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 |
1 | Burkina Faso | 81.10 |
2 | El Salvador | 56.40 |
3 | Ivory Coast | 45.70 |
4 | Colombia | 45.50 |
5 | South Africa | 39.50 |
6 | Angola | 36 |
7 | Burundi | 35.40 |
8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35.20 |
9 | Sierra Leone | 34 |
10 | Jamaica | 33.70 |
11 | Zimbabwe | 32.90 |
12 | Venezuela | 32.50 |
13 | Central African Republic | 29.10 |
14 | Sudan | 28.60 |
15 | Guatemala | 26.30 |
16 | Brazil | 26.20 |
17 | Equatorial Guinea | 24 |
18 | Zambia | 22.90 |
19 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 22.70 |
20 | Belize | 21.90 |
21 | Mozambique | 20.20 |
22 | Niger | 20.20 |
23 | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.77 |
24 | St. Lucia | 19.40 |
25 | Chad | 19 |
26 | Russia | 18.90 |
27 | Puerto Rico | 18.90 |
28 | Republic of the Congo | 18.80 |
29 | Malawi | 18 |
30 | Mali | 18 |
31 | Guyana | 17.70 |
32 | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 17.68 |
33 | Guinea | 17.30 |
34 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.14 |
35 | Gabon | 17.10 |
36 | Ecuador | 16.80 |
37 | Liberia | 16.80 |
38 | Dominican Republic | 16.80 |
39 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.30 |
40 | Upper middle income | 16.18 |
41 | Cameroon | 16.10 |
42 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 16 |
43 | Eritrea | 15.90 |
44 | Burma | 15.70 |
45 | Paraguay | 15.30 |
46 | Papua New Guinea | 15.20 |
47 | Mauritania | 15.20 |
48 | Botswana | 14.20 |
49 | Bahamas | 13.80 |
50 | Honduras | 13.80 |
51 | Least developed countries: UN classification | 13.75 |
52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.70 |
53 | Togo | 13.70 |
54 | Gambia | 13.50 |
55 | Lesotho | 13.30 |
56 | Namibia | 12.80 |
57 | Benin | 12.70 |
58 | Swaziland | 12.70 |
59 | Nicaragua | 12 |
60 | Philippines | 11.90 |
61 | Kazakhstan | 11.90 |
62 | Timor-Leste | 11.70 |
63 | Madagascar | 11.70 |
64 | Panama | 11.50 |
65 | Low income | 11.04 |
66 | Mexico | 10.90 |
67 | Cape Verde | 10.70 |
68 | Dominica | 10.30 |
69 | Suriname | 10.20 |
70 | Barbados | 9.80 |
71 | Comoros | 9.30 |
72 | Europe & Central Asia | 9.21 |
73 | Lithuania | 9.10 |
74 | Indonesia | 8.90 |
75 | Latvia | 8.60 |
76 | Belarus | 8.30 |
77 | Thailand | 8.20 |
78 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.10 |
79 | Nepal | 8 |
80 | Ukraine | 8 |
81 | Tanzania | 7.80 |
82 | Turkmenistan | 7.80 |
83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.70 |
84 | Low & middle income | 7.49 |
85 | Uganda | 7.30 |
86 | Moldova | 7.20 |
87 | Sri Lanka | 6.90 |
88 | Middle income | 6.78 |
89 | Kenya | 6.70 |
90 | Estonia | 6.70 |
91 | Iraq | 6.70 |
92 | United Kingdom | 6.60 |
93 | Kiribati | 6.50 |
94 | Costa Rica | 6.20 |
95 | Ethiopia | 6.10 |
96 | Cuba | 6 |
97 | United States | 5.60 |
98 | Laos | 5.40 |
