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See UNODC Statistics Online. See the homicide submenu of the Crime and Criminal Justice menu. It may take awhile to load. Save the page to save time. Or download the PDF version. At the bottom of the page is this: "Note: data were updated on 13 April 2015 and supersede data published in the Global Study on Homicide 2013". The data table from that older full report is in wikitable format at User:Timeshifter/Sandbox44.

The latest update produces some 2013 data. It is in multiple formats including xlsx. The table below was converted from the xlsx spreadsheet. Note the 2013 column.

For xlsx to wikitext info see: Commons:Commons:Convert tables and charts to wiki code or image files, and section titled something like "Web to LibreOffice Calc to tab2wiki."

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Note: The initial order of the countries is alphabetical within subregion. Reload the page to get the initial sort order. Use your browser's find command to find the rate and count for a particular country. See page 121 of Global Study on Homicide 2013 for the data source abbreviations.

Intentional homicide, counts and rates per 100,000 population.

Intentional homicide is defined as unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.

Region Sub-region Country Source Source Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Africa Eastern Africa Burundi CJ CTS Count 341 376 347 349 451 416
Rate 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.7 4.7 4.2
Comoros PH WHO Count 57
Rate 8.0
Djibouti PH WHO Count 60
Rate 7.0
Eritrea PH WHO Count 474
Rate 7.8
Ethiopia PH WHO Count 7,334
Rate 8.1
Kenya CJ CTS Count 1,395 1,260 1,286 1,281 1,413 2,218 2,239 2,641 2,761 2,878
Rate 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.6 5.6 5.5 6.3 6.5 6.6
Madagascar CJ WHO Count 130 326 872 582 610 141 130
Rate 0.7 1.8 4.6 3.0 3.1 0.7 0.6
Malawi CJ National Police Count 700 900 567 300 411 200 821 690 780 320 520 343 279
Rate 6.2 7.7 4.8 2.5 3.3 1.5 6.2 5.0 5.5 2.2 3.5 2.2 1.8
Mauritius CJ CTS Count 38 33 34
Rate 3.1 2.7 2.7
Mayotte CJ National Police Count 1 27 5 12
Rate 0.6 14.5 2.6 6.0
Mozambique CJ WHO Count 1,100 1,040 1,044 1,130 1,089 894 849 995 823 875
Rate 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.2 4.1 3.8 4.4 3.5 3.7
Réunion CJ National Police Count 23 25 19 24 18 15
Rate 2.9 3.2 2.4 3.0 2.2 1.8
Rwanda CJ WHO Count 475 472 438 377 500
Rate 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.6 4.6
Seychelles CJ WHO Count 5 10 6 3 9 5 3 5 2
Rate 6.1 11.9 7.0 3.4 10.2 5.6 3.3 5.5 2.2
Somalia PH WHO Count 560
Rate 5.6
South Sudan CJ National Police Count 1,504
Rate 14.4
Uganda CJ CTS/National police Count 2,136 2,049 2,492 2,696 2,645 2,793 3,233 3,160 3,753 4,161 3,858
Rate 8.0 7.4 8.7 9.1 8.6 8.8 9.8 9.3 10.8 11.7 10.5
United Republic of Tanzania PH WHO Count 3,831
Rate 8.2
Zambia CJ WHO Count 694 812 814
Rate 5.6 6.3 6.2
Zimbabwe CJ WHO Count 1,529 1,623 1,360 1,356 1,350 1,072 711 981
Rate 12.1 12.8 10.7 10.7 10.6 8.4 5.4 7.5
Middle Africa Angola PH WHO Count 2,232
Rate 10.8
Cameroon CJ NSO Count 619 1,031 726 546 595
Rate 3.2 5.1 3.5 2.6 2.8
Central African Republic PH WHO Count 610
Rate 13.6
Chad PH WHO Count 1,168
Rate 9.4
