Kill rate by country
The statistics of the homicide rate by country (also known as homicide rate or homicide rate ) show the number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants ( frequency ). The list is based on data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC for short) based in Vienna. The latest figures currently available (end of 2019) relate to 2017 or earlier. The killing rate is a meaningful indicator of a country's security level.
A homicide is defined by the UNODC as the willful death of one person as a result of the violent, wrongful act of another person. It is irrelevant here whether the intent was already killing or whether the victim was only intended to be injured. Attempted non-fatal killings are not included in the statistics. The killings statistically recorded by the UNODC do not include:
- all acts of war or warlike nature,
- fatal injuries in connection with official measures to maintain security
- Suicides including active euthanasia
- negligent homicides as well
- Acts of self-defense resulting in death.
It is difficult to differentiate between politically motivated homicides (e.g. assassinations), which are included in the statistics, and acts of war or police activities, which are not counted. The UNODC definition is not binding in all countries; it can be handled differently in individual countries when collecting local data.
An international comparison of countries with warlike or warlike acts is difficult. Typically, crime rates drop during wars and resume the long-term pattern shortly afterwards.
The reliability of the underlying national data is unstable. Even the collection of the data can be incomplete. It cannot be ruled out that statistical reports are embellished in individual cases for political reasons. For individual countries, only estimates are available that are made, for example, on the basis of data from the World Health Organization (WHO). The general rule is that in the event of death, an intentional homicide is not always recognized. One has to assume that there is an unreported number and that the true number of homicides is higher. Nevertheless, a meaningful picture emerges in a country comparison.
Long-term trends show a drastic decline
The list below and the geographic distribution above show a snapshot. It should also be noted that homicides appear to be subject to a long-term, downward trend. There are no statistics for murders over centuries. However, there are recordings in different places at different times. In 2003, Cambridge professor Manuel Eisner published a study that summarizes such data. The graph below is based largely on Eisner's numbers. In addition, Our World in Data has made additions and updates. The values are given per 100,000 inhabitants per year ( frequency number ).
There has been a drastic decrease in murder rates since the end of the Middle Ages . Italy had historically above average numbers. Today, however, the values are at the level of northern European countries.
Results of the global UNODC study
According to the study (as of 2012), nearly half a million people (437,000) in the world lose their lives every year as a result of deliberate killing. The global kill rate is 6.2 per 100,000 people. Of the deaths, North, Central and South America accounted for 36% (rate 16.3), 31% in Africa (rate 12.5), 28% in Asia (rate 2.9) and 5% in Europe (rate 3 , 0) and 0.3% on Oceania (rate 3.0).
The figures for the development of the past are only available in fragments in the present UNODC statistics. For individual countries there are additional figures from the OECD for the last ten or twenty years . Overall, according to UNODC, the following picture emerges for the last five years: In Europe, North America and Asia, a slightly declining trend is predominantly discernible. The exception, however, is Eastern Europe. In Central and South America, the numbers in many countries remain at an unchanged high level. In Africa, an increase has been recorded in most regions, with southern Africa in some cases being an exception. The numerical basis for development in Africa is, however, incomplete.
Of the world population of around 7.1 billion people (as of 2012), 11% live in countries with a killing rate of 20 and more, while 41% of the world population lives in countries with a killing rate of 3 and less. The proportion of male victims is relatively high at 79%. It is noticeable that almost half of the victims were between the ages of 15 and 29. These two statistical abnormalities are largely present worldwide.
List of kill rates by country
The following figures mostly come from the UNODC study. For the last available reporting year (mostly 2012 to 2018), the table contains the number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants and year ( frequency ), as well as the absolute number of homicides (number of homicides) per country . Countries are sorted according to the killing rate and, if the rate is identical, according to the number of kills. 210 countries and territories were recorded.
