Murder Rate by Country 2024

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

# of Homicides

Homicide Rate (per 100k people)

1.	El Salvador	52.02
2.	Jamaica	43.85
3.	Lesotho	43.56
4.	Honduras	38.93
5.	Belize	37.79
6.	Venezuela	36.69
7.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	36.54
8.	South Africa	36.40
9.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	36.09
10.	Nigeria	34.52
11.	Bahamas	31.96
12.	Trinidad and Tobago	30.65
13.	Mexico	29.07
14.	Anguilla	28.34
15.	Saint Martin	27.73
16.	Brazil	27.38
17.	Dominica	26.59
18.	Colombia	25.34
19.	Guatemala	22.50
20.	Saint Lucia	21.44
21.	Puerto Rico	21.09
22.	Montserrat	20.28
23.	Central African Republic	20.12
24.	Curacao	19.04
25.	Tuvalu	18.62
26.	Namibia	17.68
27.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	15.77
28.	Botswana	15.25
29.	South Sudan	14.87
30.	Guyana	14.25
31.	French Guiana	13.18
32.	Seychelles	12.54
33.	Uruguay	12.06
34.	Eswatini	11.56
35.	Costa Rica	11.26
36.	Palau	11.17
37.	Antigua and Barbuda	11.06
38.	Grenada	10.82
39.	Uganda	10.52
40.	Iraq	10.07
41.	Dominican Republic	10.05
42.	Barbados	9.77
43.	Papua New Guinea	9.75
44.	Panama	9.39
45.	Ethiopia	8.79
46.	British Virgin Islands	8.33
47.	Cayman Islands	8.22
48.	Russia	8.21
49.	Bermuda	8.14
50.	Peru	7.91
51.	Kiribati	7.52
52.	Zimbabwe	7.48
53.	Nicaragua	7.19
54.	Paraguay	7.14
55.	Yemen	6.77
56.	Haiti	6.68
57.	Afghanistan	6.66
58.	Tanzania	6.48
59.	Philippines	6.46
60.	Bolivia	6.22
61.	Ukraine	6.18
62.	Mongolia	6.18
63.	Burundi	6.05
64.	Mayotte	5.93
65.	Ecuador	5.80
66.	Guadeloupe	5.75
67.	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.65
68.	Suriname	5.43
69.	American Samoa	5.38
70.	Zambia	5.37
71.	Argentina	5.32
72.	Greenland	5.32
73.	Sudan	5.15
74.	Kazakhstan	5.06
75.	Cuba	5.05
76.	United States	4.96
77.	Kenya	4.93
78.	Angola	4.85
79.	Lithuania	4.57
80.	Niger	4.43
81.	Chile	4.40
82.	Latvia	4.36
83.	Turkmenistan	4.22
84.	Moldova	4.10
85.	Timor Leste	4.10
86.	Marshall Islands	3.98
87.	Pakistan	3.88
88.	Solomon Islands	3.77
89.	Mozambique	3.51
90.	Cook Islands	3.49
91.	Liberia	3.26
92.	Sao Tome and Principe	3.25
93.	New Caledonia	3.20
94.	Samoa	3.15
95.	India	3.08
96.	Tunisia	3.06
97.	Gibraltar	2.98
98.	Mauritius	2.92
99.	Martinique	2.77
100.	Liechtenstein	2.64
101.	Turkey	2.59
102.	Thailand	2.58
103.	Rwanda	2.58
104.	Egypt	2.55
105.	Guam	2.50
106.	Iran	2.50
107.	Lebanon	2.49
108.	Hungary	2.49
109.	Sri Lanka	2.42
110.	Belarus	2.39
111.	Bangladesh	2.37
112.	Fiji	2.31
113.	Nepal	2.30
114.	Albania	2.29
115.	Myanmar	2.26
116.	Montenegro	2.23
117.	Georgia	2.22
118.	Azerbaijan	2.20
119.	Kyrgyzstan	2.19
120.	Malaysia	2.13
121.	Estonia	2.12
122.	Ghana	2.09
123.	Aruba	1.93
124.	Cambodia	1.84
125.	Kuwait	1.82
126.	Reunion	1.82
127.	Malawi	1.81
128.	Canada	1.76
129.	Sierra Leone	1.73
130.	Armenia	1.69
131.	Belgium	1.69
132.	Tajikistan	1.64
133.	Finland	1.63
134.	Malta	1.59
135.	Vietnam	1.53
136.	Israel	1.49
137.	Morocco	1.42
138.	Cameroon	1.39
139.	Algeria	1.36
140.	Jordan	1.36
141.	Bulgaria	1.30
142.	Romania	1.28
143.	Saudi Arabia	1.27
144.	Cyprus	1.26
145.	Burkina Faso	1.25
146.	Serbia	1.23
147.	United Kingdom	1.20
148.	North Macedonia	1.20
149.	France	1.20
150.	Bhutan	1.19
151.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.17
152.	Guinea Bissau	1.15
153.	Slovakia	1.14
154.	Uzbekistan	1.14
155.	Benin	1.13
156.	Sweden	1.08
157.	Denmark	1.01
158.	Tonga	0.97
159.	Austria	0.97
160.	Germany	0.95
161.	Greece	0.94
162.	Australia	0.89
163.	Iceland	0.89
164.	Syria	0.88
165.	Ireland	0.87
166.	Taiwan	0.82
167.	Portugal	0.79
168.	New Zealand	0.74
169.	Poland	0.73
170.	Maldives	0.72
171.	Hong Kong	0.65
172.	Spain	0.62
173.	South Korea	0.60
174.	Switzerland	0.59
175.	Netherlands	0.59
176.	Croatia	0.58
177.	Italy	0.57
178.	China	0.53
179.	Bahrain	0.52
180.	Brunei	0.49
181.	Palestine	0.49
182.	Slovenia	0.48
183.	Norway	0.47
184.	United Arab Emirates	0.46
185.	Indonesia	0.43
186.	French Polynesia	0.38
187.	Qatar	0.37
188.	Luxembourg	0.34
189.	Oman	0.27
190.	Senegal	0.27
191.	Japan	0.26
192.	Singapore	0.16
193.	Isle Of Man	0.00
194.	Andorra	0.00
195.	Monaco	0.00
196.	San Marino	0.00

