Countries by intentional homicide rate

List of countries by intentional homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants.

The reliability of underlying national murder rate data may vary.

Statistics only include the intentional killing of others outside of war.

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Year: 2017

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	Rank	Rate	Count	Year	Source
El Salvador	1	82.840	5.257	2 016	OAS/CTS/RSC
Honduras	2	56.520	5.150	2 016	OCAVI/NSO/CTS
Venezuela	3	56.330	17.778	2 016	UNSDC/NGO/OAS/AG
United States Virgin Islands	4	49.260	52	2 012	MD
Jamaica	5	47.010	1.354	2 016	OAS/CTS
Lesotho	6	41.250	897	2 015	CTS/NSO
Belize	7	37.600	138	2 016	OAS/CTS
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8	36.460	40	2 016	OAS/CTS
Saint Kitts and Nevis	9	34.230	18	2 012	OAS/CTS
South Africa	10	33.970	19.016	2 016	NP
Trinidad and Tobago	11	30.880	420	2 015	OAS/CTS
Brazil	12	29.530	61.283	2 016	MD Adjusted/NGO
Bahamas	13	28.400	111	2 016	OAS/CTS/NP
Anguilla	14	27.660	4	2 014	NSO/SDG/PAHO
Guatemala	15	27.260	4.520	2 016	UNSDC/NP/CTS
Colombia	16	25.500	12.402	2 016	UNSDC/OAS/CTS
Montserrat	17	19.880	1	2 012	PAHO/WHO/MD
Central African Republic	18	19.760	913	2 016	CTS
Saint Lucia	19	19.270	34	2 014	OAS/MD
Mexico	20	19.260	24.559	2 016	NSO
Curaçao	21	19.190	26	2 007	PAHO
Tuvalu	22	18.650	2	2 012	WHO
Puerto Rico	23	18.510	679	2 016	NP/NSO
Guyana	24	18.370	142	2 016	OAS/CTS/NSO
Swaziland	25	17.290	208	2 010	WHO
Namibia	26	17.140	388	2 012	NP/INTP
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	27	15.930	1	2 009	NP
Dominican Republic	28	15.180	1.616	2 016	NGO/SES/CTS/RIC
Botswana	29	15.040	303	2 010	WHO
South Sudan	30	13.900	1.504	2 012	NP
Democratic Republic of the Congo	31	13.550	10.322	2 015	WHO Estimate
French Guiana	32	13.150	30	2 009	NP
Bermuda	33	12.960	8	2 016	NP/CTS
Seychelles	34	12.740	12	2 016	INTP/NSO
Costa Rica	35	11.900	578	2 016	UNSDC/MOJ/CTS
Ivory Coast	36	11.630	2.688	2 015	WHO Estimate
Uganda	37	11.520	4.473	2 014	CTS/NP
Cape Verde	38	11.490	62	2 016	NP/CTS
Philippines	39	11.020	11.385	2 016	UNSDC/CTS/NSO
Barbados	40	10.910	31	2 015	OAS/CTS
Mali	41	10.900	1.905	2 015	WHO Estimate
Russia	42	10.820	15.561	2 016	NSO/CTS
Antigua and Barbuda	43	10.330	10	2 012	OAS
Grenada	44	10.250	11	2 016	OAS/CTS
Central Iraq	45	10.080	3.029	2 014	CTS
Haiti	46	10.040	1.033	2 012	OAS
Mauritania	47	9.940	416	2 015	WHO Estimate
Nigeria	48	9.850	17.843	2 015	WHO Estimate
Iraq	49	9.850	3.339	2 013	CTS
Panama	50	9.670	390	2 016	NSO/CTS
Guinea-Bissau	51	9.550	169	2 015	WHO Estimate
Republic of the Congo	52	9.320	466	2 015	WHO Estimate
Paraguay	53	9.290	617	2 015	OAS/CTS
The Gambia	54	9.130	181	2 015	WHO Estimate
Chad	55	9.040	1.266	2 015	WHO Estimate
Togo	56	9	668	2 015	WHO Estimate
Guinea	57	8.820	1.067	2 015	WHO Estimate
Cayman Islands	58	8.450	5	2 014	MD/WHO/NSO
British Virgin Islands	59	8.370	2	2 006	MD
Dominica	60	8.370	6	2 011	UNSDC/OAS
Suriname	61	8.350	43	2 008	OAS
Eritrea	62	8.040	390	2 015	WHO Estimate
Gabon	63	8.040	155	2 015	WHO Estimate
Guadeloupe	64	8.010	36	2 009	NP
Papua New Guinea	65	7.850	520	2 007	UNSDC/NP
Comoros	66	7.700	60	2 015	WHO Estimate
Madagascar	67	7.690	1.863	2 015	WHO Estimate
