NationMaster - Discussion - Crime

d 18th April 2012	my Thailand is not on the chart. We accept the vice nature of human beings, and we legalize prostitutes to some extent that help the society and that can control mafia to some extent. Sexual rapes are more frightening than anything else especially for women, but Thai men have their option. Thailand still has sexual bars all the night to serve the vice needs of thai men. Prostitutes in Thailand are now imported from overseas. once we were poor, but now we become richer, Thai women prostitutes now have declined, and are replaced by foreign women from Russia, and other parts of the world. Thailand is one of the lowest employment rate despite our income per capita is lower than west countries due to our low tech goods.
Kay 14th March 2012	I HATE HEARING ABOUT RAPES!!! It's so sick that people can actually be that low to take advantage of others. To those who have been raped, you can survive it. If you haven't told yet ( I know you may be scared) you should tell someone, so we can stop this!!! We all need to protect ourselves and all these innocent people. Please help us all out, if you know someone who has been raped ,help them out. Report it! It helps!!! I know it does!!!! I did it , so you can too.
has been deleted 20th January 2012	> When I look at this rank like a week ago South Korea was maybe within the top 20, but now suddenly South Korea is gone. Record has been deleted by the Koreans. information operation was already running.
Junis 18th November 2011	LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The war on terror is really a war on non-rapists. If you are doubtful about the validity of the statistics, there is nothing preventing you from checking out its source. You do this by pressing on "International Statistics on Crime and Justice" link under listing in the 'Source:' section.
Kelly S. Burket 14th November 2011	Your services are completely useless! I tried 100 different ways to find the annual number of rapes in Vietnam. Your site says there is no such thing! I find that hard to believe. I think you should double check this!
? 4th November 2011	When I look at this rank like a week ago South Korea was maybe within the top 20, but now suddenly South Korea is gone. What happened?
tonga 16th October 2011	at least, china should rank in the top ten list.
tonga 16th October 2011	at least,china should rank in the top ten list.
Umar 11th October 2011	Indeed Islam is protecting Women.
Bully Buster 8th October 2011	No wonder more and more women are choosing Islam to protect themselves from these lustful acts of perverts in our societies. hope we'll come out of media definition of 'civilization' soon and establish truly 'civilized' and 'free' societies built around respect for women and their rights.
Batsi 4th October 2011	I am south african..this is not hard to believe..we should excersize the death penalty.
secretlover 30th September 2011	where's pakistan here?
Smegma 28th September 2011	Hard to believe, given I'm Canadian, that we lead in the raped department. Maybe, as many people here has suggested, that law enforcement here really do, in fact, enforce the law.
NubianGoddess 1st September 2011	Why is Canada so high on the list?
neke 22nd August 2011	where is brazil?
Muslims Suck 5th August 2011	Tariq, you're an idiot. Just because Wikipedia says that doesn't mean that is the way the backwards countries work. The entire middle east should be wiped out.
sato 12th May 2011	@DFLOOD Have You ever been to Japan?japan is very peaceful even after the disaster happened... Incidentally,Japan is 2010 Global Peace Index rank 3.
sato 12th May 2011	Have you been to Japan??Japan was very peaceful...(2010 global peace index rank 3)
rai 12th May 2011	@DFLOOD Have you been to Japan? japan is soo peaceful country.(2010Global Peace Index rank 3)
said jalal 11th May 2011	rape is accouring every where,because of the hormon.but why it accouring,it needs to search the cuases of rape.there is multifectoral causes,personel,social,familial, and so on. if we are human we most use the right way for every thing we must use our own culture which is marrige. so maybe the data will be not correct but the situation is ready for more thant shown data,
andrew 6th May 2011	considering that women can be put to death for being raped, they are unlikely to report it in a muslim country. i.e. Zhila Izadyar. If a woman is not a virgin at marriage she can be put to death. IE if she is raped. Because she cannot be sold or married away if raped, often families will commit honor killings. Further why rape when you could just buy or negotiate for a woman/girl with her father? Forcing yourself on your wife is not rape in muslim countries.
Rape victim 30th April 2011	I'm saudi I met at least 5 Other girls whos been raped, 3 men whos been raped all catogries by men and 2 other men sexually asulted by an adult female when they were younger, too many who's been sexually assaulted by husbands or family members !!! If I probably known at least a 1000 ppl who I had a direct contact with one way or another in my life!!! So u do the math! I don't have 2 witnesses to confirm that I was raped and I was young and didn't really understood what happened I was in so much pain and fear because according to the culture these things shouldn't be happening and if it happens it means u were not raised properly or u have too much freedom and will need to learn from the lesson not to go out without a man to protect u, I had fought alot for my family to trust me to go out with friends and didn't want to lose that advantage ( to go out to a girls party or have a coffee ) also if I have to report it then it will bring so much shame to the family if I didn't have enough evidence and probably to save me from the sin and to cover it up ur family will probably try to save the situation by marrying to someone who will agree to cover up the traises of the incident !!!or they will have to have me fixed up by an abroad surgery, I didn't want any of those options to i never felt ashamed i knew from the beginning that i was not a bad person and i didnt do anything bad to deserve it but i was very scared and I had too much to deal with already, I knew i needed to heal alone with no support and decided not to tell anyone because i knew it will hurt them to find out because they will have to face allot to prove the rape ...i needed to look after me and mot to feel worse about it anymore!!! That was 14 years ago and i didnt start talking About it untill 6 years after the rape ....I'm a stronger women now and I'm proud that I didn't take any of the options that this culture offered me At the time!!! Not that there were good options anyways!!! I wish if things changed From how it was 14 years ago but they didn't change much!!! women are still suffering and alot of them are going through it without knowing and they are sad but they still don't understand why or that it's their right to feel hurt but of course they can't comprehend the situation untill it's too late and alot of them think that this is a test from god and if they went through it and got over it by prayers and worship then they should expect more of the good deads which leads to heaven in their after life!!! Which is a shame really!!!
SiMpliFieR 22nd April 2011	Shariah law in islam does prevent rapes very effectively. It teaches to respect women. I read many opinions of such people who unfortunately either have low or extremely incorrect understanding of the islamic law and that due to the anti-islamic propoganda everywhere or they just dont want to accept the truth of it. Accepting or rejecting this wont effect its existance. I guess these people have never been to any islamic country to see it wid their own eyes, just swayed by their western media who they simply believe in without a second thaught. The law for woman veiling themselves; some might say it is very inhuman or uncivilized which is normal considering the knowledge westerns have of islam.But in the end, who is getting the benefit,the women or lets just say those who do that shorts/skirts and all those stuff,(btw i have never ever seen any woman wear stuff like that with my own eyes in public as i belong to a muslim society) what of these women; the statistics show it. I also read somewhere, "that in islamic law, woman needs to have four witnesses to make her rape report acceptable". This person is lacking substancial knowledge about islamic laws. It is acctually the opposite; "The person accusing a woman of sex beyond marriage or adultry, needs to bring up four witnesses to proof his alegations, if he fails, he will be whiped 80 lashes". The principle reason for the low rape statistics of islamic countires is the Punishment. The Punishment for a rapist in islam is stonning to death. And for those who say this is not practical and lack knowledge about shariah, i have lived in saudi arabia for a very long time and seen public executions of such criminals with my own eyes.
Hypocrites 18th April 2011	This is why I hate countries that call themselves "Islamic", don't get me wrong, in the Islamic world there should be the LEAST amount of rapes reported/unreported IF they truly followed the Shari'a Law, because rapist = death penalty (there are a few who got death penalty for rape in Saudi Arabia in the last few years), unlike "civilized" countries who just put rapists in jail or fine them which is not enough to scare rapists.
hmmm 8th April 2011	Bruiser's comment: Ultimately women dont seem to mind.. I mean not if measured by action at least, as they never bother to collectivise to make any progress with it or club together to protect their own? Perhaps on a subconscious level they buy in to the "deserved it' model? First of all, in countries where women have more legal protection, like the United States, women have many organizations fighting to end violence against women. As for going places together, I think you must not know very many women. Most women I know do try to go with other people places. What if you don't know anyone else to go with though? Where I live most people are religious and don't go clubbing, so if you are someone who does like to do this and for some reason go yourself sometime, I don't think it means you buy into the 'deserved it' model. Maybe you bought into the 'not all men are rapists' model and thought it would be nice to be around other people and not be afraid all the time. And this mindset reflects yet more ignorance about rape. Most rape is not by someone you don't know. It's usually a family member, partner (as in date rape), or someone you know. I recently learned of a woman who was raped by the man at her work who would give her a ride. She's my age - close to 40 - a single mom with 4 or 5 kids who was going to her janitorial job on the other side of town. I actually don't know anyone personally who was raped when going clubbing. My aunt was raped in her home - at age 50+. Another aunt was raped by a cousin. I, unfortunately, realize I could go on telling you of people who were raped and only the one aunt was raped by someone she did not know.