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Global Rates of Homicide
Countries With Highest Murder Rates
Countries With Lowest Murder Rates
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Global Rates of Homicide

In a world of social complexities and varying cultures, understanding the concept of crime, specifically murder, becomes all the more relevant. The murder rate, reflective of a nation's overall safety, is a critical data point. The murder rate is usually calculated per 100,000 inhabitants, which enables cross-country comparisons, as the actual number of homicides is heavily influenced by the population size.

Given this understanding, we focus our attention on the United States' position in the global spectrum of crime. In this article, we will walk through significant statistics on murder rates, tracing the most and least affected countries to present a holistic view of the crime landscape.

Key findings from the data reveal:

Topped by El Salvador (52.02), countries such as Jamaica (43.85), Lesotho (43.56), and Honduras (38.93), have the highest number of murders per 100,000 people, showcasing a distinctive crime problem. Countries on the upper end of the spectrum are primarily clustered in Latin, South America, and Africa.
Contrastingly, countries like Japan (0.26), Singapore (0.16), Isle Of Man (0.00), Andorra (0.00), Monaco (0.00), and San Marino (0.00) have the lowest recorded homicide rates, underscoring their relative safety.
Now, focusing on the United States, it has a homicide rate of 4.96 per 100,000 people, which is significantly lower than the countries with the highest rates but much higher compared to countries on the safer end of the spectrum.
Countries like Iceland (0.89), New Zealand (0.74), and Switzerland (0.59), with relatively strong socio-economic growth, show lower homicide rates, suggesting factors such as economic prosperity and strong law enforcement could contribute to decreased crime rates.

Countries With Highest Murder Rates

The ten countries with the highest murder rates are El Salvador, Jamaica, Lesotho, Honduras, Belize, Venezuela, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Nigeria.