Uruguay	68	7.690	265	2 016	MOI/CTS
Peru	69	7.670	2.435	2 016	CTS
Ethiopia	70	7.560	7.552	2 015	WHO Estimate
Kiribati	71	7.500	8	2 012	MD/WHO
Senegal	72	7.380	1.105	2 015	WHO Estimate
Nicaragua	73	7.370	453	2 016	NP
Laos	74	7.010	467	2 015	WHO Estimate
Tanzania	75	6.950	3.746	2 015	INTP/CTS
Zimbabwe	76	6.670	981	2 012	WHO
Yemen	77	6.660	1.703	2 013	UNSDC/NSO/CTS
Djibouti	78	6.480	60	2 015	WHO Estimate
Afghanistan	79	6.350	1.948	2 012	NSO
Ukraine	80	6.340	2.845	2 014	UNSDC/TSMNEE/CTS/DMDB
Bolivia	81	6.300	686	2 016	CTS
Benin	82	6.180	654	2 015	WHO Estimate
Burundi	83	6.020	635	2 016	CTS/SDG
Argentina	84	5.940	2.605	2 016	CTS
Mayotte	85	5.930	12	2 009	NP
Turks and Caicos Islands	86	5.930	2	2 014	PAHO/MD
Ecuador	87	5.850	959	2 016	OAS/CTS
Mongolia	88	5.660	171	2 016	CTS
American Samoa	89	5.400	3	2 016	NSO/SDG
United States	90	5.350	17.250	2 016	NP/UNSDC/CTS
Greenland	91	5.310	3	2 016	NSO
Zambia	92	5.300	853	2 015	UNSDC/WHO/NP
Lithuania	93	5.250	153	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Sudan	94	5.160	1.702	2 008	CTS
Cuba	95	4.990	572	2 016	MD/MOH
Kenya	96	4.870	2.363	2 016	CTS
Angola	98	4.850	1.217	2 012	NSO
Kazakhstan	98	4.810	853	2 015	TSMNEE/CTS
Federated States of Micronesia	99	4.670	5	2 015	WHO Estimate
Kyrgyzstan	100	4.490	267	2 016	UNECE/CTS
Montenegro	101	4.460	28	2 016	EUR/CTS
Niger	102	4.440	788	2 012	WHO
Pakistan	103	4.410	8.516	2 016	NSO
North Korea	104	4.400	1.110	2 015	WHO Estimate
Somalia	105	4.310	599	2 015	WHO Estimate
Turkey	106	4.310	3.216	2 012	CTS
Turkmenistan	107	4.220	203	2 006	TSMNEE
Cameroon	108	4.170	880	2 012	NSO/SDG
Lebanon	109	3.990	235	2 016	CTS
East Timor	110	3.950	49	2 015	UNMIT/NSO
Solomon Islands	111	3.770	19	2 008	CTS
Belarus	112	3.580	340	2 014	UNSDC/CTS
Cook Islands	113	3.490	1	2 012	SDG
Chile	114	3.460	620	2 016	CTS/OAS
Mozambique	115	3.400	849	2 011	WHO/SDG
São Tomé and Príncipe	116	3.360	6	2 011	CTS
Latvia	117	3.360	67	2 015	UNSDC/CTS
Thailand	118	3.240	2.229	2 016	NP/CTS
Liberia	119	3.230	135	2 012	UNMIL
New Caledonia	120	3.230	8	2 009	NP
India	121	3.220	42.678	2 016	MOI
Moldova	122	3.190	130	2 014	UNSDC/CTS
Estonia	123	3.190	42	2 015	UNSDC/EUR/CTS
Samoa	124	3.150	6	2 013	WHO
Palau	125	3.110	1	2 012	WHO Estimate
Tunisia	126	3.050	332	2 012	WHO
Gibraltar	127	3.010	1	2 010	NP
Uzbekistan	128	3	831	2 008	TSMNEE/NSO
Armenia	129	2.980	87	2 016	TSMNEE/CTS
Martinique	130	2.780	11	2 009	NP
Albania	131	2.700	79	2 016	MD/CTS
Sri Lanka	132	2.550	530	2 016	CTS/NP
Rwanda	133	2.520	293	2 015	NSO
Egypt	134	2.510	2.207	2 012	CTS
Guam	135	2.510	4	2 011	NP
Libya	136	2.500	156	2 015	WHO Estimate
Bangladesh	137	2.500	4.035	2 015	NP
Iran	138	2.470	1.936	2 014	CTS/NSO/MD
Equatorial Guinea	139	2.310	27	2 015	WHO Estimate
Myanmar	140	2.270	1.198	2 016	NSO/CTS
Fiji	141	2.260	20	2 014	INTP/NSO
Kurdistan Region (Iraq)	142	2.200	111	2 013	CTS
Syria	143	2.200	463	2 010	NSO
Nepal	144	2.160	627	2 016	NSO/CTS
Azerbaijan	145	2.140	208	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Vanuatu	146	2.130	6	2 015	WHO Estimate
Malaysia	147	2.110	627	2 013	UNSDC/WHO/NP
Hungary	148	2.070	202	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Belgium	149	1.950	220	2 015	EUR/CTS
Aruba	150	1.930	2	2 014	MD
Cambodia	151	1.840	268	2 011	JP/WHO