In El Salvador , which has been at the top of the list for several years , there has been a marked improvement for three years in a row, so that its rate fell from 103 in 2015 to 51 in 2018.
country | Kill rate | Number of kills | continent | Continental region | year |
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Venezuela | 81.4 | 23,047 | America | South America | 2018 |
Jamaica | 57.0 | 1,647 | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
American Virgin Islands | 52.6 | 56 | America | Caribbean | 2013 |
El Salvador | 51.0 | 3,340 | America | Central America | 2018 |
Honduras | 41.7 | 3,864 | America | Central America | 2017 |
Lesotho | 41.3 | 897 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2016 |
Belize | 37.9 | 142 | America | Central America | 2017 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 36.5 | 40 | America | Caribbean | 2016 |
South Africa | 35.9 | 20,336 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2017 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 34.2 | 18th | America | Caribbean | 2012 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 30.9 | 420 | America | Caribbean | 2015 |
Bahamas | 30.9 | 122 | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
Brazil | 30.5 | 63,895 | America | South America | 2017 |
St. Lucia | 29.6 | 53 | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
Anguilla | 27.8 | 4th | America | Caribbean | 2014 |
Guatemala | 26.1 | 4,410 | America | Central America | 2017 |
Dominica | 25.7 | 19th | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
Colombia | 24.9 | 12,237 | America | South America | 2017 |
Mexico | 24.8 | 32,079 | America | North, Central America | 2017 |
Montserrat | 20.4 | 1 | America | Caribbean | 2008 |
Central African Republic | 19.8 | 913 | Africa | Central Africa | 2016 |
Tuvalu | 4.2 | 1 | Oceania | Polynesia | 2012 |
Puerto Rico | 18.5 | 679 | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
Botswana | 18.4 | 368 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2012 |
Namibia | 17.1 | 388 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2012 |
Guyana | 14.8 | 115 | America | South America | 2017 |
South Sudan | 13.9 | 1,504 | Africa | East Africa | 2012 |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 13.6 | 10,322 | Africa | Central Africa | 2015 |
French Guiana | 13.3 | 30th | America | South America | 2009 |
Seychelles | 12.7 | 12 | Africa | East Africa | 2016 |
Mozambique | 12.4 | 3.133 | Africa | East Africa | 2012 |
Costa Rica | 12.3 | 603 | America | Central America | 2017 |
Ivory Coast | 11.6 | 2,688 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Cape Verde | 11.5 | 62 | Africa | West Africa | 2016 |
Dominican Republic | 11.3 | 1,216 | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
Sudan | 11.2 | 4.159 | Africa | North africa | 2012 |
Grenada | 11.1 | 12 | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
Uganda | 11.0 | 4,735 | Africa | East Africa | 2017 |
Mali | 10.9 | 1,905 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Barbados | 10.5 | 30th | America | Caribbean | 2017 |
Papua New Guinea | 10.4 | 713 | Oceania | Melanesia | 2010 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 10.3 | 10 | America | Caribbean | 2012 |
Haiti | 10.0 | 1,028 | America | Caribbean | 2016 |
Nigeria | 9.9 | 17,843 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Iraq | 9.9 | 3,339 | Asia | Middle East | 2013 |
Mauritania | 9.9 | 416 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Panama | 9.7 | 397 | America | Central America | 2017 |
Swaziland | 9.5 | 130 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2017 |
Republic of the Congo | 9.3 | 466 | Africa | Central Africa | 2015 |
Russia | 9.2 | 13,293 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2017 |
Gambia | 9.1 | 181 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Chad | 9.0 | 1,266 | Africa | Central Africa | 2015 |
Togo | 9.0 | 668 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Paraguay | 8.9 | 599 | America | South America | 2017 |
Guinea | 8.8 | 1,067 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Cayman Islands | 8.5 | 5 | America | Caribbean | 2014 |
Philippines | 8.4 | 8,826 | Asia | South East Asia | 2017 |
British Virgin Islands | 8.4 | 2 | America | Caribbean | 2006 |
Uruguay | 8.2 | 284 | America | South America | 2017 |
Bermuda | 8.2 | 5 | America | North America | 2017 |
Eritrea | 8.0 | 390 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Gabon | 8.0 | 155 | Africa | Central Africa | 2015 |
Madagascar | 7.7 | 1,863 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Peru | 7.7 | 2,487 | America | South America | 2017 |
Comoros | 7.7 | 60 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Ethiopia | 7.6 | 7,552 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Kiribati | 7.5 | 8th | Oceania | Micronesia | 2012 |