Topping the list with an alarming homicide rate of 52.02 per 100,000 people in El Salvador. Jamaica holds the second rank with an average murder rate of 43.85, while Lesotho almost matches Jamaica with its rate of 43.56. Honduras has the fourth highest murder rate with 38.93, closely followed by Belize with 37.79.

In Venezuela, the murder rate is reported to be 36.69. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines follows with a murder rate of 36.54, and South Africa's rate is tagged at 36.40. Saint Kitts and Nevis has a murder rate of 36.09 per 100,000 people, and Nigeria completes the top ten list with a murder rate of 34.52.

10 Countries with the Highest Murder Rates (per 100k people):

El Salvador - 52.02
Jamaica - 43.85
Lesotho - 43.56
Honduras - 38.93
Belize - 37.79
Venezuela - 36.69
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 36.54
South Africa - 36.40
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 36.09
Nigeria - 34.52

Countries With Lowest Murder Rates

The countries with the lowest homicide rates per 100,000 people are San Marino, Monaco, Andorra, Isle of Man, Singapore, Japan, Senegal, Oman, Luxembourg, and Qatar. San Marino, Monaco, Andorra, and the Isle of Man are four nations that report an exceptionally low murder rate, with no homicides recorded; this places them at a median homicide rate of 0.00 per 100,000 inhabitants. Coming fifth is Singapore, a city-state known for its strict laws and low crime rate, having an average homicide rate of 0.16 per 100,000 people.

Japan, known for its culture of respect and low crime rate, has the sixth-lowest homicide rate in the world, with 0.26 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. Senegal and Oman both maintain a similar murder rate of 0.27 per 100,000 people. Next is Luxembourg, with a homicide rate of 0.34 murders per 100,000 people. Lastly, despite being in a region generally considered for its instability, Qatar reports a low homicide rate of 0.37 per 100,000 people.

Countries with the Lowest Murder Rate (per 100K):

San Marino - 0.00
Monaco - 0.00
Andorra - 0.00
Isle of Man - 0.00
Singapore - 0.16
Japan - 0.26
Senegal - 0.27
Oman - 0.27
Luxembourg - 0.34
Qatar - 0.37

By Region

Afghanistan

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Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.66

