social2023

Homicide

Name: Homicide
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, homicide

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

1.1%

Median: 0.5%

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

El Salvador

7.4%

Lowest

San Marino

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1El Salvador7.4%

2Honduras6.3%

3Colombia6.0%

4Venezuela5.3%

5Haiti5.3%

By Region

South America2.4%(7 countries)

North America2.3%(4 countries)

Africa1.3%(9 countries)

Other1.3%(124 countries)

Asia0.5%(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (7.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.1%)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

Other (124)

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	7.4%
2	Honduras	6.3%
3	Colombia	6.0%
4	Venezuela	5.3%
5	Haiti	5.3%
6	Belize	5.2%
7	Namibia	4.9%
8	Bahamas	4.8%
9	Jamaica	4.7%
10	Mexico	4.6%
11	Eswatini	4.4%
12	Ecuador	4.3%
13	South Africa	4.0%
14	Lesotho	4.0%
15	Guatemala	3.8%
16	Brazil	3.6%
17	Virgin Islands, U.S.	3.5%
18	Eritrea	3.2%
19	Panama	3.0%
20	Iraq	2.9%
21	Kenya	2.8%
22	South Sudan	2.7%
23	Somalia	2.7%
24	Trinidad and Tobago	2.6%
25	Saint Lucia	2.6%
26	Zimbabwe	2.5%
27	Malawi	2.3%
28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.3%
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.3%
30	Costa Rica	2.2%
31	Zambia	2.2%
32	Djibouti	2.2%
33	Dominican Republic	2.2%
34	Paraguay	2.1%
35	Cape Verde	2.0%
36	Nicaragua	2.0%
37	Uganda	1.8%
38	Guyana	1.8%
39	Comoros	1.7%
40	Puerto Rico	1.6%
41	Guinea-Bissau	1.6%
42	Ethiopia	1.5%
43	Botswana	1.4%
44	Cote d'Ivoire	1.4%
45	Philippines	1.4%
46	Burkina Faso	1.3%
47	Suriname	1.3%
48	Afghanistan	1.3%
49	Barbados	1.2%
50	Dominica	1.2%
51	United Republic of Tanzania	1.2%
52	Sierra Leone	1.1%
53	Ghana	1.1%
54	Mali	1.1%
55	Benin	1.1%
56	Togo	1.1%
57	Mozambique	1.1%
58	Niger	1.1%
59	Mongolia	1.1%
60	Sao Tome and Principe	1.0%
61	Central African Republic	1.0%
62	Nigeria	1.0%
63	Guinea	1.0%
64	Bolivia	1.0%
65	Greenland	1.0%
66	Chad	1.0%
67	Mauritania	0.9%
68	Syrian Arab Republic	0.9%
69	Russian Federation	0.9%
70	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.9%
71	Peru	0.9%
72	Cameroon	0.9%
73	Northern Mariana Islands	0.9%
74	Papua New Guinea	0.9%
75	Republic of the Congo	0.8%
76	Nauru	0.8%
77	Uruguay	0.8%
78	United States of America	0.8%
79	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.8%
80	Kazakhstan	0.8%
81	Guam	0.8%
82	Rwanda	0.8%
83	Angola	0.7%
84	Jordan	0.7%
85	Samoa	0.7%
86	Equatorial Guinea	0.7%
87	Liberia	0.7%
88	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.7%
89	Cuba	0.7%
90	Argentina	0.7%
91	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.6%
92	Palau	0.6%
93	Tuvalu	0.6%
94	Thailand	0.6%
95	Antigua and Barbuda	0.6%
96	Chile	0.6%
97	Grenada	0.5%
98	Ukraine	0.5%
99	American Samoa	0.5%
100	Gabon	0.5%
101	Timor-Leste	0.5%
102	Marshall Islands	0.5%
103	Turkmenistan	0.5%
104	State of Palestine	0.5%
105	Cambodia	0.5%
106	Yemen	0.5%
107	Kuwait	0.5%
108	India	0.5%
109	Azerbaijan	0.4%
110	Kyrgyzstan	0.4%
111	Pakistan	0.4%
112	Bahrain	0.4%
113	Seychelles	0.4%
114	Moldova, Republic of	0.4%
115	Madagascar	0.4%
116	Republic of The Gambia	0.4%
117	Tajikistan	0.4%
118	Albania	0.4%
119	Saudi Arabia	0.4%
120	United Arab Emirates	0.4%
121	Maldives	0.4%
122	Solomon Islands	0.4%
123	Bermuda	0.4%
124	Bangladesh	0.4%
125	Latvia	0.4%
126	Libya	0.4%
127	Tokelau	0.3%
128	Israel	0.3%
129	Fiji	0.3%
130	North Korea	0.3%
131	Qatar	0.3%
132	Niue	0.3%
133	Senegal	0.3%
134	Armenia	0.3%
135	Nepal	0.3%
136	Malaysia	0.3%
137	Belarus	0.3%
138	Estonia	0.3%
139	Uzbekistan	0.3%
140	Türkiye	0.3%
141	Lithuania	0.3%
142	New Zealand	0.3%
143	Lebanon	0.3%
144	Vietnam	0.2%
145	Oman	0.2%
146	Burundi	0.2%
147	Sudan	0.2%
148	Algeria	0.2%
149	Sri Lanka	0.2%
150	Montenegro	0.2%
151	Brunei Darussalam	0.2%
152	Indonesia	0.2%
153	Myanmar	0.2%
154	Georgia	0.2%
155	Tunisia	0.2%
156	Canada	0.2%
157	Bhutan	0.2%
158	Slovakia	0.2%
159	Egypt	0.2%
160	Cyprus	0.2%
161	South Korea	0.1%
162	Tonga	0.1%
163	Australia	0.1%
164	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.1%
165	Serbia	0.1%
166	Bulgaria	0.1%
167	Finland	0.1%
168	Singapore	0.1%
169	Romania	0.1%
170	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1%
171	Kiribati	0.1%
172	Portugal	0.1%
173	Mauritius	0.1%
174	Belgium	0.1%
175	Malta	0.1%
176	Taiwan, Province of China	0.1%
177	Cook Islands	0.1%
178	Sweden	0.1%
179	Morocco	0.1%
180	France	0.1%
181	Poland	0.1%
182	Hungary	0.1%
183	Vanuatu	0.1%
184	Croatia	0.1%
185	Andorra	0.1%
186	Czech Republic	0.1%
187	Iceland	0.1%
188	Luxembourg	0.1%
189	Norway	0.1%
190	Netherlands	0.1%
191	Slovenia	0.1%
192	People's Republic of China	0.1%
193	Greece	0.1%
194	Austria	0.1%
195	Ireland	0.1%
196	Denmark	0.1%
197	Switzerland	0.1%
198	Spain	0.1%
199	Italy	0.0%
200	United Kingdom	0.0%
201	Japan	0.0%
202	Germany	0.0%
203	Monaco	0.0%
204	San Marino	0.0%

Showing 204 of 204 countries

Topics

#social #%#homicide

Data Source

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

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