Senegal | 7.4 | 1.105 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Nicaragua | 7.4 | 453 | America | Central America | 2016 |
Afghanistan | 7.1 | 2,515 | Asia | South asia | 2017 |
Laos | 7.0 | 467 | Asia | South East Asia | 2015 |
Yemen | 6.7 | 1,703 | Asia | Middle East | 2012 |
Zimbabwe | 6.7 | 981 | Africa | East Africa | 2012 |
Cambodia | 6.5 | 964 | Asia | South East Asia | 2012 |
Djibouti | 6.5 | 60 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Bolivia | 6.3 | 686 | America | South America | 2016 |
Tanzania | 6.2 | 3,439 | Africa | East Africa | 2016 |
Ukraine | 6.2 | 2,751 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2017 |
Mongolia | 6.2 | 191 | Asia | East asia | 2017 |
Burundi | 6.0 | 635 | Africa | East Africa | 2016 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.9 | 2 | America | Caribbean | 2014 |
Ecuador | 5.8 | 972 | America | South America | 2017 |
Suriname | 5.5 | 31 | America | South America | 2017 |
American Samoa | 5.4 | 3 | Oceania | Polynesia | 2016 |
Zambia | 5.3 | 853 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Greenland | 5.3 | 3 | America | North America | 2016 |
Argentina | 5.2 | 2,289 | America | South America | 2017 |
United States | 5.0 | 16,214 | America | North America | 2018 |
Kenya | 5.0 | 2,466 | Africa | East Africa | 2017 |
Kazakhstan | 5.0 | 915 | Asia | Central Asia | 2017 |
Cuba | 5.0 | 572 | America | Caribbean | 2016 |
Angola | 4.9 | 1,217 | Africa | Central Africa | 2012 |
Micronesia | 4.7 | 5 | Oceania | Micronesia | 2015 |
Lithuania | 4.5 | 129 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
North Korea | 4.4 | 1.110 | Asia | East asia | 2016 |
Niger | 4.4 | 788 | Africa | West Africa | 2012 |
Chile | 4.3 | 779 | America | South America | 2017 |
Somalia | 4.3 | 599 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Solomon Islands | 4.3 | 24 | Oceania | Melanesia | 2012 |
Pakistan | 4.2 | 8,235 | Asia | South asia | 2017 |
Kyrgyzstan | 4.2 | 256 | Asia | Central Asia | 2017 |
Latvia | 4.2 | 81 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Lebanon | 4.0 | 235 | Asia | Middle East | 2016 |
Belarus | 3.6 | 340 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2014 |
East Timor | 3.6 | 39 | Asia | South East Asia | 2010 |
Niue | 3.6 | 1 | Oceania | Polynesia | 2012 |
Cook Islands | 3.5 | 1 | Oceania | Polynesia | 2012 |
Vietnam | 3.3 | 3,037 | Asia | South East Asia | 2012 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 3.3 | 6th | Africa | Central Africa | 2011 |
India | 3.2 | 42,678 | Asia | South asia | 2016 |
Turkey | 3.2 | 3.216 | Asia | Middle East | 2012 |
Thailand | 3.2 | 2,229 | Asia | South East Asia | 2016 |
Liberia | 3.2 | 135 | Africa | West Africa | 2012 |
Moldova | 3.2 | 130 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2014 |
Samoa | 3.2 | 6th | Oceania | Polynesia | 2013 |
Palau | 3.1 | 1 | Oceania | Micronesia | 2012 |
Tunisia | 3.0 | 332 | Africa | North africa | 2012 |
Albania | 2.6 | 68 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Egypt | 2.5 | 2,207 | Africa | North africa | 2012 |
Iran | 2.5 | 1.936 | Asia | South asia | 2014 |
Rwanda | 2.5 | 293 | Africa | East Africa | 2015 |
Hungary | 2.5 | 242 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2017 |
Libya | 2.5 | 156 | Africa | North africa | 2015 |
Guam | 2.5 | 4th | Oceania | Micronesia | 2011 |
Armenia | 2.4 | 70 | Asia | Middle East | 2017 |
Montenegro | 2.4 | 15th | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Myanmar | 2.3 | 1,198 | Asia | South East Asia | 2016 |
Sri Lanka | 2.3 | 486 | Asia | South asia | 2017 |
Equatorial Guinea | 2.3 | 27 | Africa | Central Africa | 2015 |
Fiji | 2.3 | 20th | Oceania | Melanesia | 2014 |
Bangladesh | 2.2 | 3,549 | Asia | South asia | 2017 |
Nepal | 2.2 | 627 | Asia | South asia | 2016 |
Syria | 2.2 | 463 | Asia | Middle East | 2010 |
Estonia | 2.2 | 29 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Morocco | 2.1 | 761 | Africa | North africa | 2017 |
Malaysia | 2.1 | 627 | Asia | South East Asia | 2013 |
Ghana | 2.1 | 609 | Africa | West Africa | 2017 |
Kosovo | 2.1 | 38 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2016 |
Vanuatu | 2.1 | 6th | Oceania | Melanesia | 2015 |
Azerbaijan | 2.0 | 201 | Asia | Middle East | 2017 |
Aruba | 1.9 | 2 | America | Caribbean | 2014 |
Canada | 1.8 | 660 | America | North America | 2017 |
Kuwait | 1.8 | 61 | Asia | Middle East | 2012 |
Mauritius | 1.8 | 23 | Africa | East Africa | 2016 |
Malawi | 1.7 | 279 | Africa | East Africa | 2012 |
Belgium | 1.7 | 193 | Europe | Western Europe | 2017 |
Sierra Leone | 1.7 | 124 | Africa | West Africa | 2015 |
Tajikistan | 1.6 | 126 | Asia | Central Asia | 2011 |
Bhutan | 1.6 | 13 | Asia | South asia | 2017 |
Romania | 1.5 | 286 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2017 |