99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.40 |
100 | Haiti | 5.30 |
101 | Argentina | 5.30 |
102 | Grenada | 4.90 |
103 | Uruguay | 4.70 |
104 | Lower middle income | 4.33 |
105 | Guam | 4.20 |
106 | Rwanda | 4.10 |
107 | East Asia & Pacific | 3.98 |
108 | Albania | 3.80 |
109 | Cambodia | 3.70 |
110 | Georgia | 3.70 |
111 | Bolivia | 3.70 |
112 | Montenegro | 3.60 |
113 | Pakistan | 3.60 |
114 | Djibouti | 3.50 |
115 | Seychelles | 3.50 |
116 | Uzbekistan | 3.50 |
117 | Afghanistan | 3.40 |
118 | Somalia | 3.30 |
119 | Mongolia | 3.20 |
120 | South Asia | 3.14 |
121 | Monaco | 3.10 |
122 | Bulgaria | 3 |
123 | Peru | 3 |
124 | India | 3 |
125 | Turkey | 2.90 |
126 | Liechtenstein | 2.90 |
127 | Chile | 2.90 |
128 | High income: nonOECD | 2.84 |
129 | High income | 2.81 |
130 | High income: OECD | 2.80 |
131 | Finland | 2.60 |
132 | Israel | 2.60 |
133 | Iran | 2.60 |
134 | Mauritius | 2.50 |
135 | Yemen | 2.50 |
136 | Armenia | 2.50 |
137 | Macedonia | 2.40 |
138 | Azerbaijan | 2.40 |
139 | Romania | 2.40 |
140 | Bhutan | 2.40 |
141 | Lebanon | 2.40 |
142 | Bangladesh | 2.30 |
143 | South Korea | 2.20 |
144 | Libya | 2.20 |
145 | Tajikistan | 2.20 |
146 | North Korea | 2.20 |
147 | Maldives | 2.10 |
148 | Hungary | 2.10 |
149 | Malaysia | 2 |
150 | Slovakia | 2 |
151 | Ghana | 2 |
152 | Middle East & North Africa | 1.99 |
153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.90 |
154 | China | 1.90 |
155 | Marshall Islands | 1.80 |
156 | Nigeria | 1.80 |
157 | Croatia | 1.80 |
158 | Poland | 1.60 |
159 | Belgium | 1.60 |
160 | Tunisia | 1.50 |
161 | Solomon Islands | 1.50 |
162 | Slovenia | 1.50 |
163 | Canada | 1.50 |
164 | Algeria | 1.40 |
165 | New Zealand | 1.40 |
166 | Andorra | 1.40 |
167 | Serbia | 1.40 |
168 | Portugal | 1.40 |
169 | Australia | 1.30 |
170 | Czech Republic | 1.30 |
171 | Netherlands | 1.20 |
172 | Spain | 1.20 |
173 | Jordan | 1.20 |
174 | Syria | 1.20 |
175 | Sweden | 1.20 |
176 | Kuwait | 1.10 |
177 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.10 |
178 | Vietnam | 1.10 |
179 | Samoa | 1.10 |
180 | Bermuda | 1.10 |
181 | Senegal | 1.10 |
182 | Italy | 1 |
183 | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
184 | Tonga | 1 |
185 | Bahrain | 1 |
186 | Vanuatu | 1 |
187 | Iceland | 1 |
188 | Euro area | 0.98 |
189 | Greece | 0.90 |
190 | Micronesia | 0.90 |
191 | Palau | 0.90 |
192 | Switzerland | 0.90 |
193 | Oman | 0.90 |
194 | Qatar | 0.80 |
195 | France | 0.80 |
196 | Norway | 0.80 |
197 | Denmark | 0.80 |
198 | Fiji | 0.70 |
199 | Austria | 0.70 |
200 | Malta | 0.70 |
201 | Egypt | 0.70 |
202 | Ireland | 0.70 |
203 | Germany | 0.70 |
204 | Hong Kong | 0.60 |
205 | Japan | 0.50 |
206 | United Arab Emirates | 0.50 |
207 | Singapore | 0.50 |
208 | Morocco | 0.50 |
209 | Luxembourg | 0.40 |
210 | Cyprus | 0.20 |
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