Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) by country
An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.
Countries reporting
170
Highest
76.34 per 100,000 people
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
0.0691 per 100,000 people
Singapore
Median
2.55 per 100,000 people
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,272
What the numbers show
Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 76.34 per 100,000 people in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 0.0691 per 100,000 people in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.55 per 100,000 people, and the mean is 7.98 per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,105.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 542.3%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 94.5%).
Intentional homicides: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.34 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 542.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.16 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.32 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 49.86 per 100,000 people | 2012 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 5 | Jamaica | 49.44 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 6 | Ecuador | 45.72 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 319.0% | volatile |
| 7 | South Africa | 43.72 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 8 | Haiti | 41.15 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 304.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.44 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 39.04 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 11 | Lesotho | 38.24 per 100,000 people | 2008 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bahamas | 32.2 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 13 | Honduras | 31.44 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 56.5% | rising |
| 14 | Belize | 28.06 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 15 | Dominica | 27.06 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Martin (French part) | 26.9 per 100,000 people | 2016 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 17 | American Samoa | 25.54 per 100,000 people | 2018 | up 375.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Colombia | 24.91 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 24.86 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 20 | Guatemala | 23.37 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 21 | Brazil | 19.28 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 22 | Guyana | 19.12 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 17.75 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 103.6% | rising |
| 24 | Curacao | 16.92 per 100,000 people | 2007 | up 144.9% | falling |
| 25 | Puerto Rico | 14.59 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 26 | Grenada | 13.67 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 158.5% | flat |
| 27 | Venezuela | 12.65 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 76.7% | rising |
| 28 | Eswatini | 12.51 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 29 | Panama | 11.71 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 30 | Botswana | 11.37 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 11.35 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 32 | Uruguay | 11.25 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 11.21 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 10.92 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 43.7% | flat |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.72 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Iraq | 9.46 per 100,000 people | 2013 | down 40.3% | rising |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 9.34 per 100,000 people | 2010 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 38 | Uganda | 8.97 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 39 | Peru | 8.6 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 40 | British Virgin Islands | 8.17 per 100,000 people | 2006 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 41 | Seychelles | 7.97 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 98.3% | falling |
| 42 | El Salvador | 7.9 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 81.4% | falling |
| 43 | Barbados | 7.44 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 44 | Kiribati | 7.12 per 100,000 people | 2012 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Cape Verde | 6.99 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 46 | Paraguay | 6.78 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 47 | Russia | 6.77 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 48 | Cameroon | 6.76 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 59.9% | falling |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 6.76 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 50 | Suriname | 6.52 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 51 | Chile | 6.35 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 52 | Samoa | 6.26 per 100,000 people | 2018 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 53 | Bermuda | 6.18 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Mongolia | 5.92 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 55 | Yemen | 5.81 per 100,000 people | 2013 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 56 | United States | 5.76 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 57 | Burundi | 5.65 per 100,000 people | 2016 | — | flat |
| 58 | Greenland | 5.35 per 100,000 people | 2016 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 59 | Zambia | 5.2 per 100,000 people | 2015 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 60 | Liechtenstein | 5.12 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | 4.87 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 62 | Thailand | 4.79 per 100,000 people | 2011 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 63 | Tunisia | 4.69 per 100,000 people | 2020 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 64 | Argentina | 4.49 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 65 | Cuba | 4.46 per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 66 | Bolivia | 4.42 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 67 | Cayman Islands | 4.37 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Philippines | 4.35 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 69 | Pakistan | 4.33 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 70 | Guam | 4.33 per 100,000 people | 2019 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 71 | East Timor | 4.07 per 100,000 people | 2015 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 4.03 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 73 | Ukraine | 3.78 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 74 | Tanzania | 3.75 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 3.73 per 100,000 people | 2008 | — | falling |