Bulgaria | 1.5 | 103 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2017 |
Slovakia | 1.5 | 80 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2017 |
North Macedonia | 1.5 | 31 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Algeria | 1.4 | 542 | Africa | North africa | 2015 |
Cameroon | 1.4 | 341 | Africa | Central Africa | 2017 |
Jordan | 1.4 | 133 | Asia | Middle East | 2017 |
Israel | 1.4 | 110 | Asia | Middle East | 2015 |
France | 1.3 | 824 | Europe | Western Europe | 2017 |
Saudi Arabia | 1.3 | 419 | Asia | Middle East | 2017 |
Burkina Faso | 1.3 | 240 | Africa | West Africa | 2017 |
Nauru | 1.3 | 1 | Oceania | Micronesia | 2012 |
United Kingdom | 1.2 | 803 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Finland | 1.2 | 69 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.2 | 42 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Uzbekistan | 1.1 | 363 | Asia | Central Asia | 2017 |
Benin | 1.1 | 126 | Africa | West Africa | 2017 |
Sweden | 1.1 | 113 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Serbia | 1.1 | 94 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Denmark | 1.1 | 71 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Croatia | 1.1 | 46 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1.1 | 21st | Africa | West Africa | 2017 |
Germany | 0.7 | 545 | Europe | Western Europe | 2019 |
Georgia | 1.0 | 39 | Asia | Middle East | 2016 |
Tonga | 1.0 | 1 | Oceania | Polynesia | 2012 |
Ireland | 0.9 | 41 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Slovenia | 0.9 | 19th | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Malta | 0.9 | 4th | Europe | Southern Europe | 2015 |
Iceland | 0.9 | 3 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Poland | 0.8 | 287 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2017 |
Australia | 0.8 | 203 | Oceania | Australasia | 2017 |
Taiwan | 0.8 | 192 | Asia | East asia | 2016 |
Netherlands | 0.8 | 132 | Europe | Western Europe | 2017 |
Luxembourg | 0.8 | 4th | Europe | Western Europe | 2014 |
Maldives | 0.8 | 3 | Asia | South asia | 2013 |
Italy | 0.7 | 400 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2016 |
Spain | 0.7 | 307 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Greece | 0.7 | 82 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Portugal | 0.7 | 76 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2017 |
Austria | 0.7 | 57 | Europe | Western Europe | 2016 |
New Zealand | 0.7 | 35 | Oceania | Australasia | 2017 |
Palestine | 0.7 | 33 | Asia | Middle East | 2016 |
San Marino | 0.7 | 1 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2012 |
People's Republic of China | 0.6 | 7,990 | Asia | East asia | 2017 |
South Korea | 0.6 | 301 | Asia | East asia | 2017 |
Czech Republic | 0.6 | 65 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2016 |
Cyprus | 0.6 | 7th | Asia | Middle East | 2017 |
United Arab Emirates | 0.5 | 44 | Asia | Middle East | 2017 |
Switzerland | 0.5 | 45 | Europe | Western Europe | 2017 |
Norway | 0.5 | 28 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2017 |
Oman | 0.5 | 24 | Asia | Middle East | 2017 |
Bahrain | 0.5 | 7th | Asia | Middle East | 2014 |
Brunei | 0.5 | 2 | Asia | South East Asia | 2013 |
Indonesia | 0.4 | 1,150 | Asia | South East Asia | 2017 |
Qatar | 0.4 | 9 | Asia | Middle East | 2014 |
Hong Kong | 0.3 | 24 | Asia | East asia | 2017 |
Macau | 0.3 | 2 | Asia | East asia | 2017 |
Japan | 0.2 | 306 | Asia | East asia | 2017 |
Singapore | 0.2 | 11 | Asia | South East Asia | 2017 |
Andorra | 0.0 | 0 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2015 |
Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 0 | Europe | Western Europe | 2016 |
Monaco | 0.0 | 0 | Europe | Western Europe | 2015 |
Vatican city | 0.0 | 0 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2016 |
world | 6.1 | 463.821 | 2017 |
- 1 Due to the low population, the number of killings was estimated to be less than two.
Development of the killing rates in different countries (1990-2015)
The following list gives an overview of the development of the death rate per 100,000 inhabitants in various countries for which data are available between 1990 and 2015. The data come from the UNODC.
country | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 | |||
Albania | 8.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.8 | |
Algeria | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | |||
Argentina | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | |||
Armenia | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
Australia | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Azerbaijan | 4.5 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Bangladesh | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