#57

# of Homicides

2,474

#24

Albania

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.29

#114

# of Homicides

#119

Algeria

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.36

#139

# of Homicides

542

#62

American Samoa

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.38

#69

# of Homicides

#176

Andorra

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.00

#194

# of Homicides

#193

Angola

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.85

#78

# of Homicides

1,217

#35

Anguilla

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

28.34

#14

# of Homicides

#173

Antigua and Barbuda

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

11.06

#37

# of Homicides

#158

Argentina

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.32

#71

# of Homicides

2,362

#25

Armenia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.69

#130

# of Homicides

#124

Aruba

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.93

#123

# of Homicides

#183

Australia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.89

#162

# of Homicides

222

#88

Austria

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.97

#159

# of Homicides

#116

Azerbaijan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.20

#118

# of Homicides

219

#89

Bahamas

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

31.96

#11

# of Homicides

122

#107

Bahrain

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.52

#179

# of Homicides

#166

Bangladesh

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.37

#111

# of Homicides

3,830

#16

Barbados

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

9.77

#42

# of Homicides

#138

Belarus

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.39

#110

# of Homicides

226

#87

Belgium

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.69

#131

# of Homicides

193

#92

Belize

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

37.79

# of Homicides

142

#97

Benin

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.13

#155

# of Homicides

126

#104

Bermuda

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

8.14

#49

# of Homicides

#171

Bhutan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.19

#150

# of Homicides

#163

Bolivia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.22

#60

# of Homicides

686

#53

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.17

#151

# of Homicides

#130

Botswana

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

15.25

#28

# of Homicides

303

#78

Brazil

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

27.38

#16

# of Homicides

57,358

British Virgin Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

8.33

#46

# of Homicides

#184

Brunei

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.49

#180

# of Homicides

#181

Bulgaria

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.30

#141

# of Homicides

#113

Burkina Faso

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.25

#145

# of Homicides

240

#86

Burundi

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.05

#63

# of Homicides

635

#56

Cambodia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.84

#124

# of Homicides

268

#83

Cameroon

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.39

#138

# of Homicides

341

#74

Canada

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.76

#128

# of Homicides

651

#54

Cayman Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

8.22

#47

# of Homicides

#170

Central African Republic

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

20.12

#23

# of Homicides

913

#42

Chile

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.40

#81

# of Homicides

825

#46

China

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.53

#178

# of Homicides

7,525

#12

Colombia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

25.34

#18

# of Homicides

12,586

Cook Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.49

#90

# of Homicides

#191

Costa Rica

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

11.26

#35

# of Homicides

563

#61

Croatia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.58

#176

# of Homicides

#143

Cuba

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.05

#75

# of Homicides

572

#60

Curacao

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

19.04

#24

# of Homicides

#139

Cyprus

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.26

#144

# of Homicides

#151

Denmark

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.01

#157

# of Homicides

#122

Dominica

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

26.59

#17

# of Homicides

#148

Dominican Republic

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

10.05

#41

# of Homicides

1,068

#38

Ecuador

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.80

#65

# of Homicides

991

#39

Egypt

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.55

#104

# of Homicides

2,207

#26

El Salvador

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

52.02

# of Homicides

3,340

#19

Estonia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.12

#121

# of Homicides

#137

Eswatini

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

11.56

#34

# of Homicides

130

#101

Ethiopia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

8.79

#45

# of Homicides

8,153

#11

Fiji

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.31

#112

# of Homicides

#146

Finland

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.63

#133

# of Homicides

#114

France

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.20

#149

# of Homicides

779

#50

French Guiana

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

13.18

#31

# of Homicides

#136

French Polynesia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.38

#186

# of Homicides

#190

Georgia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.22

#117

# of Homicides

#115

Germany

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.95

#160

# of Homicides

788

#49

Ghana

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.09

#122

# of Homicides

609

#59

Gibraltar

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.98

#97

# of Homicides

#189

Greece

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.94

