Murders (most recent) by country

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 intentional homicides, completed. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

Crime Statistics > Murders (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

India:

37,170

# 2

Russia:

28,904

# 3

Colombia:

26,539

# 4

South Africa:

21,553

# 5

United States:

16,204

# 6

Mexico:

13,144

# 7

Venezuela:

8,022

# 8

Philippines:

6,553

# 9

Thailand:

5,140

# 10

Ukraine:

4,418

# 11

Argentina:

3,453

# 12

Indonesia:

2,204

# 13

El Salvador:

2,024

# 14

United Kingdom:

1,201

# 15

Peru:

1,136

# 16

France:

1,051

# 17

Belarus:

989

# 18

Korea, South:

955

# 19

Germany:

914

# 20

Zimbabwe:

912

# 21

Jamaica:

887

# 22

Nepal:

826

# 23

Zambia:

797

# 24

Poland:

716

# 25

Yemen:

697

# 26

Italy:

644

# 27

Japan:

637

# 28

Romania:

563

# 29

Malaysia:

551

# 30

Canada:

523

# 31

Spain:

494

# 32

Papua New Guinea:

465

# 33

Kyrgyzstan:

413

# 34

Moldova:

340

# 35

Bulgaria:

332

# 36

Australia:

302

# 37

Lithuania:

293

# 38

Panama:

281

# 39

Costa Rica:

254

# 40

Bolivia:

248

# 41

Portugal:

247

# 42

Georgia:

239

# 43

Chile:

235

# 44

Czech Republic:

234

# 45

Sweden:

219

# 46

Uruguay:

217

# 47

Latvia:

214

# 48

Switzerland:

213

# 49

Azerbaijan:

212

# 50

Hungary:

203

# 51

Saudi Arabia:

202

# 52

Albania:

179

# 53

Netherlands:

157

# 54

Belgium:

155

= 55

Estonia:

143

= 55

Morocco:

143

# 57

Slovakia:

138

# 58

Finland:

132

# 59

Armenia:

127

# 60

Namibia:

126

# 61

Tunisia:

119

# 62

Burma:

# 63

Greece:

# 64

Croatia:

# 65

Austria:

# 66

Denmark:

# 67

New Zealand:

# 68

Norway:

# 69

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

= 70

Hong Kong:

= 70

Ireland:

# 72

Slovenia:

# 73

Mauritius:

# 74

Kuwait:

# 75

Oman:

# 76

Maldives:

= 77

Malta:

= 77

Seychelles:

= 79

Luxembourg:

= 79

Iceland:

= 81

Dominica:

= 81

Cyprus:

# 83

Qatar:

Total:

197,333

Weighted average:

2,377.5

DEFINITION: Total recorded intentional homicides, completed. 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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