Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate per million people: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Honduras	913.5	2011
2	El Salvador	688.59	2011
3	Cote d'Ivoire	591.51	2008
4	Jamaica	529.39	2010
5	Venezuela	450.36	2010
6	Belize	418.02	2010
7	Guatemala	386.29	2011
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	382.03	2010
9	Lesotho	380.3	2010
10	Zambia	378.12	2008
11	Uganda	357.88	2008
12	Malawi	356.41	2008
13	Trinidad and Tobago	355.4	2010
14	Colombia	332.85	2010
15	South Africa	318.86	2010
16	Central African Republic	296.29	2008
17	Sudan	294.59	2008
18	Puerto Rico	264.16	2010
19	The Bahamas	260.75	2010
20	Saint Lucia	248.03	2010
21	Dominican Republic	247.64	2011
22	Ethiopia	244.96	2008
23	Tanzania	244.54	2008
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	230.5	2008
25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	228.69	2010
26	Mexico	218.49	2010
27	Dominica	210.77	2010
28	Brazil	209.9	2010
29	Guinea	208.63	2008
30	Equatorial Guinea	208.2	2008
31	Panama	206.35	2010
32	Burundi	200.13	2008
33	Kenya	199.44	2008
34	Kyrgyzstan	196.77	2010
35	Greenland	195.3	2009
36	Guinea-Bissau	193.81	2008
37	Burkina Faso	190.05	2008
38	Cameroon	188.82	2008
39	Angola	187.07	2008
40	Guyana	178.09	2010
41	Ecuador	175.85	2010
42	Namibia	175.71	2004
43	Rwanda	167.07	2008
44	Eritrea	163.32	2008
45	Ghana	157.77	2008
46	Chad	152.85	2008
47	Sierra Leone	151.3	2008
48	North Korea	150.88	2008
49	Botswana	147.05	2009
50	Mauritania	141.69	2008
51	Benin	140.64	2008
52	Zimbabwe	138.84	2008
53	Gabon	134.88	2008
54	Nicaragua	134.83	2010
55	Comoros	130.91	2008
56	Papua New Guinea	130.36	2008
57	Swaziland	128.8	2004
58	Bermuda	123.91	2011
59	Nigeria	121.83	2008
60	Cape Verde	115.77	2007
61	Paraguay	114.71	2010
62	Grenada	114.64	2010
63	Costa Rica	112.86	2010
64	Barbados	110.56	2010
65	Togo	104.72	2008
66	Peru	102.61	2009
67	Russia	102.35	2010
68	Liberia	101.02	2008
69	Turks and Caicos Islands	99.18	2009
70	Cayman Islands	94.5	2008
71	Burma	93.8	2008
72	Mongolia	88.1	2010
73	Mali	88.06	2008
74	Bolivia	87.04	2010
75	Kazakhstan	86.87	2010
76	Mozambique	86.82	2007
77	Senegal	83.91	2008
78	Seychelles	82.74	2006
79	Indonesia	80.95	2008
80	Madagascar	79.69	2008
81	Pakistan	78.68	2011
82	Moldova	74.96	2010
83	Kiribati	73.81	2008
84	Haiti	69.62	2010
85	East Timor	69.58	2008
86	Antigua and Barbuda	68.78	2010
87	Lithuania	66.63	2010
88	Uruguay	58.82	2011
89	Philippines	53.84	2009
90	Estonia	52.23	2010
91	Ukraine	51.36	2010
92	Cuba	49.87	2009
93	Belarus	49.75	2009
94	Thailand	49.67	2011
95	Suriname	46.14	2009
96	Laos	45.45	2008
97	Yemen	44.54	2009
98	Turkmenistan	42.28	2006
99	United States	42.01	2010
100	Georgia	42	2010
101	Albania	40.32	2010
102	Solomon Islands	37.73	2008
103	Niger	37.45	2008
104	Sri Lanka	36.07	2010
105	Djibouti	35.8	2008
106	Montenegro	35.52	2009
107	India	34.24	2009
108	Argentina	33.98	2009
109	Cambodia	33.54	2005
110	Turkey	32.97	2008
111	Chile	31.54	2010
112	Latvia	31.26	2010
113	Nepal	30.82	2009
114	Uzbekistan	30.44	2008
115	Iran	30.12	2009
116	Libya	29.95	2008
117	Fiji	28.08	2004
118	Liechtenstein	27.89	2009
119	Bangladesh	26.39	2010
120	Afghanistan	26.34	2008
121	Mauritius	25.76	2010
122	South Korea	25.32	2010
123	Luxembourg	24.56	2008
124	Malaysia	22.94	2006
125	Azerbaijan	22.75	2010
126	Finland	22	2010
127	Lebanon	21.88	2010
128	Syria	21.5	2010
129	Kuwait	20.7	2009
130	Iraq	20.66	2008
131	Israel	20.47	2011
132	Romania	19.6	2009
133	Bulgaria	19.51	2010
134	Republic of Macedonia	19.03	2010
135	Tajikistan	18.75	2010
136	Jordan	18.06	2006
137	Sao Tome and Principe	17.83	2008
138	Cyprus	17.42	2009
139	Czech Republic	17.26	2009
140	Serbia	16.87	2010
141	Belgium	16.52	2010
142	Canada	16.23	2010
143	Maldives	15.93	2008
144	Vietnam	15.81	2008
145	Greece	15.56	2010
146	Slovakia	15.5	2009
147	Somalia	15.1	2008
148	Armenia	14.85	2010
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.56	2010
150	Algeria	14.44	2008
151	Morocco	14.13	2010
152	Croatia	14.03	2010
153	Hungary	13.3	2010
154	Egypt	12.92	2009
155	Andorra	12.65	2004
156	Ireland	12.07	2010
157	United Kingdom	11.68	2009
158	Portugal	11.66	2010
159	Poland	11.42	2010
160	Tunisia	11.33	2008
161	Samoa	10.9	2008
162	Netherlands	10.83	2009
163	France	10.54	2009
164	Australia	10.38	2010
165	Saudi Arabia	10.23	2007
166	Bhutan	10.11	2008
167	China	10.02	2010
168	Tonga	9.71	2008
169	Sweden	9.7	2010
170	Malta	9.62	2010
171	Qatar	9.57	2008
172	Vanuatu	8.87	2008
173	New Zealand	8.85	2011
174	Italy	8.75	2010
175	Denmark	8.51	2009
176	Spain	8.47	2010
177	Germany	8.44	2010
178	United Arab Emirates	8	2006
179	Macau	7.48	2010
180	Slovenia	7.32	2010
181	Oman	6.94	2008
182	Switzerland	6.65	2010
183	Austria	6.32	2010
184	Guam	6.32	2007
185	Norway	5.93	2010
186	Bahrain	5.38	2008
187	Brunei	5.34	2006
188	Japan	3.97	2009
189	French Polynesia	3.77	2009
190	Iceland	3.14	2009
191	Singapore	3.09	2011
192	Hong Kong	2.4	2011
=193	Monaco	0.0	2008
=193	Palau	0.0	2008

Citation

"All countries compared for Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate per million people", United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violent-crime/Murder-rate-per-million-people

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