Tariq javed 8th April 2011	Forced marriages are not rape, as in Islam men are responsible to protect and maintain a women. It is not desired but is certainly different than the rape itself. In Islam a girl has to be consulted for consent and with this marriage is invalid.Even after her consent, if she wants, she can get rid or a mismatch and marry another person, it is unprecedented in any other religion. Islam is most liberal of all the religions.
A_muslim 23rd February 2011	In quran ch 24, first the hijab for men has been ordered ( v30 ) then after that the hijab for women comes ( v31 ). A muslim man has to be modest , he has been ordered not to gaze at a lady and to cast down his eyes and not to think about shameless thoughts. Then women are ordered for hijab so that they may not be molested ( quran ch33 v59 ). After this if a man rapes a woman ,for him is the capital punishment. In case of rape , the lady that has been raped , is the victim and not the criminal . In case of rape , the report of the victim is enough to start the proper enquiry . If the a man is found to be guilty then the capital punishment is for him , but the victim is not and cannot be punished. Even if the lady does not wear hijab , man is yet guilty of his own crime and does not justify his being involved in rape ,fornication or adultery. He should fear Al-Mighty ALLAH for his own sins and a woman should also fear ALLAH for her own sins . Being raped is not her sin. This is what islam teachs and the word means "peace acquired by submitting ones own will to ALLAH ".WATCH PEACE TV. To bring down the rate of crime ,go to the root cause and use safety measures right from the root. This is what islamic law does.
salam 23rd February 2011	As i'm working last 20 yrs in Saudi arabia,as house driver with various sponcers,i m familier with arab mentality very well,herein arab,they hire maid servent from various part of worldl like Philipines,indian,and other countries,I didnt find a single maid yet,who not been raped,every maid servent(khaddama)is being used for sex by her sponcer,his friends,relatives,and the arab believe this is their right,have sex with maid servent.isnt it rape in islam?isnt this should be reported as rape in any leagul book?Surely these arab's are higest rapiest in the world.But they hide their sins behind their beard.
altamash 21st February 2011	kathy do u know the punishment in islam 4 rapist its death panelty 4 merrid man and 80 lashes 4 unmerried man.
Souvik 17th February 2011	I saw a lot of muslim saying islam is so great. actually all religion tries to conceal rape. I have never seen any people with any faith is doing less rapes. Actually tight laws like singapore is the key for democracy. And tight laws with no favoritism is the key for countries with democratic centralism like China. And what to say about the rightist, monarchy and religions? They say a lot but actually do nothing for the society. Law is to protect the upper starta of society in monarchy or rightist dictatorships. At least in democracy people try to bring it down. And please shed light on how police, mafia and political leaders and religious leaders are so integrated that they have to take a blind look at road crimes. I live in West Bengal, India. Its the question of money and loot. So the nexus between religious leaders, contractors, developers, party leaders of all parties, police, civil servants and lots of others leads to make the most hooligan boys of the neighborhood to serve them. They take their advantage and in return these boys do a lot of crimes whenever they get a chance. And Bangladesh -- much worser -- we don't feel that there is any administration left. I told you all - the key is the essence of strict laws and nobody is above the law -- whether a king, a president, a prime minister, a religious leader, a civil servant, a police or armed force personal, a clerk, a hawker, a driver, a rickshaw puller, a labor, a CEO --- that's what democracy means. And do not blame capitalism -- everybody tries to take its advantage but very reluctant to obey the common law which came from the revolutions for democracy.
Mary 16th February 2011	I just watched a documentary on Haiti and how rape has increased there since the earthquake which is mainly due to the easy access to women and children as many are living in tents so have no door or solid building to protect them. I was disgusted. Does this mean that more men are ready to be rapists because of increased opportunity?
Jethro 14th February 2011	I recommend reading the book “Phoolan Devi - Bandit Queen”. I think Kathy would enjoy it. In most countries rape is not reported because the poor woman has to live with the stigma. Phoolan had the solution.
radhika 12th February 2011	in india girls are being gang raped each and every day,which do not happen in any other country.a girl being raped by one or many makes a lot of difference.the lame judicial system in india punishes the criminals in such a way that after release they repeat the same.very young girls are being raped even by 10 men at the same moment.these politicians are least bothered and always keep thinking about their victory in elections.sons of politicians being involved in rape makes the situation more worse.this is why no strong action is taken against any rapist in india.
Demetrius garrett 9th February 2011	people need to notice rape is sick!!!!!! think about it how would it feel to you if your mom,sisters,grandmas etc. get raped. us as people need to make a change even if it starts today.
ELA++AN+INDIAN 8th February 2011	in india rapist are soported , but nobody support victim, some times victim comitted sucide. wake up women and be togather and fight it,s the time. we don't want rape no more rape.
ELA AN INDIAN 8th February 2011	HERE IN INDIA THE RAPIST ARE GO FREE FOR OUR CORRUPT POLITICAL POLICY. AND SKIN DON'T BE HAPPY , THERE IT IS NOT THE % OF RAPE , IT IS PERCENTAGE OF RAPE WHICH REPORTED.
Eshaal 6th February 2011	Mahfuz and all the others who say that Muslim countries are safer. I myself am a Muslim girl and having studied medicine I spent a two years travelling around Muslim countries and administering emergency treatment to women. I can confirm that rape is very prevalent throughout Muslim countries, but out of all the women I treated (probably well in excess of 100) I do not recall even one of them reporting it. If they did do then I was never asked for a medical report which would imply that any such claims were taken seriously. Consider too that these were women who had been physically hurt during rape and therefore required medical assistance, as well as the reluctance to seek help after such incidents and the actual number will probably be much higher. I could not comprehend just how powerless these women and girls felt, so much so that I plan to set up a charity to help victims of rape in these countries in the near future.
James Klima 1st February 2011	The fact that majority Western countries are topping the list is not a surprise. Places like Saudi Arabia, forcing sex by husband is not categorized as rape. Women are voluntarily oppressed in western countries, they are brainwashed on daily bases by news channel to dress like a dressed up pork chop to please men, I worked in USA and I have seen married women having relationship with their boses and coworkers, how sad :(
mussa 28th January 2011	i think woman are source of rape coz now dayz they always walk on roads half naked
Faxia 28th January 2011	I worked 5 year in a little hospital in Saudi Arabia and I've never seen so many women suffering from rapes. Most of them, of course, never reported it for fear of getting murdered.
DFLOOD 27th January 2011	Japan should be #1 on this list. Wierd. Owait it's reported rapes gotcha.
ann 25th January 2011	It is sad to say a lot of victims of rape go without police involvement because a lot of people have been raped by a family member and the family won't allow the shame of it to become public . I personally know five people who have been repeatedly raped and more by a brother father or step father in one instance the mother knows and did nothing . Only one person had the strength to take her rapist to court she won as more came forward what made her more angry was the fact her parents continued to speak to this neighbor after she told them . 2 of the others are having counseling which is helping the others are drinking themselves to death . So where does the statistics count these people . And the ones who make fun of the topic '' ARE U A RAPIST CAUSE IF U ARE NOT SHAME ON U ''
Ed 19th January 2011	The evidence that proves rape can quickly dissipate. If a claim of rape is not immediately reported, then it is more likely than not, that it didn’t occur. This is why it is so important to report this crime without delay.
rmloc 16th January 2011	KSA stood in the bottom its obvious.where there is no freedom to lady there crime againist her will be less.
KarenO 14th January 2011	Mike is correct. Rape in muslim countries is rarely reported because the victim is punished. Refusing to see it is ignorant and dangerous.
