Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000 people, WHO) - Conflict & fragility - Poverty - World Development Indicators



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Intentional homicide rate is the estimate of intentional homicides in a country as a result of domestic disputes that end in a killing, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, inter-gang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. The term, intentional homicide, is broad, but it does not include all intentional killing. In particular, deaths arising from armed conflict are usually considered separately. The difference is usually described by the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas the killing in armed conflict is usually committed by more or less cohesive groups of up to several hundred members. Two main sources of data are presented: criminal justice (law enforcement) measures (this series), supplemented by data from national statistical agencies, and measures from public health sources (see other intentional homicide series). These various sources measure slightly different phenomena and are therefore unlikely to provide identical numbers.
Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000 people, WHO) - Conflict & fragility - Poverty - World Development Indicators (2004)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burkina Faso81.10
2El Salvador56.40
3Ivory Coast45.70
4Colombia45.50
5South Africa39.50
6Angola36
7Burundi35.40
8Democratic Republic of the Congo35.20
9Sierra Leone34
10Jamaica33.70
11Zimbabwe32.90
12Venezuela32.50
13Central African Republic29.10
14Sudan28.60
15Guatemala26.30
16Brazil26.20
17Equatorial Guinea24
18Zambia22.90
19St. Kitts and Nevis22.70
20Belize21.90
21Mozambique20.20
22Niger20.20
23Latin America & Caribbean19.77
24St. Lucia19.40
25Chad19
26Russia18.90
27Puerto Rico18.90
28Republic of the Congo18.80
29Malawi18
30Mali18
31Guyana17.70
32Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)17.68
33Guinea17.30
34Sub-Saharan Africa17.14
35Gabon17.10
36Ecuador16.80
37Liberia16.80
38Dominican Republic16.80
39Guinea-Bissau16.30
40Upper middle income16.18
41Cameroon16.10
42St. Vincent and the Grenadines16
43Eritrea15.90
44Burma15.70
45Paraguay15.30
46Papua New Guinea15.20
47Mauritania15.20
48Botswana14.20
49Bahamas13.80
50Honduras13.80
51Least developed countries: UN classification13.75
52Trinidad and Tobago13.70
53Togo13.70
54Gambia13.50
55Lesotho13.30
56Namibia12.80
57Benin12.70
58Swaziland12.70
59Nicaragua12
60Philippines11.90
61Kazakhstan11.90
62Timor-Leste11.70
63Madagascar11.70
64Panama11.50
65Low income11.04
66Mexico10.90
67Cape Verde10.70
68Dominica10.30
69Suriname10.20
70Barbados9.80
71Comoros9.30
72Europe & Central Asia9.21
73Lithuania9.10
74Indonesia8.90
75Latvia8.60
76Belarus8.30
77Thailand8.20
78Kyrgyzstan8.10
79Nepal8
80Ukraine8
81Tanzania7.80
82Turkmenistan7.80
83Antigua and Barbuda7.70
84Low & middle income7.49
85Uganda7.30
86Moldova7.20
87Sri Lanka6.90
88Middle income6.78
89Kenya6.70
90Estonia6.70
91Iraq6.70
92United Kingdom6.60
93Kiribati6.50
94Costa Rica6.20
95Ethiopia6.10
96Cuba6
97United States5.60
98Laos5.40
99Sao Tome and Principe5.40
100Haiti5.30
101Argentina5.30
102Grenada4.90
103Uruguay4.70
104Lower middle income4.33
105Guam4.20
106Rwanda4.10
107East Asia & Pacific3.98
108Albania3.80
109Cambodia3.70
110Georgia3.70
111Bolivia3.70
112Montenegro3.60
113Pakistan3.60
114Djibouti3.50
115Seychelles3.50
116Uzbekistan3.50
117Afghanistan3.40
118Somalia3.30
119Mongolia3.20
120South Asia3.14
121Monaco3.10
122Bulgaria3
123Peru3
124India3
125Turkey2.90
126Liechtenstein2.90
127Chile2.90
128High income: nonOECD2.84
129High income2.81
130High income: OECD2.80
131Finland2.60
132Israel2.60
133Iran2.60
134Mauritius2.50
135Yemen2.50
136Armenia2.50
137Macedonia2.40
138Azerbaijan2.40
139Romania2.40
140Bhutan2.40
141Lebanon2.40
142Bangladesh2.30
143South Korea2.20
144Libya2.20
145Tajikistan2.20
146North Korea2.20
147Maldives2.10
148Hungary2.10
149Malaysia2
150Slovakia2
151Ghana2
152Middle East & North Africa1.99
153Bosnia and Herzegovina1.90
154China1.90
155Marshall Islands1.80
156Nigeria1.80
157Croatia1.80
158Poland1.60
159Belgium1.60
160Tunisia1.50
161Solomon Islands1.50
162Slovenia1.50
163Canada1.50
164Algeria1.40
165New Zealand1.40
166Andorra1.40
167Serbia1.40
168Portugal1.40
169Australia1.30
170Czech Republic1.30
171Netherlands1.20
172Spain1.20
173Jordan1.20
174Syria1.20
175Sweden1.20
176Kuwait1.10
177Brunei Darussalam1.10
178Vietnam1.10
179Samoa1.10
180Bermuda1.10
181Senegal1.10
182Italy1
183Saudi Arabia1
184Tonga1
185Bahrain1
186Vanuatu1
187Iceland1
188Euro area0.98
189Greece0.90
190Micronesia0.90
191Palau0.90
192Switzerland0.90
193Oman0.90
194Qatar0.80
195France0.80
196Norway0.80
197Denmark0.80
198Fiji0.70
199Austria0.70
200Malta0.70
201Egypt0.70
202Ireland0.70
203Germany0.70
204Hong Kong0.60
205Japan0.50
206United Arab Emirates0.50
207Singapore0.50
208Morocco0.50
209Luxembourg0.40
210Cyprus0.20
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