#161

# of Homicides

#112

Greenland

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.32

#72

# of Homicides

#175

Grenada

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

10.82

#38

# of Homicides

#155

Guadeloupe

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.75

#66

# of Homicides

#144

Guam

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.50

#105

# of Homicides

#172

Guatemala

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

22.50

#19

# of Homicides

3,881

#15

Guinea Bissau

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.15

#152

# of Homicides

#145

Guyana

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

14.25

#30

# of Homicides

111

#108

Haiti

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.68

#56

# of Homicides

743

#51

Honduras

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

38.93

# of Homicides

3,732

#17

Hong Kong

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.65

#171

# of Homicides

#126

Hungary

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.49

#108

# of Homicides

242

#85

Iceland

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.89

#163

# of Homicides

#177

India

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.08

#95

# of Homicides

41,651

Indonesia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.43

#185

# of Homicides

1,150

#37

Iran

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.50

#106

# of Homicides

1,936

#28

Iraq

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

10.07

#40

# of Homicides

3,339

#20

Ireland

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.87

#165

# of Homicides

#128

Isle Of Man

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.00

#193

# of Homicides

#194

Israel

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.49

#136

# of Homicides

123

#106

Italy

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.57

#177

# of Homicides

345

#73

Jamaica

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

43.85

# of Homicides

1,287

#34

Japan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.26

#191

# of Homicides

334

#75

Jordan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.36

#140

# of Homicides

133

#100

Kazakhstan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.06

#74

# of Homicides

915

#41

Kenya

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.93

#77

# of Homicides

2,533

#22

Kiribati

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

7.52

#51

# of Homicides

#164

Kuwait

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.82

#125

# of Homicides

#121

Kyrgyzstan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.19

#119

# of Homicides

138

#98

Latvia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.36

#82

# of Homicides

#117

Lebanon

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.49

#107

# of Homicides

171

#94

Lesotho

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

43.56

# of Homicides

897

#43

Liberia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.26

#91

# of Homicides

135

#99

Liechtenstein

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.64

#100

# of Homicides

#188

Lithuania

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.57

#79

# of Homicides

128

#102

Luxembourg

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.34

#188

# of Homicides

#179

Malawi

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.81

#127

# of Homicides

279

#81

Malaysia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.13

#120

# of Homicides

627

#57

Maldives

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.72

#170

# of Homicides

#174

Malta

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.59

#134

# of Homicides

#167

Marshall Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.98

#86

# of Homicides

#180

Martinique

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.77

#99

# of Homicides

#157

Mauritius

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.92

#98

# of Homicides

#133

Mayotte

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.93

#64

# of Homicides

#154

Mexico

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

29.07

#13

# of Homicides

36,685

Moldova

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.10

#84

# of Homicides

166

#95

Monaco

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.00

#195

# of Homicides

#195

Mongolia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.18

#62

# of Homicides

196

#91

Montenegro

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.23

#116

# of Homicides

#152

Montserrat

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

20.28

#22

# of Homicides

#186

Morocco

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.42

#137

# of Homicides

510

#64

Mozambique

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.51

#89

# of Homicides

849

#45

Myanmar

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.26

#115

# of Homicides

1,198

#36

Namibia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

17.68

#26

# of Homicides

388

#71

Nepal

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.30

#113

# of Homicides

627

#58

Netherlands

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.59

#175

# of Homicides

100

#111

New Caledonia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.20

#93

# of Homicides

#165

New Zealand

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.74

#168

# of Homicides

#134

Nicaragua

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

7.19

#53

# of Homicides

453

#66

Niger

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.43

#80

# of Homicides

788

#48

Nigeria

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

34.52

#10

# of Homicides

64,201

North Macedonia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.20

#148

# of Homicides

#141

Norway

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.47

#183

# of Homicides

#140

Oman

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.27

#189

# of Homicides

#153

Pakistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.88

#87

# of Homicides

8,241

#10

Palau

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

11.17

#36

# of Homicides

#185

Palestine