Ill 13th January 2011	@Mike Don't propagate incorrect stereotypes. Muslim men are not higher propagators of rape than anyone else. It's sad to see how many people are caught up in the anti-Muslim propaganda these days, and end up discriminating against them as badly as the Nazis did to the Jews.
bobbi 10th January 2011	to me if he rapes a kid under 16 he chould be killed or he chould be put in something worse the war so he can get shot up and if it is over the age 18 the needs to be put in jail my bff was raped and the guy did not go to jail L:(
Bruiser 3rd January 2011	Ultimately women dont seem to mind.. I mean not if measured by action at least, as they never bother to collectivise to make any progress with it or club together to protect their own? Perhaps on a subconscious level they buy in to the "deserved it' model?
Mike 30th December 2010	Sexual offences for some countries are incorrect. For example Muslim countries and Asian countries, like India, has a staggering sexual offence record. More than 80% of Indian women, for example, have reported being sexually assaulted at some point in their life according to private surveys. Muslim men are huge sexual offenders and the statistics don't reflect that, probably because their society is so closed to the outside world to give true numbers.
zahir 29th December 2010	Funny how there some who prejudice blind sided them on the truth about Islam, Almost all western countries has the highest rape and crime cases yet the see it necessary to bash muslim. @Pedro: you are incorrect what you said about women in Islam, on the contrary in the Quran, all a women has to do incase of accusation of rape is to swear to God of her innocence and she will not be prosecuted.
pedro 29th December 2010	@Hilmi - Yeah, and due to the rules of evidence in sharia, essentially impossible for the woman to prove. Consequently she will be the one punished - for adultery. The only way this will affect the statistics is by frightening the victims from reporting rapes in the first place. Great solution(!)
Dedonarrival 20th December 2010	Lot of rape goes on behind the chapel in Wales did you not know, enticement is a hot cup of tea and a bun.
Sam 16th December 2010	What about Congo, Democratic Republic of?
John 14th December 2010	In Canada, crime statistics do not distinguish between rape and less serious sexual offences. Since unwanted groping is a sexual offence and is counted among the more serious offences, it's unlikely that the actual rape rate is anywhere near what it says in this report.
Hilmi 6th December 2010	@Joie Leigh - Under Sharia Law, Rape is one of the crime with the heaviest penalty. Please get your facts right the next time. See how a true muslim women dress and you will know why it is less rape in muslim country.
john smith 5th December 2010	i was born in saudi arabia in the city of dammam. u can ask from my mom and 4 sis abt the heavenly atmosphere of saudi. this place is like a heaven on earth when there comes an issue of rape, crimes, robbery and murders. 30 yrs we lived there, althogh v r catholic but those muslims ddnt did other than respect. the media is so different than the reality, may be its some political powers want to prove muslims as terrorists. my mom and sis used to hangout even with gold jewellry as gold is much less expensive in saudi, but never found any crime or rape thing.. peace
Joie Leigh 4th December 2010	@DutchMuslim Are you serious!? Rape is ok under sharia law... so maybe on paper there are less rapes in muslim countries, why would they record the numbers when it's not considered a crime?
Samy 3rd December 2010	This statistics is really interesting; it is not about reporting the cases or about considering the wife sexual enforcement as a raping case. It is about the effect of Islam on people behaviour. I am not saying that Muslim men are more behaved or better than the western men as both are men and both have the same needs and mental state but the major difference is that Muslim men are having a major control over their shoulders that GOD is always observing them and also the heavy load of the punishment of Islam for the rapists; it is to hang them alive and cut their hands and feet’s cross wise. Even if it is not applied but they grow knowing it and it is there in the back of their minds. Also the rate of covered ladies is helping to reduce the heat on man’s nerves as the less you see the more stable you become however sometimes they also get raped by a sick mind man. Islam is solving the problem from different angles and always giving the solution based on GOD knowledge of his own creatures so all what we need is to believe that GOD created us and just follow his rules. Did anyone ever got a Mercedes and went to BMW to fix it for him? The ever looser is the one who always search for the solution at the problem creator “himself”
Laura 2nd December 2010	I know it has been commented but I feel like it should really be recognized that the number one reason that many of those countries are so much higher on the list than other countries is not because the rape count is higher but because the likelihood of a rape being reported is higher. Someone did mention that in many of those countries with the 'low' rape incident counts, a woman who reports a rape is not only going to be shamed but in some countries maybe even worse! They blame the victim and it is a massive burden to place on onself, it is much easier for them to simply keep it to themselves rather than report it to law makers/enforcers that will do very little about it, in some countries possibly even simply telling the offender of the report, again making things worse for the victim. I think the fact that countries like Canada are so high on the list doesn't show that it is significantly more common for rape to occur, rather it simply shows that the Canadian system and people are getting much more effective to dealing with it, to easing the reporting process and helping the victim. There level of shame connected to being raped in Canada (and possibly other more developed countries?)is on the decline as more and more people become educated and realize that it is not the victim's fault. How up to date are these states does anyone know?
Julie 27th November 2010	Rapes are not lesser in muslim countries , they are just less reported
EKI 25th November 2010	Islam is the only source of preventing people from raps and its not mean that just accepting islam is enough but it also to need to follow the rules of Islam. to be very honest non muslim know that, but they not accept that. bcoz Allah all mighty irshad mafhum "I decieded some one to convert to Islam then they convert" Means every persons are choissen by Allah(GOD) for Islam. and Please guys i didn't hurt some one and some one's religion. So please don't say any thing that hurt muslims. I will be thankful.
CanadiAnna 20th November 2010	Canadian government keeps telling the public that our troops need to be in Afghanistan to help the poor, downtrodden women who are treated so disgracefully by the men. It's evident the billions of taxpayer dollars they're squandering overseas could be better spent elsewhere.
procat 19th November 2010	You like it or not, rapes are lesser in muslim countries.
pam 18th November 2010	This is the number of REPORTED rapes. The incidence of rape appears to higher in developed countries not because there are more rapes, but because rape is more likely to be reported.
Syed 18th November 2010	Those who are arguing that rapes are not registered in countries like India, then I would say, it happens in every county. It's a fact that, a good number of women don't report that they're raped in every country and it is not just in India. So, I would agree with this statistics.
DJ FINGALICK 8th November 2010	Very bad incidences... Hope 2011 urshers in better minded individuals and rape-free year
Frank 17th October 2010	Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the bottom of the list. Has this anything to do with the fact that if a woman reports rape she is the one likely to get punished.
Monique Levesque 14th October 2010	I am a rape survivor from Canada, but I'm not a "statistic" because my rapist got away with it, so how accurate can this be even when we do go to the authorities, they sometimes don't do their jobs very well, so this also doesn't show up on the "stats". Plus I agree, in some countries, perhaps it's easier to come forward to the police. Mainly I want to say, let's all try to help the women in the Congo and South Africa - seems worse there.
Ncebakazi 3rd October 2010	I'm in SA, rape is a serious issue, most people i encounter have been raped multiple times but the most common thing is that family members do not punish the offender if it is family or close family friend. they make the woman suffer & blame them for not preventing the rape. its horrible
Crystal :) 3rd October 2010	wow there's a lot of people getting raped these days ; so lucky my country keeps loyal to their standards & care for their fellow women .
Amod 29th September 2010	I guess only these countries care to keep a record .. all other just don't care about women.
Mikey 19th September 2010	Saudi Arabia's rape count would probably be much higher if the forced marriages and the that wives are legally required to be submissive to their husbands (including sex) were taken into account.
Paul 15th September 2010	i think the govt should give more priority for such crimes than murder or robbery. only 22% of reportd crimes are dealt in U.S. also women should not be accused of ny crime that she may commit for self defence.
Paul 15th September 2010	women should be given free license for small arms...and no case should be filed against killing for self defence. Or the govt. should giv more priority for such crimes than murder n robbery.
ALL 14th September 2010	The latest UN report on sexxual violence: Interesting; Sweden is at number 2 in the world, only "beaten" by LESOTHO ! I wonder why that is ? Did all Swedes just turn raving mad over the past 20 years, or could it have something to do with problems assimilating immigrants and refugees ? http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Crime-statistics/Sexual_violence_sv_against_children_and_rape.xls
Kendra G. 12th September 2010	In the United States, lots of people is not telling on the rapist and child molesters because you know them or the parents just say it is normal. United States is probably number one to tell you the truth. Thanks for your time. Have a great day!
