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 184 | Indonesia | 0.3homicides per 100,000 population |
| 185 | Kuwait | 0.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 186 | Japan | 0.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 187 | Bahrain | 0.2homicides per 100,000 population |
| 188 | Oman | 0.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 189 | Qatar | 0.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.1homicides per 100,000 population |
| 191 | Gibraltar | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 192 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 193 | Monaco | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 194 | Montserrat | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 195 | Saint Helena | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 196 | San Marino | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
| 199 | American Samoa | 0.0homicides per 100,000 population |
Showing 199 of 199 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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