| 76 | Rwanda | 3.61 per 100,000 people | 2020 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 77 | Mozambique | 3.59 per 100,000 people | 2011 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 3.31 per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.23 per 100,000 people | 2011 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 80 | Turkey | 3.23 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 81 | Liberia | 3.09 per 100,000 people | 2012 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 82 | India | 2.82 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 83 | Lithuania | 2.63 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 84 | Myanmar | 2.58 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 2.55 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 86 | Moldova | 2.54 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 87 | Latvia | 2.5 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Bhutan | 2.47 per 100,000 people | 2020 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 89 | Belarus | 2.38 per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 2.34 per 100,000 people | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 91 | Mauritius | 2.27 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 92 | Lebanon | 2.24 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 2.22 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 94 | Armenia | 2.21 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 2.16 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Nepal | 2.13 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 97 | Syria | 2.06 per 100,000 people | 2010 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 2.06 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 99 | Georgia | 2.03 per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Canada | 1.98 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 101 | Aruba | 1.93 per 100,000 people | 2014 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 102 | Ghana | 1.83 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 103 | Cambodia | 1.82 per 100,000 people | 2011 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 104 | Malawi | 1.78 per 100,000 people | 2012 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.75 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 89.6% | falling |
| 106 | Morocco | 1.71 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 107 | Israel | 1.63 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 108 | Estonia | 1.54 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Vietnam | 1.54 per 100,000 people | 2011 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 1.53 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 98.4% | falling |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 1.53 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 112 | New Zealand | 1.46 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 57.3% | falling |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 1.4 per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 114 | Albania | 1.39 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 115 | France | 1.34 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 116 | Serbia | 1.31 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 1.31 per 100,000 people | 2017 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Iceland | 1.29 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 317.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 1.25 per 100,000 people | 2017 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.22 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 121 | Isle of Man | 1.2 per 100,000 people | 2015 | — | rising |
| 122 | Algeria | 1.16 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 123 | Sweden | 1.15 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 124 | Slovakia | 1.12 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 125 | United Kingdom | 1.12 per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 126 | Romania | 1.11 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 1.09 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 1.08 per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | rising |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 1.01 per 100,000 people | 2015 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Jordan | 0.9878 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Finland | 0.9819 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 132 | Tonga | 0.9463 per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9353 per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 134 | Germany | 0.9107 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 0.8924 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Austria | 0.8762 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 137 | Australia | 0.8544 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 138 | Denmark | 0.8406 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 139 | Greece | 0.8396 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 140 | Cyprus | 0.8179 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 141 | Poland | 0.8023 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 142 | Montenegro | 0.7892 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 143 | Czechia | 0.7678 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 144 | Malaysia | 0.7345 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 145 | Norway | 0.7247 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 146 | Hungary | 0.7227 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 147 | Portugal | 0.72 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6932 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 149 | Netherlands | 0.6909 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 150 | Spain | 0.6909 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 151 | Croatia | 0.6673 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Ireland | 0.6543 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 153 | Palestine | 0.622 per 100,000 people | 2022 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Maldives | 0.6151 per 100,000 people | 2019 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Switzerland | 0.5975 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 156 | Italy | 0.5681 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Slovenia | 0.5665 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Malta | 0.5629 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 159 | Macao | 0.5603 per 100,000 people | 2023 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 160 | China | 0.5019 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 161 | Brunei | 0.4864 per 100,000 people | 2013 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 162 | South Korea | 0.4773 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 32.1% | flat |
| 163 | Hong Kong | 0.3762 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Indonesia | 0.3038 per 100,000 people | 2022 | — | falling |
| 165 | Kuwait | 0.25 per 100,000 people | 2020 | down 87.7% | falling |
| 166 | Japan | 0.2292 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 167 | Bahrain | 0.1956 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Oman | 0.1386 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Qatar | 0.0691 per 100,000 people | 2022 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Singapore | 0.0691 per 100,000 people | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & Caribbean 19.7 per 100,000 people
- Africa Eastern and Southern 12.4 per 100,000 people
- Sub-Saharan Africa 12.2 per 100,000 people
- Africa Western and Central 11.9 per 100,000 people
- Low income 10.4 per 100,000 people
- IDA total 8.3 per 100,000 people
- Least developed countries: UN classification 7.8 per 100,000 people
- IDA only 7.7 per 100,000 people
- Upper middle income 5.7 per 100,000 people
- North America 5.4 per 100,000 people
- World 5.2 per 100,000 people
- IBRD only 4.7 per 100,000 people
About this data
An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.