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Deaths from interpersonal violence among individuals aged 15-49 years per 100,000 people

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•204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
12.2deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 5.2deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Virgin Islands, U.S.
89.3deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
San Marino
0.2deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Virgin Islands, U.S.89.3deaths per 100,000 people
2El Salvador85.6deaths per 100,000 people
3Lesotho80.1deaths per 100,000 people
4Haiti80.0deaths per 100,000 people
5Eswatini77.1deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
South America23.4deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)
North America22.2deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
Other15.9deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)
Africa14.0deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Asia3.7deaths 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 (0.2deaths per 100,000 people)High (89.3deaths per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 12.2deaths 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 ↕
1Virgin Islands, U.S.89.3deaths per 100,000 people
2El Salvador85.6deaths per 100,000 people
3Lesotho80.1deaths per 100,000 people
4Haiti80.0deaths per 100,000 people
5Eswatini77.1deaths per 100,000 people
6Venezuela76.5deaths per 100,000 people
7Namibia61.9deaths per 100,000 people
8Bahamas58.7deaths per 100,000 people
9South Africa54.1deaths per 100,000 people
10Colombia48.5deaths per 100,000 people
11South Sudan46.9deaths per 100,000 people
12Jamaica46.0deaths per 100,000 people
13Honduras44.7deaths per 100,000 people
14Eritrea43.3deaths per 100,000 people
15Trinidad and Tobago42.7deaths per 100,000 people
16Mexico41.8deaths per 100,000 people
17Ecuador40.9deaths per 100,000 people
18Belize40.2deaths per 100,000 people
19Brazil40.1deaths per 100,000 people
20Somalia36.7deaths per 100,000 people
21Puerto Rico34.9deaths per 100,000 people
22Saint Vincent and the Grenadines34.0deaths per 100,000 people
23Zimbabwe33.9deaths per 100,000 people
24Guatemala32.6deaths per 100,000 people
25Saint Lucia31.6deaths per 100,000 people
26Saint Kitts and Nevis28.0deaths per 100,000 people
27Malawi27.2deaths per 100,000 people
28Panama26.3deaths per 100,000 people
29Zambia25.7deaths per 100,000 people
30Dominican Republic23.6deaths per 100,000 people
31Guyana23.5deaths per 100,000 people
32Central African Republic21.8deaths per 100,000 people
33Kenya21.8deaths per 100,000 people
34Uganda21.4deaths per 100,000 people
35Paraguay21.1deaths per 100,000 people
36Iraq20.9deaths per 100,000 people
37Guinea-Bissau20.4deaths per 100,000 people
38Barbados20.4deaths per 100,000 people
39Djibouti20.2deaths per 100,000 people
40Costa Rica19.0deaths per 100,000 people
41Dominica17.8deaths per 100,000 people
42Chad17.6deaths per 100,000 people
43Cape Verde16.8deaths per 100,000 people
44Niger16.6deaths per 100,000 people
45Botswana16.1deaths per 100,000 people
46Suriname16.0deaths per 100,000 people
47Ethiopia15.7deaths per 100,000 people
48Sierra Leone15.4deaths per 100,000 people
49Mali15.2deaths per 100,000 people
50Cote d'Ivoire14.4deaths per 100,000 people
51Uruguay13.9deaths per 100,000 people
52Russian Federation13.7deaths per 100,000 people
53Guinea13.5deaths per 100,000 people
54Burkina Faso13.2deaths per 100,000 people
55Nicaragua12.6deaths per 100,000 people
56Togo12.2deaths per 100,000 people
57United States of America12.2deaths per 100,000 people
58Nauru11.7deaths per 100,000 people
59Ghana11.6deaths per 100,000 people
60Cameroon11.6deaths per 100,000 people
61Benin11.5deaths per 100,000 people
62Mozambique11.5deaths per 100,000 people
63Philippines11.3deaths per 100,000 people
64Comoros11.3deaths per 100,000 people
65Greenland11.2deaths per 100,000 people
66United Republic of Tanzania11.0deaths per 100,000 people
67Micronesia, Federated States of11.0deaths per 100,000 people
68Afghanistan10.9deaths per 100,000 people
69Tuvalu10.7deaths per 100,000 people
70Nigeria9.8deaths per 100,000 people
71Democratic Republic of the Congo9.8deaths per 100,000 people
72Republic of the Congo9.8deaths per 100,000 people
73Bolivia9.5deaths per 100,000 people
74Palau9.3deaths per 100,000 people
75Lao People's Democratic Republic9.2deaths per 100,000 people
76Ukraine9.2deaths per 100,000 people
77Northern Mariana Islands9.1deaths per 100,000 people
78Liberia8.9deaths per 100,000 people
79Guam8.9deaths per 100,000 people
80Cuba8.6deaths per 100,000 people
81Sao Tome and Principe8.5deaths per 100,000 people
82Thailand8.5deaths per 100,000 people
83Mauritania8.4deaths per 100,000 people
84Rwanda8.4deaths per 100,000 people
85Papua New Guinea8.4deaths per 100,000 people
86Angola8.2deaths per 100,000 people
87Equatorial Guinea8.1deaths per 100,000 people