Belgium | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
Brazil | 19.6 | 20.9 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 22.0 | 28.4 |
Bulgaria | 2.6 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
Chile | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | |||
People's Republic of China | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
Costa Rica | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
Denmark | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
Germany | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Dominican Republic | 12.8 | 14.1 | 25.9 | 25.0 | 16.3 | |
Ecuador | 8.7 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 15.4 | 17.6 | 6.5 |
El Salvador | 142.2 | 60.5 | 64.4 | 64.7 | 105.4 | |
Estonia | 7.5 | 17.2 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 3.4 |
Finland | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
France | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
Ghana | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | |||
Greece | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | |
Guatemala | 31.3 | 24.9 | 40.8 | 40.7 | 29.4 | |
Honduras | 10.0 | 26.9 | 48.7 | 43.6 | 76.1 | 57.5 |
Hong Kong | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
India | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
Indonesia | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |||
Ireland | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
Israel | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Italy | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Japan | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Canada | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Kazakhstan | 8.9 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 8.5 | 4.8 | |
Kenya | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | |||
Colombia | 71.0 | 59.6 | 65.7 | 41.8 | 33.7 | 26.5 |
Cuba | 7.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 5.4 | |
Lithuania | 4.9 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 7.0 | 5.9 |
Morocco | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | |
Malaysia | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.9 | |
Mexico | 17.0 | 16.6 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 22.0 | 16.5 |
Myanmar | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
Netherlands | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
New Zealand | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Norway | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Austria | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
Pakistan | 7.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 5.0 | |
Philippines | 15.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 9.5 | |
Poland | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Portugal | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Romania | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
Russia | 14.3 | 30.5 | 28.1 | 24.8 | 13.1 | 11.6 |
Saudi Arabia | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |||
Sweden | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
Switzerland | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Serbia | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
Singapore | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Slovakia | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
Spain | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Sri Lanka | 11.5 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 | |
South Korea | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
South Africa | 63.9 | 47.5 | 38.0 | 30.8 | 33.8 | |
Tanzania | 7.0 | 8.4 | 7.0 | |||
Thailand | 9.4 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
Czech Republic | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Turkey | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||||
Hungary | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
Ukraine | 5.0 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 4.3 | |
Uzbekistan | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 1.6 | |
United Kingdom | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
United States | 9.3 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
Venezuela | 12.5 | 20.2 | 32.8 | 37.2 | 45.1 | 58.0 |
Belarus | 5.0 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 4.2 | |
world | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
List of 2013 kill rates for selected major cities
The UNODC study contains further detailed tables. The annual homicide rates and the number of homicides for the largest city in a country are listed. The following table is limited to the cities with kill rates above 10, i.e. H. more than 10 homicides per 100,000 population per year. To compare the death rates of some German-speaking cities: Berlin 1.0; Vienna 1.4 and Zurich 0.3.
