Rapes by country. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

DEFINITION
Total recorded rapes. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

Crime Statistics > Rapes (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

United States:

95,136

# 2

South Africa:

52,425

# 3

Canada:

24,350

# 4

Australia:

15,630

# 5

India:

15,468

# 6

Mexico:

14,373

# 7

United Kingdom:

13,395

# 8

Germany:

8,615

# 9

France:

8,458

# 10

Russia:

6,978

# 11

Korea, South:

6,139

# 12

Peru:

5,968

# 13

Spain:

5,664

# 14

Zimbabwe:

5,567

# 15

Thailand:

4,020

# 16

Argentina:

3,036

# 17

Venezuela:

2,931

# 18

Italy:

2,543

# 19

Belgium:

2,436

# 20

Japan:

2,357

# 21

Poland:

2,345

# 22

Sweden:

2,184

# 23

Colombia:

1,861

# 24

Netherlands:

1,801

# 25

Chile:

1,402

# 26

Indonesia:

1,372

# 27

Jamaica:

1,304

# 28

Papua New Guinea:

1,295

# 29

Turkey:

1,260

# 30

Romania:

1,253

# 31

Malaysia:

1,210

# 32

Sri Lanka:

1,202

# 33

Ukraine:

1,151

# 34

New Zealand:

1,059

# 35

Morocco:

1,015

# 36

Bolivia:

928

# 37

Belarus:

853

# 38

El Salvador:

842

# 39

Czech Republic:

653

# 40

Costa Rica:

633

# 41

Austria:

625

# 42

Hungary:

598

# 43

Bulgaria:

593

# 44

Norway:

555

# 45

Finland:

551

# 46

Denmark:

500

# 47

Switzerland:

484

# 48

Portugal:

433

# 49

Kyrgyzstan:

321

# 50

Tunisia:

306

# 51

Uruguay:

303

# 52

Zambia:

300

# 53

Namibia:

286

# 54

Burma:

223

# 55

Ireland:

218

# 56

Panama:

212

# 57

Moldova:

204

# 58

Lithuania:

188

# 59

Slovakia:

171

# 60

Croatia:

165

# 61

Nepal:

158

# 62

Oman:

115

# 63

Greece:

114

# 64

Latvia:

106

# 65

Hong Kong:

104

# 66

Slovenia:

# 67

Yemen:

# 68

Iceland:

# 69

Estonia:

# 70

Seychelles:

# 71

Saudi Arabia:

# 72

Georgia:

# 73

Albania:

= 74

Luxembourg:

= 74

Azerbaijan:

# 76

Armenia:

= 77

Mauritius:

= 77

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

# 79

Dominica:

# 80

Cyprus:

# 81

Qatar:

# 82

Montserrat:

# 83

Malta:

# 84

Maldives:

Total:

329,708

Weighted average:

3,925.1

DEFINITION: Total recorded rapes. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention) via NationMaster

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