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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 | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Federated States of Micronesia | 9.57 | 2008 | ||
| 172 | Qatar | 9.57 | 2008 | ||
| 173 | Vanuatu | 8.87 | 2008 | ||
| 174 | New Zealand | 8.85 | 2011 | ||
| 175 | Italy | 8.75 | 2010 | ||
| 176 | Denmark | 8.51 | 2009 | ||
| 177 | Spain | 8.47 | 2010 | ||
| 178 | Germany | 8.44 | 2010 | ||
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 2006 | ||
| 180 | Macau | 7.48 | 2010 | ||
| 181 | Slovenia | 7.32 | 2010 | ||
| 182 | Oman | 6.94 | 2008 | ||
| 183 | Switzerland | 6.65 | 2010 | ||
| 184 | Austria | 6.32 | 2010 | ||
| 185 | Guam | 6.32 | 2007 | ||
| 186 | Norway | 5.93 | 2010 | ||
| 187 | Bahrain | 5.38 | 2008 | ||
| 188 | Brunei | 5.34 | 2006 | ||
| 189 | Japan | 3.97 | 2009 | ||
| 190 | French Polynesia | 3.77 | 2009 | ||
| 191 | Iceland | 3.14 | 2009 | ||
| 192 | Singapore | 3.09 | 2011 | ||
| 193 | Hong Kong | 2.4 | 2011 | ||
| =194 | Palau | 0.0 | 2008 | ||
| =194 | Monaco | 0.0 | 2008 |
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Interesting observations about Crime > Violent crime > Murders per million people
- Honduras has had the highest violent crime > murders per million people since 2008.
- El Salvador has ranked #2 in violent crime > murders per million people since 2009.
- Jamaica has ranked in the top 3 for violent crime > murders per million people since 2004.
- Venezuela has ranked in the top 6 for violent crime > murders per million people since 1999.
- Guatemala has ranked in the top 6 for violent crime > murders per million people since 2003.
- South Africa has ranked in the top 11 for violent crime > murders per million people since 1995.
- Colombia has ranked in the top 12 for violent crime > murders per million people since 1995.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis has ranked in the top 7 for violent crime > murders per million people since 2008.
- Trinidad and Tobago has ranked in the top 11 for violent crime > murders per million people since 2005.
- Belize has ranked in the top 15 for violent crime > murders per million people since 2000.