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.49

#181

# of Homicides

#142

Panama

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

9.39

#44

# of Homicides

392

#70

Papua New Guinea

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

9.75

#43

# of Homicides

713

#52

Paraguay

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

7.14

#54

# of Homicides

497

#65

Peru

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

7.91

#50

# of Homicides

2,487

#23

Philippines

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.46

#59

# of Homicides

6,895

#13

Poland

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.73

#169

# of Homicides

277

#82

Portugal

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.79

#167

# of Homicides

#118

Puerto Rico

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

21.09

#21

# of Homicides

641

#55

Qatar

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.37

#187

# of Homicides

#161

Reunion

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.82

#126

# of Homicides

#150

Romania

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.28

#142

# of Homicides

250

#84

Russia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

8.21

#48

# of Homicides

11,964

Rwanda

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.58

#103

# of Homicides

293

#79

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

36.09

# of Homicides

#149

Saint Lucia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

21.44

#20

# of Homicides

#131

Saint Martin

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

27.73

#15

# of Homicides

#160

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

15.77

#27

# of Homicides

#187

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

36.54

# of Homicides

#129

Samoa

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.15

#94

# of Homicides

#169

San Marino

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.00

#196

# of Homicides

#196

Sao Tome and Principe

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.25

#92

# of Homicides

#168

Saudi Arabia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.27

#143

# of Homicides

419

#68

Senegal

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.27

#190

# of Homicides

#132

Serbia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.23

#146

# of Homicides

108

#109

Seychelles

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

12.54

#32

# of Homicides

#156

Sierra Leone

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.73

#129

# of Homicides

124

#105

Singapore

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.16

#192

# of Homicides

#162

Slovakia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.14

#153

# of Homicides

#120

Slovenia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.48

#182

# of Homicides

#159

Solomon Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.77

#88

# of Homicides

#147

South Africa

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

36.40

# of Homicides

21,036

South Korea

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.60

#173

# of Homicides

309

#77

South Sudan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

14.87

#29

# of Homicides

1,504

#32

Spain

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.62

#172

# of Homicides

290

#80

Sri Lanka

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.42

#109

# of Homicides

514

#63

Sudan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.15

#73

# of Homicides

1,702

#31

Suriname

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.43

#68

# of Homicides

#135

Sweden

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.08

#156

# of Homicides

108

#110

Switzerland

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.59

#174

# of Homicides

#123

Syria

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.88

#164

# of Homicides

149

#96

Taiwan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.82

#166

# of Homicides

192

#93

Tajikistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.64

#132

# of Homicides

126

#103

Tanzania

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.48

#58

# of Homicides

3,439

#18

Thailand

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.58

#102

# of Homicides

1,787

#29

Timor Leste

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.10

#85

# of Homicides

#125

Tonga

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.97

#158

# of Homicides

#192

Trinidad and Tobago

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

30.65

#12

# of Homicides

420

#67

Tunisia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

3.06

#96

# of Homicides

332

#76

Turkey

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

2.59

#101

# of Homicides

2,133

#27

Turkmenistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.22

#83

# of Homicides

203

#90

Turks and Caicos Islands

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.65

#67

# of Homicides

#178

Tuvalu

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

18.62

#25

# of Homicides

#182

Uganda

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

10.52

#39

# of Homicides

4,497

#14

Ukraine

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.18

#61

# of Homicides

2,751

#21

United Arab Emirates

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

0.46

#184

# of Homicides

#127

United Kingdom

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.20

#147

# of Homicides

809

#47

United States

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

4.96

#76

# of Homicides

16,214

Uruguay

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

12.06

#33

# of Homicides

416

#69

Uzbekistan

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.14

#154

# of Homicides

363

#72

Venezuela

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

36.69

# of Homicides

10,598

Vietnam

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

1.53

#135

# of Homicides

1,358

#33

Yemen

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

6.77

#55

# of Homicides

1,703

#30

Zambia

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

5.37

#70

# of Homicides

853

#44

Zimbabwe

Metric

Value

Rank

Homicide Rate (per 100k)