Zaki Adam 11th September 2010	@ ervin Mr. Ervin Do you have any authentic information regarding Unreported rapes? I am living here since 2004, I have ever heard of anything you said, you Know even at traffic signal by mistake if seen any girl in another car, He will Immediately ask you why did you looked at my car, and some time they will call police, so who will dare to rape any one and taking chance that may be she will not report to police will you try that Mr. Ervin? Special when it’s very hard to get any prostitute here and you are away from your wife for years, I don't think so, even if you are away from your wife for 5 years.
SWEDEN 5th September 2010	The latest final figures from the Swedish official statistics are 64 REPORTED rapes per 100,000. Meaning it would be at number 27 in this list with 0.064 per 1000 inhabitants. The figures for year 2000 is at 0.023 per 1000 inhabitants though. This can be seen as success in Sweden on gettings rapes reported and there are alot of other sources of information which indicates that the rate of occured rapes is roughly the same. Obviously these kind of explanations should be rather obvious when it comes to the list published here (it clearly extremely incorrect in actual commited rapes).
Amy+Becker 1st September 2010	I think that if all those who have committed sex crimes suddenly dropped dead we would lose one percent of the female population but we would lose half of the male population.
lee 27th August 2010	no surprise sa is on top there . as a women i never really felt safe walking or jogging or riding a bike there. Notice there are not too many asian countries.
SWEDEN 27th August 2010	Acording to the total on this site (Sweden 2100) we should end up at number 10 in this list. 2.33.
pc 25th August 2010	Just a note that in the case of rape, one should never suppose it has much to do with the religion or in fact often the penalties, the mass difference is actually in the reporting rate. In reply to Mahfuz - the fact that in many countries, particually in the middle east, though definatly not only there, you are shaming your family by acknowledging rape, particularily since that means you are no longer virginal. I beleive they did a study of it in India as well, in which the true statistics were much higher than the reported ones.
Nelida 24th August 2010	@Mahfuz: You’re kidding, right? Women in Muslim countries can be executed for loving the wrong person, being homosexual, dressing “provocatively” and they can be executed for being raped as well. Considering this, it is logical that women do not report rapes that often because they fear the reaction of the society and family. And let’s do not forget marital rape which is nearly a peccadillo in Muslim countries.
Amy+Becker 23rd August 2010	Mahfuz If every nation executed these males as Kathy has said, there would be few rapes every where but just as Kathy also stated, I do think the male population would be reduced by at least 10% but I do agree with her also that we can get along very well without these type of males
Mahfuz 22nd August 2010	Most of the countries with higher rape incidence are Christian-dominated. The first Muslim state on this list is Malaysia ranking 38th. So, Muslim nations offer a comparatively safer living environment for women.
Kathy 22nd August 2010	Abdul your post about two Saudi policemen were executed for raping a girl is a perfect example of how the numbers of rape would drop greatly if they would only execute all the males who do this. I think society could withstand the drop in the male population to make it safe for all women and chidren.
Amy+Becker 21st August 2010	holepigeon said: "he can be more heavily sentenced if it is for rape" I am glad France is doing this but if all nations did what Kathy bluntly said on 9th June 2010 rape would be very rare. I do doubt that her idea on 27th May 2010 "teaching males in grade school who the real superior gender is so they can learn to respect girls and women more." would work but I sure would love to try it.
SDPro 17th August 2010	@Kathy What if at one time in the year 100,000 BC, 1/3 of all women were eradicated to have a safer, "leaner" society? Which going by standards we see today, it "worked". Would that seem practical? The Y male chromosome had to split apart from the XX pair to create an XY pair to create a male gender to procreate the species. The only thing that can spare humanity from suffering at the hands of males is to completely eradicate males from existence. Then use stem cell cloning procedures, and stem cell reproduction using only XX chromosomes, forgoing the XY pair altogether. Or have tracking chips in every human, total transparency and invasive privacy so we can all feel "safe". 1984 The World. The process of preventing rape offenders from repeating the ac by jailing or death sentence might be appropriate. However it will not totally prevent all future ocurrences. You either gotta use weird genome science in your favor, or get the gas chambers operating. If the superior female gender had 80% of the power, and 80% of people in the streets were women, you think those women on the street won't commit any crimes? You think those women will hold onto their morals, that they'll be the "better bums"? Or you think women leaders can help all other women?
the fact 13th August 2010	do you know the reason why the japanse rate is so low? because japanese rape victims just don't report to police. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTxZXKsJdGU not only china has problems, you know.
a123 13th August 2010	Dear John, I don't see how your opinion of 25 Jul is correct, when there are 22.4 million people in Australia, and only about half a million of that are Aboriginies. So how do you work out that the rate of people being raped in Australia all comes from Aboriginals raping Aboriginals? I am over 60, I am not Aboriginal, I am Australian, an I am a multiple rape victim. My childhood included being locked up in a barbed-wire children's home. And doing things to me that made me very traumatised for my whole life. I have never had the support to deal with any of it, and I am still trying to get help. And only age now has made me determined not to shut up, and not give in and be threatened and intimidated any more. And I can assure you, the three timed I got raped, every single one of them was a white male. Once including being raped while I was in the so-called "care" of a hospital, and another was somebody who told me he was going to "help" me, and the other “male” was a teacher. I just want to tell you I live a very isolated life trying to deal with this in my senior years, in a country that's hell-bent on covering up the truth.
JS 8th August 2010	Not to choose sides on the whole economic issue or anything, but I wanted to interject that most 3rd world countries have limited law enforcement, so parties would be less likely to report rape, or have anyone to report it to. Or even, when it comes down to it, know that it can be reported. Again, not saying right or wrong to either side, just pointing out another aspect.
JJThompson 4th August 2010	In response to Bastin, why are you connecting/corrilating rape to poverty? Does being poor make someone want to rape more? Rape is generally an act of power, for examnple when used in war, which SOME 3rd world nations experience more than 1st world. 1st world nations have some of the most "meaningless" brutal crimes. For example, serial killers are basically a USA phenomenae. Before assuming that poverty or development is linked to crime generically, think about the type of crime and the motivation (if any) behind it.
Washiela 2nd August 2010	Saudi Arabia is last on this list, due to the fact that Saudi men treat women with the utmost respect. Women are the jewels of the country, they are the keepers of the household and the bearers of the children and if the men wants to have a good wife they need to respect and treat their woman the way they want to be treated. Some men interpret the holy book (The Quran), in a way that can benefit themselves; thus there is this stigma on the way non-Saudi Arabians tend to think about women. When one googles 'oppressed women',generally the first picture that pops up is a muslim woman with a scarf and bars over the face, why is this! I am muslim and I don't feel oppressed or even treatend by the male population, so everyone should look to Saudi Arabia and praise their crime rate that is so low.
Pete 30th July 2010	To the last commenter, all of those nations were in the top 10, not 20. The top 20 included the UK, France and Spain as well.
Bastin 27th July 2010	I expect 3rd world countries only at first top 20 on the rape chart yet, I found the most developed nations like Australia, Canada, and USA within this rank.Why? when there is lowest or no poverty at this developed worlds.
John 24th July 2010	Australias rape rate is high because of the aboriginal population, the aboriginal communities in Australia have very high levels of violent crime, murder rates assault rates rape rates attempted murder rates manslaughter rates suicide rates and child abuse rates are very high and are among the highest in the world and the most violent place in the world outside of war was also once in Australia aswell to, Palm Island an island off North Queensland which has a large aboriginal population was once ranked the most violent place in the world outside of war.
holepigeon 20th July 2010	If France is high on the list (.15), it's because rape is mercilessly tracked down, it is a national priority, to the point that when a criminal is convicted, he can be more heavily sentenced if it is for rape (especially if it is a male on female rape and if the female is a minor, the courts and the public are absolutely merciless, talk French Puritanical tradition). Some other countries, I surmise, have lower rape statistics because police & justice catch a smaller proportion of rapists, or the victims don't report as systematically as in France.