Congo PH WHO Count 450
Rate 10.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo PH WHO Count 8,755
Rate 13.5
Equatorial Guinea PH WHO Count 26
Rate 3.6
Gabon PH WHO Count 152
Rate 9.4
Sao Tome and Principe CJ CTS Count 4 4 14 5 6 6
Rate 2.5 2.4 8.3 2.9 3.4 3.3
Northern Africa Algeria CJ CTS Count 650 449 204 312 271 328 277 254 280 523 480
Rate 2.0 1.3 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.3
Egypt CJ CTS Count 471 322 522 549 680 967 912 1,839 2,703
Rate 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.2 2.4 3.4
Libya PH WHO Count 157
Rate 2.5
Morocco CJ CTS Count 461 543 462 510 470 469 498 517 426 432 451 441 383 429
Rate 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3
Sudan PH WHO Count 2,435
Rate 6.5
Tunisia CJ WHO Count 195 260 249 273 280 255 286 332
Rate 2.0 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.7 3.1
Southern Africa Botswana CJ WHO Count 213 255 312 259 291 261 280 281 289 303
Rate 11.9 14.1 17.0 14.0 15.5 13.8 14.6 14.5 14.8 15.4
Lesotho CJ CTS/NSO Count 895 752 723 764
Rate 45.8 38.1 36.3 38.0
Namibia CJ National police/Interpol Count 380 353 346 352 354 388 314 308 388
Rate 20.0 18.3 17.7 17.6 16.8 18.1 14.4 14.0 17.5
South Africa CJ National Police Count 21,758 21,405 21,553 19,824 18,793 18,528 19,202 18,487 18,148 16,834 15,940 15,609 16,259 17,068
Rate 48.5 47.0 46.7 42.3 39.5 38.4 39.3 37.3 36.1 33.1 31.0 29.9 30.7 31.9
Swaziland CJ WHO Count 202 140 144 146 152 121 170 217 187 208
Rate 18.8 12.9 13.2 13.3 13.8 10.8 15.0 18.8 15.9 17.4
Western Africa Benin PH WHO Count 633
Rate 6.3
Burkina Faso CJ WHO Count 78 90 108 128 98 91 89 117
Rate 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Cabo Verde CJ CTS Count 29 34 38 39 53 56 54
Rate 6.0 7.0 7.8 8.0 10.6 11.1 10.6
Côte d'Ivoire PH WHO Count 2,412
Rate 12.4
Gambia PH WHO Count 169
Rate 9.6
Ghana CJ WHO Count 433 401 436 452 393 412 399 430 427 422 423
Rate 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7
Guinea PH WHO Count 1,008
Rate 9.0
Guinea-Bissau PH WHO Count 169
Rate 10.3
Liberia CJ UN-PKO Count 100 177 145 129 161 135
Rate 2.8 4.8 3.8 3.3 4.0 3.3
Mali PH WHO Count 1,640
Rate 11.2
Mauritania PH WHO Count 430
Rate 11.4
Niger CJ WHO Count 831 788
Rate 5.1 4.7
Nigeria PH WHO Count 17,059
Rate 10.3
Senegal PH WHO Count 1,087
Rate 8.1
Sierra Leone CJ CTS/National police Count 112 99 101 134 184 158 163 187 113
Rate 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.5 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 1.8
Togo PH WHO Count 618
Rate 9.4
Americas Caribbean Anguilla CJ NSO Count 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 4 1
Rate 9.0 0.0 17.1 16.6 8.1 7.9 31.0 30.4 7.5
Antigua and Barbuda CJ OAS Count 5 7 5 5 4 3 11 17 16 16 6 10
Rate 6.4 8.9 6.2 6.2 4.9 3.6 13.2 20.1 18.7 18.5 6.9 11.2
Aruba PH WHO-MDB/PAHO Count 5 4 2 12 10 6 5 4 4
Rate 5.3 4.1 2.0 12.0 9.9 5.9 4.9 3.9 3.9
Bahamas CJ CTS/OAS Count 74 43 52 50 44 52 61 78 73 87 94 127 111
Rate 24.9 14.2 16.8 15.8 13.6 15.8 18.2 22.8 21.0 24.5 26.1 34.6 29.7
Barbados CJ CTS/OAS Count 20 25 25 33 22 29 35 27 25 19 31 27 22 24
Rate 7.5 9.3 9.3 12.2 8.1 10.6 12.7 9.8 9.0 6.8 11.1 9.6 7.8 8.4
British Virgin Islands PH WHO-MDB/PAHO Count 0 1 1 2 4 2
Rate 0.0 4.7 4.6 9.1 17.8 8.4