country | city | Kill rate | Number of kills | continent | Continental region | year |
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South Sudan | Juba | 12.0 | 132 | Africa | East Africa | 2012 |
Uganda | Kampala | 12.0 | 360 | Africa | East Africa | 2010 |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 12.8 | 362 | Africa | East Africa | 2005 |
Botswana | Gaborone | 16.1 | 36 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2009 |
Lesotho | Maseru | 61.9 | 141 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2009 |
South Africa | Cape Town | 59.9 | 2,018 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2007 |
Bahamas | Nassau | 44.2 | 110 | America | Caribbean | 2011 |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 40.1 | 495 | America | Caribbean | 2010 |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 29.1 | 661 | America | Caribbean | 2012 |
Jamaica | Kingston | 50.3 | 328 | America | Caribbean | 2011 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 131.6 | 17th | America | Caribbean | 2011 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 17.2 | 94 | America | Caribbean | 2011 |
Belize | Belize City | 105.1 | 74 | America | Central America | 2011 |
Costa Rica | San Jose | 17.7 | 55 | America | Central America | 2012 |
El Salvador | San Salvador | 52.5 | 157 | America | Central America | 2012 |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | 116.6 | 1,253 | America | Central America | 2011 |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 102.2 | 1,175 | America | Central America | 2011 |
Nicaragua | Managua | 18.7 | 236 | America | Central America | 2010 |
Panama | Panama City | 53.1 | 492 | America | Central America | 2012 |
Brazil | São Paulo | 14.2 | 1,621 | America | South America | 2012 |
Ecuador | Quito | 11.4 | 230 | America | South America | 2011 |
Colombia | Bogotá | 16.5 | 1,281 | America | South America | 2012 |
Venezuela | Caracas | 122.0 | 2,550 | America | South America | 2009 |
Mongolia | Ulan Bator | 11.9 | 140 | Asia | East asia | 2011 |
Nepal | Kathmandu | 18.5 | 166 | Asia | South East Asia | 2006 |
Solomon Islands | Honiara | 19.1 | 11 | Oceania | Melanesia | 2008 |
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- ↑ South Korea: The national statistics also include attempted manslaughter, adjusted for a rate of 0.38.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f See PDF of the complete UNODC study (English; 10.28 MB).
- ↑ Michael Tonry: Why Crime Rates Are Falling Throughout the Western World, 43 Crime & Just. 1 (2014). P. 2 , accessed June 6, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Patsy Richards: Homicide statistics - Commons Library Research Paper (PDF; 537 kB) uk.parliament.uk (House of Commons Library). May 27, 1987. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ↑ Manuel Eisner : Long-Term Historical Trends in Violent Crime . The University of Chicago, 2003 ( Download [PDF]).
- ^ Homicides - Our World in Data . The data are available under the Creative Commons BY license. , accessed on March 2, 2019.
- ↑ OECD Murder Rates . Quandl.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ↑ At the beginning of the year (2014): 7,202,951,000 people live on earth . World Population Foundation. December 31, 2013. Accessed November 30, 2014.
- ↑ a b El Salvador's Murder Rate Decreases for Third Straight Year , AFP in voanews.com, January 2, 2019.
- ↑ Intentional Homicide Victims | Statistics and Data. Accessed August 7, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b Global Study on Homicide | Statistics and Data. Accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Venezuela murder rate dips, partly due to migration: monitoring group. In: Reuters. Accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Table 1. Retrieved December 30, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Federal Criminal Police Office, PKS 2019, interactive maps: murder, manslaughter and homicide on request .