Sunshine29 15th July 2010	TE: 'Why count all sexual assault in some countries and only rape in others?' In Canada, there are no 'rapes' only sexual assaults. You cannot be charged with 'rape' in Canada, which is why they included all sexual assaults from that country.
lina 12th July 2010	the statistics are correct. for some countries, they have more rapes REPORTED than others. so a country like US likely has more rapes than canada and australia, but in us, a huge percentage are never even reported. in the other countries, the majority of them are reported.
TE 12th July 2010	It just proves that you can twist statistics to get any result you want. Why count all sexual assault in some countries and only rape in others? If you seperated the rapes from the sexual assaults Australia would be way down the list. Afterall the USA has a homicide rate 4 1/2 times our own. Why would statistics on rape be any different?
muslimandproud 5th July 2010	it seems that non muslim countries are the most dangerous for women and u have to remember that in saudi arabia , rapers are systematically decapitated
Ervin 2nd July 2010	@Zaki Adam What you need to realize is that these are the rates of REPORTED rapes, not actual occurrences. Saudi Arabia has Shariah law, and as a result there have been many cases of women reporting rape to the police and then being imprisoned for the crime of being raped and not calling for help, while the true criminals walked free. There fore most women simply know not to report rape anymore.
Ervin 2nd July 2010	@Zaki Adam Understand that these are all REPORTED rapes per capita. According to Saudi Arabian law, the victim is the one who is at fault for not calling for help, therefore nobody ever reports rape. There have been numerous cases of women reporting rape in Saudi Arabia and then going to prison for getting raped. Now they just know not to tell anybody.
bilbo 27th June 2010	Something for the deep thinkers to ponder.... In many Western countries, rape WAS a capital offence (ie, the offender was executed)until relatively recently. Didn't work all that well in practice though; the two major problems were that, due to the punishment, the victim was often murdered to lessen the chance of capture, and second, it made it far too easy for a woman to blackmail a man (especially in the days before DNA proof that he actually WAS involved). One set of gallows I saw had been used for 1 murder, 1 horse-theft (!! true) and 3 (three) rapes. I know that's not a large sample-size, but it is a fact.
kartikaya 18th June 2010	the report is round off correct - i have seen more than fifteen articles on rape statistic and the result are almost same
Lindy 10th June 2010	It seems you have to live here and have been affected by it to believe the stats about South African crime. I'd love to see a survey and find who living in South Afria has not had a family member raped/murdered or both. It is not mostly black on black and even if it were- what difference would it make? We are all affected in this beautiful land. Crime is crime!
Someboone 10th June 2010	I agree with kathy, rapists should be executed! there is no questioning it! in denmark, when we hear about rapists or parents who sell their own children(from a very young age like 9! sickness I say! psykopaths of parents, no they aren't even parents! they are worse than parasites!) for prostitution only get 6 months in jail! that's sick!! and inhuman in every way! they should make a law that said that rapists should be executed like in the muslim countries! oh, and to the people who say muslims rape people, guess what they aren't muslim! to be muslim raping is the worst crime, you will be executed if you do such a horrible thing! please do not flatter such people by calling them muslim!
Gus ciper 9th June 2010	I´m doing a work statics of rapes in Chile, and I found here we have 3500 cases a year. I want to know the number in other cuntrys, if any one had that information please send to me. gvillarrubia@ciperchile.cl
Kathy 4th June 2010	Matt: "many women in Muslim theocracies don't report rape as they are frequently punished along with or instead of the perpetrator" Is this not true in many places? Women have been sent to prison for killing males that were attacking them. I do agree that many will not report rapes in Muslim areas because women have been stoned to death for doing so but the males are often not even punished and they go on to rape many other women and even small girls. This is why I think all males need to be executed after their first rape. There sure would not be any repeat offenders but if all those 98% which someone here said do not report them were caught, there would be a lot fewer males around but others would learn to keep "it" in their pants.
Matt 2nd June 2010	Dan: their placing on the list doesn't necessarily reflect that Islamic societies are any safer for women. The above rankings are all dependent on the reported statistics of the nations in question, and many Muslim countries have a very strict definition of rape that doesn't include forced sex in marriage or child brides, for example. As well as that, many women in Muslim theocracies don't report rape as they are frequently punished along with or instead of the perpetrator.
anmol 1st June 2010	I live in Australia and there is absolutely no way that we are third for highest rapes per capita. South Africa is a country that looks good but it does have a high crime rate. India is a country where hundreds of women are raped evry day. And approximately 98% of rapes are not reported. Ive been to India and some of the women there have a horrible story to tell.
Japan LOL 1st June 2010	dude. Japan is sadly very very infamous for it's massive rape capita. Only in Japan, it's culturally shameful to report something like rape. So, there you have it. Japan is NOT in the 50s. Probably around the top twenty, if not the top three. Also, lately, South Africa has been seeing more and more Black on WHITE FARMER crime. They even have sayings about killing beors and raping their daughters. You guys have to keep up with the times. They have some really sad videos about that kind of stuff on various streaming sites.
Rod 28th May 2010	I've heard always that Sweden is one of the countries in the world with most rapes per capita. Why it is the only nordic country which was left out of this statistics?
Kathy 26th May 2010	Lain, how would it not help the problem? If a male rapes a woman and is then executed for doing so, he will not be able to rape anyone else. I am not suggesting he be executed based only upon someone's word as I think there should be evidence he did rape her and that it was forced. Rape is not as much about sex as it is about control so maybe you do have a point. Perhaps we should start teaching males in grade school who the real superior gender is so they can learn to respect girls and women more. Carl Muller, violent crime is not so much a Black on Black thing as it is a male thing. 90% of all violent crime is committed by males and oddly enough, other males are their usually victims.
sarfaraz 24th May 2010	I welcome u all thru our islamic greeting As-salaamwaleykum(May God's peace and mercy be on all of u) Islam has the answer to every problem and the stats has just proved it if people are not satisfied with this stats then check out the rapes stats on Wikipidia stats Saudi Arabia with zero cases and those who say Islam surpress women then I like them to come to muslim country and check how much respect is given to a women and not only to their body but also their honor of status if someone abuses anyones mother mate and if the victim takes him to the sharia court the culprit has to prove along with four witness that the victims mother has a bad character and if any one of the witness fumbles a single sentence while cross check mate all four witness are given 80 lashes thats the what u call law the criminals will think thousand time before committing any crime and if people think that execution will increase the womens population then Islam has answer to that as well that's Allah (GOD) knows that in wars, accidents,rapes,execution,crimes most of them are done by males thats why Islam offers 4 marriage.
FR 23rd May 2010	I don't think that most countries are really serious about reducing the frequency of rape. Even if it could be proven 100% without a shadow of doubt that things like pornography, immodest dressing, immodest and revealing images on billboards, magazines, and internet; and immodest tv shows and movies are directly linked with the frequency of rape and unwanted pregnancies, still, most countries will not even consider banning and criminalizing these things, will they? Immersing in pleasures of the flesh and satisfying the desires in better ways seem to have become the order of the day. Even if not everyone is like this, the guys on the top are. And therefore all must suffer the consequences, even the few modest, chaste, morally upright people who are still out there.
Sunita Baasmaarey 14th May 2010	India is on top. This website is only showing per capita statistics. The reason for which india tops is the bad authority and reason for which western country tops is the exposing dressing style of women,even mother of two wants to expose, most western country are promoting naturism ar nudism which is another form of porn business, they all are shameless. A mother should be modest, she sould wear respectable clothes, she looks beautiful in long skirts there is no need to expose legs or more so that their kids will learn to respect women.
Bernice Y. 6th May 2010	Which year was this statistic posted? i really need it to compare others which i have read. A.S.A.P PLEASE :)
mark 3rd May 2010	In every western country, muslims are becoming responsible for the majority of sexual crimes, including against children, since they consider it a part of jihad.
Carl Muller 27th April 2010	It is interesting to note that although the crime in S A is very high, it is mostly black on black. Why use the statistics and try to say that SA is a bad country. In the rest of Africa the rapes and murders are just not reported.