Mauritius	152	1.820	23	2 016	UNSDC/CTS/NSO
Réunion	153	1.820	15	2 009	NP
Kuwait	154	1.800	61	2 012	UNSDC/NP/CTS
Malawi	155	1.730	279	2 012	NP
Sierra Leone	156	1.710	124	2 015	UNSDC/NP/SDG
Ghana	157	1.680	423	2 011	WHO
Canada	158	1.680	611	2 016	OAS/CTS/SDG
Tajikistan	159	1.610	126	2 011	TSMNEE/CTS
Kosovo	160	1.600	29	2 016	CTS
Macedonia	161	1.590	33	2 014	UNSDC/EUR/CTS
Jordan	162	1.550	145	2 016	CTS/SDG/NP
Vietnam	163	1.520	1.358	2 011	WHO
Saudi Arabia	164	1.500	472	2 015	NSO/CTS
Finland	165	1.420	78	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Serbia	166	1.390	123	2 016	EUR/CTS
Algeria	167	1.360	542	2 015	CTS
Israel	168	1.360	110	2 015	NSO/CTS/SDG
France	169	1.350	875	2 016	UNSDC/EUR/CTS
Bosnia and Herzegovina	170	1.280	45	2 016	UNECE/INTP/CTS
Romania	171	1.250	247	2 016	SDG/UNSDC/CTS
Morocco	172	1.240	431	2 015	UNSDC/CTS
England and Wales	173	1.220	709	2 016	UNSDC/SDG/CTS
United Kingdom	174	1.200	791	2 016	CTS
Scotland	175	1.180	64	2 016	SDG/CTS
Germany	176	1.180	963	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Bulgaria	177	1.140	81	2 016	UNSDC/EUR/CTS
Bhutan	178	1.130	9	2 016	NSO/CTS
Cyprus	179	1.110	13	2 016	EUR/UNSDC/CTS
Sweden	180	1.080	106	2 016	NCCP/CTS
Slovakia	181	1.050	57	2 016	SDG
Croatia	182	1.040	44	2 016	MOI/CTS
Georgia	183	0.990	183	2 016	UNSDC/TSMNEE/CTS
New Zealand	184	0.990	45	2 014	NP/CTS
Denmark	185	0.980	56	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Northern Ireland	186	0.970	18	2 016	SDG/CTS
Tonga	187	0.950	1	2 012	NP
Malta	188	0.940	4	2 015	EUR/UNSDC/CTS
Australia	189	0.940	227	2 016	EUR/CTS/UNSDC
United Arab Emirates	190	0.890	83	2 016	CTS
Taiwan	191	0.820	192	2 015	SDG
Ireland	192	0.800	38	2 016	NP/NSO/CTS
Maldives	193	0.750	3	2 013	UNSDC/CTS
Greece	194	0.750	84	2 016	EUR/CTS
Luxembourg	195	0.720	4	2 014	EUR/UNECE/CTS
South Korea	196	0.700	356	2 016	UNSDC/NP/CTS
Palestinian National Authority	197	0.690	33	2 016	CTS/SDG
Poland	198	0.670	256	2 016	EUR/UNSDC/CTS
Italy	199	0.670	400	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Oman	200	0.660	26	2 014	NSO
Austria	201	0.660	57	2 016	EUR/UNSDC/CTS
Portugal	202	0.640	66	2 016	EUR/CTS/SDG
Spain	203	0.630	294	2 016	EUR/CTS
China	204	0.620	8.634	2 016	NSO Adjusted/NSO
Czech Republic	205	0.610	65	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Netherlands	206	0.550	94	2 016	NSO/CTS
Switzerland	207	0.540	45	2 016	UNSDC/EUR/CTS
Bahrain	208	0.520	7	2 014	UNSDC/CTS/NP/MD
Norway	209	0.510	27	2 016	SDG/EUR/CTS
Indonesia	210	0.500	1.292	2 016	UNSDC/INTP/CTS
Brunei	211	0.490	2	2 013	WHO/MD
Slovenia	212	0.480	10	2 016	UNSDC/CTS/SDG
Hong Kong	213	0.380	28	2 016	UNSDC/NP/CTS
Qatar	214	0.380	9	2 014	UNSDC/MD
French Polynesia	215	0.380	1	2 009	NP
Burkina Faso	216	0.370	67	2 015	NSO
Singapore	217	0.320	18	2 016	UNSDC/NP/CTS
Iceland	218	0.300	1	2 016	UNSDC/CTS
Japan	219	0.280	362	2 016	SDG/CTS
Macau	220	0.160	1	2 016	NP/CTS
Saint Helena, Ascensionand Tristan da Cunha	221	-	-	2 009	NSO
Channel Islands	222	-	-	2 010	NP
Isle of Man	223	-	-	2 016	NP
Andorra	224	-	-	2 015	INTP/CTS
Vatican City	225	-	-	2 015	CTS
San Marino	226	-	-	2 011	WHO
Liechtenstein	227	-	-	2 016	EUR/CTS
Monaco	228	-	-	2 015	UNSDC/CTS
Nauru	229	-	-	2 012	WHO Estimate
Niue	230	-	-	2 012	WHO Estimate