7.48

#52

# of Homicides

981

#40

Table

Region ↕	Homicide Rate (per 100k) ↕	# of Homicides ↕
Afghanistan	6.66	2,474
Albania	2.29	66
Algeria	1.36	542
American Samoa	5.38	3
Andorra	0.00	0
Angola	4.85	1,217
Anguilla	28.34	4
Antigua and Barbuda	11.06	10
Argentina	5.32	2,362
Armenia	1.69	50
Aruba	1.93	2
Australia	0.89	222
Austria	0.97	86
Azerbaijan	2.20	219
Bahamas	31.96	122
Bahrain	0.52	7
Bangladesh	2.37	3,830
Barbados	9.77	28
Belarus	2.39	226
Belgium	1.69	193
Belize	37.79	142
Benin	1.13	126
Bermuda	8.14	5
Bhutan	1.19	9
Bolivia	6.22	686
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.17	39
Botswana	15.25	303
Brazil	27.38	57,358
British Virgin Islands	8.33	2
Brunei	0.49	2
Bulgaria	1.30	92
Burkina Faso	1.25	240
Burundi	6.05	635
Cambodia	1.84	268
Cameroon	1.39	341
Canada	1.76	651
Cayman Islands	8.22	5
Central African Republic	20.12	913
Chile	4.40	825
China	0.53	7,525
Colombia	25.34	12,586
Cook Islands	3.49	1
Costa Rica	11.26	563
Croatia	0.58	24
Cuba	5.05	572
Curacao	19.04	26
Cyprus	1.26	15
Denmark	1.01	58
Dominica	26.59	19
Dominican Republic	10.05	1,068
Ecuador	5.80	991
Egypt	2.55	2,207
El Salvador	52.02	3,340
Estonia	2.12	28
Eswatini	11.56	130
Ethiopia	8.79	8,153
Fiji	2.31	20
Finland	1.63	90
France	1.20	779
French Guiana	13.18	30
French Polynesia	0.38	1
Georgia	2.22	89
Germany	0.95	788
Ghana	2.09	609
Gibraltar	2.98	1
Greece	0.94	99
Greenland	5.32	3
Grenada	10.82	12
Guadeloupe	5.75	23
Guam	2.50	4
Guatemala	22.50	3,881
Guinea Bissau	1.15	21
Guyana	14.25	111
Haiti	6.68	743
Honduras	38.93	3,732
Hong Kong	0.65	48
Hungary	2.49	242
Iceland	0.89	3
India	3.08	41,651
Indonesia	0.43	1,150
Iran	2.50	1,936
Iraq	10.07	3,339
Ireland	0.87	42
Isle Of Man	0.00	0
Israel	1.49	123
Italy	0.57	345
Jamaica	43.85	1,287
Japan	0.26	334
Jordan	1.36	133
Kazakhstan	5.06	915
Kenya	4.93	2,533
Kiribati	7.52	8
Kuwait	1.82	61
Kyrgyzstan	2.19	138
Latvia	4.36	84
Lebanon	2.49	171
Lesotho	43.56	897
Liberia	3.26	135
Liechtenstein	2.64	1
Lithuania	4.57	128
Luxembourg	0.34	2
Malawi	1.81	279
Malaysia	2.13	627
Maldives	0.72	3
Malta	1.59	7
Marshall Islands	3.98	2
Martinique	2.77	11
Mauritius	2.92	37
Mayotte	5.93	12
Mexico	29.07	36,685
Moldova	4.10	166
Monaco	0.00	0
Mongolia	6.18	196
Montenegro	2.23	14
Montserrat	20.28	1
Morocco	1.42	510
Mozambique	3.51	849
Myanmar	2.26	1,198
Namibia	17.68	388
Nepal	2.30	627
Netherlands	0.59	100
New Caledonia	3.20	8
New Zealand	0.74	35
Nicaragua	7.19	453
Niger	4.43	788
Nigeria	34.52	64,201
North Macedonia	1.20	25
Norway	0.47	25
Oman	0.27	13
Pakistan	3.88	8,241
Palau	11.17	2
Palestine	0.49	24
Panama	9.39	392
Papua New Guinea	9.75	713
Paraguay	7.14	497
Peru	7.91	2,487
Philippines	6.46	6,895
Poland	0.73	277
Portugal	0.79	81
Puerto Rico	21.09	641
Qatar	0.37	9
Reunion	1.82	15
Romania	1.28	250
Russia	8.21	11,964
Rwanda	2.58	293
Saint Kitts and Nevis	36.09	18
Saint Lucia	21.44	39
Saint Martin	27.73	10
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	15.77	1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	36.54	40
Samoa	3.15	6
San Marino	0.00	0
Sao Tome and Principe	3.25	6
Saudi Arabia	1.27	419
Senegal	0.27	39
Serbia	1.23	108
Seychelles	12.54	12
Sierra Leone	1.73	124
Singapore	0.16	9
Slovakia	1.14	62
Slovenia	0.48	10
Solomon Islands	3.77	19
South Africa	36.40	21,036
South Korea	0.60	309
South Sudan	14.87	1,504
Spain	0.62	290
Sri Lanka	2.42	514
Sudan	5.15	1,702
Suriname	5.43	31
Sweden	1.08	108
Switzerland	0.59	50
Syria	0.88	149
Taiwan	0.82	192
Tajikistan	1.64	126
Tanzania	6.48	3,439
Thailand	2.58	1,787
Timor Leste	4.10	49
Tonga	0.97	1
Trinidad and Tobago	30.65	420
Tunisia	3.06	332
Turkey	2.59	2,133
Turkmenistan	4.22	203
Turks and Caicos Islands	5.65	2
Tuvalu	18.62	2
Uganda	10.52	4,497
Ukraine	6.18	2,751
United Arab Emirates	0.46	44
United Kingdom	1.20	809
United States	4.96	16,214
Uruguay	12.06	416
Uzbekistan	1.14	363
Venezuela	36.69	10,598
Vietnam	1.53	1,358
Yemen	6.77	1,703
Zambia	5.37	853
Zimbabwe	7.48	981

Murder Rate by Country

Table of Contents

Global Rates of Homicide

Countries With Highest Murder Rates

Countries With Lowest Murder Rates

By Region

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chile

China

Colombia

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Curacao

Cyprus

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

Guinea Bissau

Guyana

Haiti