Iain 18th April 2010	Executing rapists will not solve the problem Kathy. You can kill rapists day after day and never get to the root of why this horrible crime occurs. It is a quick fix to give people brief satisfaction that the problem has gone until the next rape occurs. That is not to say that rapists should not be punished; of course they should, after all rape is one of the worst crimes a human being can commit. But this does still not take away from the fact that we are not addressing the issue, much like many other problems in society.
Kathy 16th April 2010	Rape is almost 100% a male activity. If we executed every rapist or child molester, the number of rapes would drop but then the male population would drop by at least 10% in most nations. I have no problem with that, We can get along just fine without males like that.
Paul 11th April 2010	Please click on the "per capita" button, too many of the commentators seem to be misled. No, the European countries are not the ones with the biggest rape rate. Besides, there are cultures in which certain acts would not be called "rape" even though they would be very well within the western definition of the assault.
wicaro22 11th April 2010	Hold it there, buster we haqve too many problems in Latin America to report rape, thanks to the Church, specifically the catholic church, with its imperial mandate that women must be submissive to men. Guilt is in regards to sex and other pleasure behavior that goesoutside the law. After all, you are only a criminal if you get caught. The rich do not get caught, therefore there is no way of knowing what happens to sex crimes at that level of our societies. Statistics as these are mere descriptions. You have to read and undrstand what the limitation of the data, such as this set, impacts your understanding. Women who are raped, in general, do not report the rape because men will beat them to death or it is expected of you as a submissive object of Church mandates. So before you jump to conclusions on statistics, first you have to understand the culture ansz social mores of the culture you are studying. Statiscal inference is how you analyze, interpret and report data. But never is there cause and effect possible in aggregate data. And think about incestual rape, boy is that a subset that is never studied because how do you identify it. Wow, it would seem that rape statiscs are generated because it is the fault of women. Blame everything on women, that's right blame it on women. No wonder you you can't unerstand the purpose of this data. We should break it down, also, by gender, who did to whom! And when you deal with aggregate data as this, there is no way to infer cause and effect in statistics. Remember, we were given a snapshot of a "country". I appreciate this data set because they gave the limitations of the data, and that is how it should be. Let us not pander to technicalities. Finally, I repeat, eliminate the Church and women will be more willing to come out a defend themselves. Gee, it is bad enough that women face major major obstacles in life and subjecting them as guilty of provocation on the sex act.
MaBi 2nd April 2010	I wonder why Sweden typically is presented on the "total" numbers, but not on the "per capita". Sweden has among the highest amount of rapes, murder etc of all industrilized countried but the statistics seems to have been removed.
Jar 22nd March 2010	Robby, the australian nationals are the overwhemingly majority of the australian resident population, therefore most sexual crimes are committed by the. However the issue is the pro-capita crime rate of a population: if the "visitors" are 10% but make 40% rapes (hypothesis) and australian nationals make the other 60% despite being the 90% of the population, then there's a big disproportion.
hicca 16th March 2010	i think the rate should increase more and when it become natural people will not consider about it
Liz 5th March 2010	Why would rapes be reported "per capita"? That's like reporting prostate cancer rates per capita, when in fact, in both cases the statistic by definition applies to a specific portion of the population. I doubt these figures include rape of males, because it is far less common or reported than rape of females. Thus, South Africa's actual rate is more like 2.4 per 1000, by virtue of the fact that females make up about half of the population.
Emily 21st February 2010	The main problem here is that some of the countries lower on the list have rape rates that are much higher than depicted, but in those countries, they don't consider them rapes. There are many countries in which, by other country standards, wives are raped by their husbands, but in those countries, women have been raised to believe that they should just listen to their husbands and that even if they don't want to have sex, it is their duty to do so. It's very a sad, and just goes to show that there needs to be a cultural revolution in several places to help aid victims who don't even have the right to claim that they are in fact victimized. Plus, yeah, the bottom of the statistics does point out that they shouldn't be taken to heart. They are interesting, and since there is a disclaimer, well-done.
rathu 29th January 2010	This is per capita stats guys. If you see the number of rapes, United States tops the list with India at No. 5. Indians probably surprised, because news of rape appears ever other day in the media. But you have to remember India is country with 1.2 billion people.
Njmweb 21st January 2010	U see muslims country are the less to face this problem, this is because 1- womens are covered 2- islam dnt allow men to mix with women only if nessessory, 3- no alcolhol + + please read about islam.
reena 14th January 2010	Hi I think in india rape is increasing day by day.
Dave 21st December 2009	Interesting, but I have to say there's no way in Canada should be that high, it should be near the bottom actually.
Kat (sweden) 27th November 2009	When you say 'rape' most people will think females but do keep in mind that it also can be guys and even children. In sweden we have a weak rape reception when it comes to men, I am ashamed of that but I dont think sweden is the only country with that.
Abbe 22nd November 2009	you know why Saudi Arabia is at the bottom?, rapists have their heads` chopped off. I think that is fair. If you think its not then imagine it is you daughter or sister who got raped, you'll agree with me. The reported vs unreported cases issue makes a difference but doesnt change the picture (statistics) much.
Sigi 13th November 2009	Chris what you are looking at are satistics based on reported rapes. The fact that austrialia has a "High" Incidence is in a way a compliment to austrialia. It means that when rape does occur the woman reports it, and is more likly to get a conviction. Saudi Arabia is at the bottom of the list. In order to prove she has been raped in SA a woman must have the testimony of three men. I find it highly doubtful that there is less rape in saudi arabia then there is in norway for example.
Robby 2nd November 2009	Most of the rape cases in Australian are by Australian national themselves... not visitors.
edthewave 30th October 2009	NOTICE 3/4 OF THE COUNTRIES WITH THE LEAST RAPES ARE MUSLIM!!! SHARIA PROTECTS WOMEN!! ALLAH KNOWS BEST!
Keith_C 28th October 2009	Some of the statistics for Australia include rapes committed by visitors to Australia Media Release 28 October, Sydney NSW Christian Democrats Party Reverend the Hon. Fred Nile: I ask the Attorney General a question without notice. Is the Government aware that three male Zambian nationals who were convicted of repeatedly gang raping a 15-year-old girl over the course of nine hours have been let off with a three-year jail sentence? Does the Government acknowledge community concern that the sentence does not reflect the severity of the crime and that it sends the wrong message to potential offenders? What action is the Government taking to review the low sentence? The Hon. John Hatzistergos: Victims of sexual assault are subjected to not only physical trauma but also deep psychological wounds, and aggravated sexual assault is one of the most extreme and despicable instances of this crime. The offenders in this matter received full-time prison sentences of six years with a three-year non-parole period. I am currently reviewing the transcript of Acting Judge Armitage's remarks and I have asked the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice in relation to the prospects of an appeal on the sentence. The issue of deportation of the men upon completion of their sentences is a matter for the Commonwealth and the Minister for Immigration.
Keith 28th October 2009	To Chris. In Sydney, Australia, there were recently three Zambian Nationals sentenced to three years jail each for raping a 15 year old girl.There's your answer. Some of the rape statistics for Australia are rapes by visitors to Australia
Naeem 28th October 2009	Its not happening in any particular country its happening every where. This what we are so called humans? We are more modernized and socialized today then the old times of our history. This is social injustice and isolation from our sacred religions.
Raj 27th October 2009	Somebody PLEASE fix South Africa - Why do men rape so much here?
Geo 18th October 2009	For those disagreeing with the numbers - there is a explanation at the bottom that these stats reflect what Authorities record Not neccesarily actualities in Rapes & Assaults. Obviously there is a big discrepancy for crime that is based on instilled fear by the perpretator, disrespect by the public, disbelief by the public of the victims, a labyrinth of any court system for a victim to get Justice done. This is a crime which still too too many persons, especially males, attempt to pooh poo it's direness, it's horror & even it's happening! When Good Men start satnding up For Vicitms, standing up against sexual bullies, then We'll start getting some real statistics to impress others with.
Mario 9th September 2009	countries like canada and australia have always had high incidents of rape because those places have very remote populations and rape actually is higher in places where there are fewer people. Also, canada and australia have always been very soft on prosecuting people accused of rape. Just last year in australia a Muslim gang was responsible for a series of gang rapes. The leader was sentenced to 50 years, but there was such an outcry from the feminists---yes the feminists, including Germaine Grear---that his sentence was reduced to 15 years! Multiculturalism at its best in places like australia!
an indian 25th August 2009	Hi all, i believe maximum rapes have taken place in my own country "india" , but they havnt been proved in the courts which dosnt give them the status of "rapes".!!!