88Mongolia7.9deaths per 100,000 people
89Grenada7.9deaths per 100,000 people
90Peru7.7deaths per 100,000 people
91Argentina7.3deaths per 100,000 people
92Samoa7.2deaths per 100,000 people
93Syrian Arab Republic7.2deaths per 100,000 people
94Marshall Islands7.1deaths per 100,000 people
95Gabon6.7deaths per 100,000 people
96Kazakhstan6.6deaths per 100,000 people
97American Samoa6.5deaths per 100,000 people
98Antigua and Barbuda6.1deaths per 100,000 people
99Bermuda6.1deaths per 100,000 people
100Latvia5.6deaths per 100,000 people
101Timor-Leste5.3deaths per 100,000 people
102Chile5.3deaths per 100,000 people
103Niue5.1deaths per 100,000 people
104Madagascar5.1deaths per 100,000 people
105Solomon Islands5.0deaths per 100,000 people
106Turkmenistan4.8deaths per 100,000 people
107Seychelles4.8deaths per 100,000 people
108Moldova, Republic of4.7deaths per 100,000 people
109Cambodia4.6deaths per 100,000 people
110State of Palestine4.6deaths per 100,000 people
111Belarus4.5deaths per 100,000 people
112Lithuania4.1deaths per 100,000 people
113Fiji4.0deaths per 100,000 people
114Tokelau4.0deaths per 100,000 people
115Islamic Republic of Iran3.8deaths per 100,000 people
116Albania3.8deaths per 100,000 people
117Republic of The Gambia3.8deaths per 100,000 people
118Pakistan3.7deaths per 100,000 people
119Azerbaijan3.7deaths per 100,000 people
120Libya3.7deaths per 100,000 people
121India3.6deaths per 100,000 people
122North Korea3.5deaths per 100,000 people
123Myanmar3.0deaths per 100,000 people
124Bangladesh3.0deaths per 100,000 people
125Estonia2.9deaths per 100,000 people
126Armenia2.9deaths per 100,000 people
127Burundi2.9deaths per 100,000 people
128Georgia2.9deaths per 100,000 people
129Yemen2.8deaths per 100,000 people
130Jordan2.8deaths per 100,000 people
131New Zealand2.7deaths per 100,000 people
132Senegal2.7deaths per 100,000 people
133Türkiye2.6deaths per 100,000 people
134Kyrgyzstan2.6deaths per 100,000 people
135Tajikistan2.6deaths per 100,000 people
136Nepal2.5deaths per 100,000 people
137Montenegro2.4deaths per 100,000 people
138Israel2.4deaths per 100,000 people
139Vietnam2.4deaths per 100,000 people
140Canada2.3deaths per 100,000 people
141Sri Lanka2.2deaths per 100,000 people
142Uzbekistan2.1deaths per 100,000 people
143Sudan2.1deaths per 100,000 people
144Bulgaria2.0deaths per 100,000 people
145Malaysia1.9deaths per 100,000 people
146Lebanon1.9deaths per 100,000 people
147Algeria1.9deaths per 100,000 people
148Finland1.7deaths per 100,000 people
149Slovakia1.7deaths per 100,000 people
150Maldives1.7deaths per 100,000 people
151Bahrain1.7deaths per 100,000 people
152Indonesia1.6deaths per 100,000 people
153Serbia1.6deaths per 100,000 people
154The Republic of North Macedonia1.6deaths per 100,000 people
155Bhutan1.6deaths per 100,000 people
156Romania1.5deaths per 100,000 people
157Cook Islands1.5deaths per 100,000 people
158Portugal1.5deaths per 100,000 people
159Saudi Arabia1.4deaths per 100,000 people
160Tonga1.4deaths per 100,000 people
161Mauritius1.4deaths per 100,000 people
162Sweden1.4deaths per 100,000 people
163Egypt1.3deaths per 100,000 people
164Tunisia1.3deaths per 100,000 people
165Cyprus1.3deaths per 100,000 people
166France1.3deaths per 100,000 people
167Bosnia and Herzegovina1.3deaths per 100,000 people
168Poland1.2deaths per 100,000 people
169Belgium1.2deaths per 100,000 people
170Hungary1.2deaths per 100,000 people
171Australia1.2deaths per 100,000 people
172Morocco1.2deaths per 100,000 people
173Kuwait1.1deaths per 100,000 people
174Croatia1.1deaths per 100,000 people
175Taiwan, Province of China1.0deaths per 100,000 people
176Greece1.0deaths per 100,000 people
177Brunei Darussalam1.0deaths per 100,000 people
178Andorra0.9deaths per 100,000 people
179Malta0.9deaths per 100,000 people
180Czech Republic0.9deaths per 100,000 people
181Kiribati0.9deaths per 100,000 people
182Netherlands0.9deaths per 100,000 people
183Vanuatu0.8deaths per 100,000 people
184Austria0.8deaths per 100,000 people
185Norway0.8deaths per 100,000 people
186Oman0.7deaths per 100,000 people
187Iceland0.7deaths per 100,000 people
188South Korea0.7deaths per 100,000 people
189Denmark0.7deaths per 100,000 people
190Spain0.7deaths per 100,000 people
191United Arab Emirates0.6deaths per 100,000 people
192Slovenia0.6deaths per 100,000 people
193People's Republic of China0.6deaths per 100,000 people
194Luxembourg0.6deaths per 100,000 people
195Italy0.5deaths per 100,000 people
196United Kingdom0.5deaths per 100,000 people
197Switzerland0.5deaths per 100,000 people
198Ireland0.5deaths per 100,000 people
199Monaco0.5deaths per 100,000 people
200Singapore0.5deaths per 100,000 people
201Germany0.5deaths per 100,000 people
202Qatar0.4deaths per 100,000 people
203Japan0.4deaths per 100,000 people
204San Marino0.2deaths per 100,000 people
Showing 204 of 204 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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