AA 24th August 2009	I think we need to look a little differently into these issues. I dont really believe that the crime rate should be higher in 3rd world countries. Why dont we open our eyes to see that it is really lower. You may be living in a developed country, but that does not mean your ethics are better than those in the 3rd world. It is awful to think you are "good" because you live in a developed country and others are "bad" because they are in a 3rd world country.
Jared 15th July 2009	Chris to answer your question, Third world Countries such as the ones you mentioned Im sure have higher counts of rape but the Lack Any Kind of organized Government and lack any kind of Organized Criminal Justice sytem. They Don't Have the resource to carry out such statistical surveys and Many of those third world countries don't care. However most of the Countries Listed Above DO have Such Resources and report their findings as such.
kbec 6th July 2009	This page needs to be changed to REPORTED rapes per capita.
jill 11th May 2009	I was just wondering what the 2008-2009 statics are? Can you help at all?
azeezuddin mohammad (india) 5th April 2009	it is showing where 100% muslim law is followed rape cases are decreased.this is a good sign to follow muslim law.
NM (Canada) 30th March 2009	While not wishing to defend Canada, as perhaps it really does have a sky-high rape rate, there has not been a crime called "rape" in Canada for some time. It has been replaced by "sexual assault" with varying degrees, which covers the gamut of sexual crimes, not all of which might be called "rape" in other countries.
Kurien (India) 23rd March 2009	The fact that countries with relative conservative cultures(Saudi, Greece, India, Turkey), where people might live in sexual pressure cookers, mostly come at the bottom, need not be the result of lower prevalence, but could be due to underreporting resulting from 'honor' issues. I read somewhere that even the industrialized Japan has a similar aspect in their culture.
Frank (UK) 14th March 2009	If you live in an Islamic state where women have little in the way of human or civil rights,such as Pakistan,not only will rape not show as a statistic because the authorities will not register it but women face persecution and further abuse if they do complain. Wife beating is officially sanctioned in Islamic countries. It is 1530 in the Hejiran calendar and that just about sums it up.
Itaka (Osaka) 21st February 2009	Japanese crime for "Rapes" can't be low rank because Japanese girls never report the incidents for their rapes to the police, also their social customs never get used to a new sex crimes. For example, we know each other if someone touches a woman with full hips, it would be sex crimes, but NOT in Japan. We don't exactly trust to hear better reports for sex crimes happened in Japan. How many could Japanese men guilty to child molestation charges? Japan even encourage export as to a child-porno into the world.
Iftekhar (Bangladesh) 19th February 2009	You will find in the World Development Report of 1993 that the total number of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) lost for Muslim women in the Middle Eastern Crescent to be the lowest in the world - even when it comes to self-afflicted wounds. However, they scored highest in lost DALYs in the world when it came to war. Muslim culture does tend to protect women. Also the low levels of labour force participation helps: according to Gary Becker, the higher the participation rate of women in the labour force, the greater the instability of marriage - and hence violence in marriage.
hassan saeed (maldives) 9th February 2009	now the world need better culture than before.now adays people dont follow the right path...most of the people think for fun and then for eat if there is anything than this , its a crime ... cime come from their mind , mind never devolop with nothing so devolop your mind by filling truth its only following the creates guide and its a Noble Quran ...read it and think about it
Mike (Sout Africa) 6th February 2009	The fact is that SA has the most progressive reporting laws and therefore the highest count. Accurate comparisons are impossible in a world where the penalty for reporting rape is some countries is quite severe while others encourage reporting of every form.
Hassan (Pakistan) 4th February 2009	I dont think the Hijab (or sharia laws) has anything to do with the rape rates. Malaysia is higher than Italy on the list, and Azerbaijan is at the bottom.
David (London) 26th January 2009	Muslim countries appear to have the lowest incidences of rape. Just look at malaysia and even turkey where a large number of women wear the hijab and rape is reported as in western countries. I guess the hijab does have its benefits.
JR (US) 13th December 2008	This should be called "reported rapes (per capita)"
Ash (UK) 26th November 2008	Zach rape cases in arab countries are quite successful. It is just that the media likes to focus on those that are not in order to to use it as propaganda.
Fred (US) 26th October 2008	Isn't the United States the country with the highest rape cases? But then again, not many victims come forth in the US since nothing can really be done unless you can afford rape kits...
Stephan Scinto (United States) 23rd October 2008	In the Second Congolese War there were somewhere around 200,000 rapes, at the very low end of estimates.(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War) This is obviously wrong.
Andrijeski (Macedonia) 15th August 2008	Why no one that commented here is not reading: "DEFINITION: Total recorded rapes. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence." As for developed countries, the number of ones who reported the rape is high, that's normal. I don't think hey report rape in Muslim countries. My guess, that's why they're low on the list or not in the list.
Michael (Australia) 19th July 2008	These statistics are rubbish. Being associated with Stop Violence Against Women, somewhat reliable on stats in this area, Australia is well below all countries in the top 30! You might want to ascertain the source of this data as for Australia, definately, the statistics are massively exaggerated.
Monique (South Africa) 19th July 2008	We believe that only 30% of child rapes in South Africa gets reported, due to many reasons. If this is the case, then these stats are not a true reflection of reality. One wonders what the case would be in other countries, esp. Muslim countries, where rape victims often get killed as a result of rape.
Flamby Baderbuis (SA) 8th June 2008	The statistics for SA is outdated. 2006 puts it at 4.78 per 1000 people. Why have such a graph if it shows stas for 2000 when we are in 2008? Also dont believ that it was so low in 2000. My source is the ISS.co.za which qoutes government police stats
Anthony (Mississippi) 27th May 2008	The rates for developed countries will naturally be higher because there is greater reporting. I think the rate is only so low in undeveloped nations because its considered shameful to admit that you've been raped, and there just isn't that much reporting. It was that way in developed nations along time to until we realized the problem. Remember, they can only measure what is reported. Also, Jim, I don't think that statutory rape is included. Also, oddly, there seems to be a correlation with how rural an area is and its rape rate. The highest rape rate in the US is in Alaska, while even very violent inner cities have are low in comparison. Which may account for why Australia and Canada are so high. The crime rates in South Africa are, frankly, just absurd, and I don't know how it got so bad there.
Sarah (Canada) 18th April 2008	These stats lack associated information. For example how is rape defined? Does it include statutory rape, marital rape and child molestation? Are there any statistics (or guesses) about unreported rapes? Is there a penalty for reporting rape? I've heard, but this may be urban legend, that in some muslim countries, rape victims are murdered by their families if the information becomes public.
NS (South Pole) 8th April 2008	Its clear that the United states have more rape cases than Canada. Canada has a fraction of the population that the states have so the fact that the US is that far up the list isn't too great. A simple example: If canada had only 1000 people then the U.S would have 10000 people. (u.s has 10x larger of a pop approx.) So, there would only be 0.73 rape cases in canada and 3.0 rape cases in the U.S. Not to bash the U.S or anything but its all about the population numbers. Another example of this sorta thing would be France and New Zealand.
student (Canada) 8th April 2008	Canada is a multicultural country made up of mostly immigrants of many many cultures. It seems highly unlikely that all of the immigrants from countries lower on the list are rapists exported to Canada. Keep in mind of who you are talking about when you speak of a Canadian. I agree with another commentor about the fact that in "safer" countries women are more prone to altert the authorities while in other countries the authorities may not even exist. An what about if a particular women is raped more than once. How oes this list compare? It is a very unclear list. Under gods eyes i am sure that the order would be much much different.
Zach (USA) 23rd February 2008	I was under the impression that there was a low rape rate in Saudi Arabia because it's virtually impossible to win a rape case there.
Joey (USA) 24th December 2007	While I agree with many that rape reports overall are skewed by the unwillingness of victims to report the crime out of shame, I think it is not wise enough to conclude that there is higher rape rate in Muslim countries. That statistical fact alone is not yet a proof to say that Muslim countries has higher rape rate. Try chewing the following statement for example. "The rape rates in Muslim countries are higher than that of western, or sexually more open countries based on statistical reports that shows there are higher rape rates in western and sexually more open country". Even though my wording is not precisely the way I wanted it to be, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to grasp the idea at hand. Again, I would like to emphasize that the statistical results presented here are by no means useful or conclusive enough to conclude anything of what was described by many previous comments. To even have the nerve to say that the statistics are skewed severely up to the point where there is almost 9000% differences is highly doubtful and questionable.(9000% are obtained by dividing the rape rates in United States over the rape rates in Saudi Arabia and then multiplying the results by 100. Feel free to rectify the way this is calculated and I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this.) Severely skewed? It is unnecessary for me to further attack this point at the moment. I'm not convinced that the statistics are too severely skewed, neither do I have the nerve to 100% say that rape cases in Muslim countries has been properly reported, but what is seemingly obvious is the fact that Muslim's seems to have a very powerful way of getting rid of rape problems in their country. As a person who would like to see rape rates decreases in every country, I think it is necessary to obtain further insight on what the Muslims are doing to keep the majority of their women in safe hands.
AD (Inida) 21st December 2007	I am at a loss that countries like NZ (in which females have been reported to have max. no. of sexual partners in the world) is also one of the highest in rape!!! This seems contradictory, and doesn't fit my understanding. I thought countries in which sexual expression is more restricted should be higher on rape.
Muhammad Abdullah (Pakistan) 4th December 2007	without exageration, The very philosphy and wisdome promoted and encouraged by Islam is beyond any critical cognitive satire, wether it is restriction on woman to confine thier out door activities which promotes stable family system whereby psycological satisfaction is achieved owing to increased intrafamily love and consideration, Or it is so called terriorism and violance which encourages to fight against the devil forces which are infeasible to amend and a source of spreading thier evils, and deserve to be treadet like a cancered part of body. Hence Islaam Provides the real sources of pleasure by satisfying all the psycological, sipirtual and physical needs optimally.........
Naini (Pakistan) 22nd November 2007	Some stats do seem a little confusing. . .for example, how come Pakistan is not on the list? Or China? or Iran? And I know for a fact that they do have high rape stats. Many countries are not listed. Despite the shaky accuracy, it does show that most muslim countries are at the bottom. . Now, I'm not saying that they r perfect. . .its true that many cases dont get reported. . .but still, generally muslim countries have a low rape count (not talking about westernized or law-less ones) To Jim Clayton: There are a number of muslim countries mentioned there, not just one. E.G: Yemen, Indonesia, Qatar, Malaysia, Tunisia, Turkey (not by law)
Thomas (UK) 10th October 2007	Excellent point Francis. But I would go much further- countries that are relaxed about nudity also happen to be the most advanced and with the most intelligent citizens. Countries with high rape incidence have a large proportion of citizens with both low IQ and high testosterone levels. Ironically it is also often these lower types of peoples that gravitate to religious fundamentalism i.e. North Africa, Middle East. For these countries many women would not report a rape otherwise they would be stoned to death.
TC (UK) 9th October 2007	SA #1 for rape that is no surprise. Australia 2nd in the world - I am not convinced - how has this been calculated?
Mansoor Salim (Pakistan) 3rd October 2007	> I looked at this site out of curiousity as to rape rates in Muslim countries… For a list with Muslim countries, please see the "Number of Known Terrorist Organizations List". Though I am not sure which of the list is skewed by reporting methods.
Rob (Scotland) 7th August 2007	James perhaps makes a valid point but I wonder if he can explain why EU countries like Italy, Portugal, Greece and Ireland or 1st world country Japan is in the bottom half of the table. Also what do my esteemed commentators above think of the correlation with high wheat producing countries and high rape prevalence. 77% I believe. Does eating more bread make a person more likely to commit rape? Someone commission such a study...
Mutawassam (Pakistan) 26th May 2007	there are two things 1st, the misconception that rape is reported in west, that is wrong accoring to a report of FBI(USA) only 37% reports are reported to police. other institutions report even lesser percentage. 2nd that women are vulnerable to violance in east. that too is wrong. string family system in east protects at all costs. and its not easy to beat a women in east, his brothers may even kill you.
Fawstes (Qatar) 22nd April 2007	yeah man but we never heard about many crimes here, I guess cause Arab countries apply capital sentences against murder and rape, maybe we should apply capital sentences in our countries as well if its the only way, a rapist deserves to die I guess right? anyway world will still call these ppl terrorists as if raping and murder are not terrorist acts
Jane (jane.yamazaki@wayne.edu) 11th April 2007	If I wanted to use the statistics on these pages in an academic paper, the material needs to be dated. It would be nice if your pages had some indication of the last date the web page was updated. Thank you.
Tulip Verizaan (Qatar) 7th April 2007	I feel rape here, does not include rape within marriage... because Saudi Arabia is at the bottom of list... But there's a lot of domestic violence in reality, mostly rape in marriage, in arab countries...
Yashin (Mauritius) 22nd March 2007	The laws of the Shariah are the laws of God. And God who is the creator of humanity, knows which is the best solution for humanity. If you implement the laws of GOD, you'll get the best results. If death penalty is for rapers, who will commit rape?? And am 100% sure, each rape victim will not think about human rights of her raper, she'll agree for him to be executed on the spot. Try to put yourself in the shoe of a victim, or her brother.
Jim Clayton (Taos, New Mexico) 17th March 2007	I looked at this site out of curiousity as to rape rates in Muslim countries. The list is pretty clear, and only one Muslim country appears on the list and it is way on the bottom. Perhaps the statistics are skewed by reporting methods. Perhaps the U.S. is high on the list because statutory rape is included and SR does not apply in many countries.
Francis (Germany) 3rd February 2007	Does all our puritan ethics decrease sex crime? The exact opposite. Countries there are relaxed about nudity, and open about sex, like Scandanvia, and Germany have much lower sexual crime stats.
Joe Luma (Friday Harbor, WA USA) 1st February 2007	I recently came home from about a month trip to France. The attitudes toward sex are so different there. Nudity in advertising and window displays are common. I watched families with children of all ages go into shows like the Lido with nudity. When I was that age, the most I got to see was the Sears catalog. But women on the street dressed with a lot of sophistication, soft tones and it was rare to see a lot of skin showing. I wondered how US compared with France on sex crimes with France being so much more open-minded. Does all our puritan ethics decrease sex crime?
katrina attis (brooklyn newyork) 8th November 2006	i was raped when i was 11 years old thought this assault i had a baby boy and i named him christen. thank you for your help with my school project. and conclusoin for m life.
Ed (RSA) 3rd July 2006	Unfortunately our country (South Africa) may be a case in which the stats are true.
Jack (Baku, Azerbaijan) 3rd July 2006	Statistics aren't great but lots of things could be a factor other than just how developed a country is. One might be Religion: high -> low "no religion" -> "christianity" -> "islam" -> "judaism" Many times I've seen that a difference in culture and religion can make a huge difference on the population including factors of alcohol abuse, violent crimes, teenage pregnancies and rape. Also date-raping in the UK is becoming a big issue so I can understand why it is creeping up the charts. And to James, South Africa isn't a developed country so why is it first? I'm Scottish born but living in Baku tells me that rape here isn't an issue. People respect each other too much.
A (Vancouver) 3rd July 2006	I agree with Jason. Reported rapes are likely to different depending on the country in question. It is almost like using the cliche comparing apples to oranges. The baselines would be drastically different from country to country due to collection methods, cultural and political beliefs. Not to metion the methodology of collecting such statistics may also vary on not even exist. As I understand it, rape victoms prefer not to report this type of crime because they often feel embarrased, scared, or even responsilbe. I would susptect that this would be even more true in countries where the support system does not encourage reporting such events. Particularly, in male dominated which still vastly out-number those that feel womans rights are equal or closer to equal to those of men. In North America (and some other countries) rape victoms are encourage and medical examinars are legally obligated to disclose their any suspicions of such events. This may not be the case in other countries and this may be supported by cultural beliefs where news of this could cause "shame to the family name" so victoms are often forced to suffer the event with no recourse.
skin 22nd January 2006	Good to know that on average only 0.1 in 1000 people are raped. Just shows that all these women crying wolf are doing just that. And Greece is 59th. Now I'm scared.

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