Cayman Islands PH WHO-MDB/PAHO Count 4 2 0 3 6 1 2 4 8
Rate 9.6 4.6 0.0 6.5 12.7 2.0 3.9 7.6 14.7
Cuba CJ WHO Count 605 661 642 660 684 576 568 515 565 505 534
Rate 5.4 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.1 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.5 4.7
Dominica CJ CTS/OAS Count 2 1 9 8 8 8 5 7 7 13 15 6
Rate 2.9 1.4 12.9 11.4 11.4 11.3 7.1 9.9 9.9 18.3 21.1 8.4
Dominican Republic CJ NGO (a)/SES/CTS Count 1,210 1,095 1,279 1,902 2,239 2,394 2,144 2,111 2,394 2,375 2,474 2,513 2,268
Rate 14.0 12.4 14.3 21.0 24.3 25.6 22.6 22.0 24.6 24.0 24.7 24.7 22.0
Grenada CJ CTS/OAS Count 15 6 14 9 6 11 12 11 16 7 10 4 14
Rate 14.8 5.9 13.7 8.8 5.8 10.7 11.6 10.6 15.4 6.7 9.6 3.8 13.3
Guadeloupe CJ National Police Count 26 23 24 29 32 36
Rate 5.9 5.2 5.4 6.4 7.1 7.9
Haiti CJ UN-PKO Count 486 498 598 677 914 1,033
Rate 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.8 9.1 10.2
Jamaica CJ CTS/National police/OAS Count 887 1,139 1,045 975 1,471 1,674 1,340 1,583 1,618 1,682 1,442 1,133 1,087 1,200
Rate 34.4 43.7 39.8 36.8 55.2 62.4 49.7 58.5 59.5 61.6 52.6 40.9 39.1 42.9
Martinique CJ National Police Count 19 19 23 23 17 11
Rate 4.8 4.8 5.8 5.8 4.3 2.7
Montserrat PH WHO-MDB/PAHO Count 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.9 20.6 20.4
Puerto Rico CJ National Police Count 695 747 781 787 797 771 748 731 807 894 983 978
Rate 18.3 19.7 20.6 20.8 21.1 20.5 19.9 19.6 21.6 24.0 26.5 26.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis CJ National police/OAS/CTS Count 3 6 5 10 11 8 17 16 23 27 21 34 18
Rate 6.6 13.0 10.7 21.0 22.7 16.3 34.1 31.7 45.0 52.2 40.1 64.0 33.4
Saint Lucia PH OAS Count 23 34 42 36 37 41 43 29 39 39 44 39
Rate 14.7 21.4 26.2 22.3 22.6 24.8 25.6 17.0 22.6 22.3 24.8 21.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines CJ NGO (b)/OAS/CTS Count 20 12 20 18 28 23 13 36 16 20 25 21 28
Rate 18.5 11.1 18.5 16.6 25.8 21.1 11.9 33.0 14.7 18.3 22.9 19.2 25.5
Trinidad and Tobago CJ OAS/CTS Count 120 151 171 229 260 386 371 391 547 506 473 352 380 407
Rate 9.5 11.9 13.4 17.8 20.1 29.8 28.5 29.8 41.6 38.3 35.6 26.4 28.3 30.2
Turks and Caicos Islands PH WHO-MDB/PAHO Count 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2
Rate 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 6.6
United States Virgin Islands PH WHO-MDB/PAHO Count 24 28 41 31 37 35 43 43 45 50 56
Rate 22.1 25.8 37.8 28.6 34.2 32.5 40.0 40.1 42.1 46.9 52.6
Central America Belize CJ CTS/OAS Count 41 64 87 67 79 81 92 97 103 97 129 124 145
Rate 17.2 26.1 34.6 25.9 29.8 29.8 33.0 33.9 35.1 32.2 41.8 39.4 45.1
Costa Rica CJ CTS/Ministry of Justice/SES Count 249 257 258 300 280 335 351 369 512 525 527 474 407 411
Rate 6.3 6.4 6.3 7.2 6.6 7.8 8.0 8.3 11.3 11.4 11.3 10.0 8.4 8.4
El Salvador CJ National police/CTS Count 2,341 2,207 2,224 2,197 2,773 3,778 3,928 3,497 3,179 4,382 3,987 4,371 2,594 2,499
Rate 39.3 36.9 37.0 36.4 45.8 62.2 64.4 57.1 51.7 70.9 64.1 70.2 41.5 39.8
Guatemala CJ CTS/National police/OAS Count 2,904 3,230 3,631 4,237 4,507 5,338 5,885 5,781 6,292 6,498 5,960 5,681 5,155
Rate 25.9 28.1 30.9 35.1 36.4 42.1 45.3 43.4 46.1 46.5 41.6 38.9 34.6
Honduras CJ OCAVI/NSO Count 3,176 3,488 3,623 4,073 3,639 3,212 3,118 3,588 4,455 5,280 6,236 7,104 7,172 6,757
Rate 50.9 54.8 55.8 61.4 53.8 46.6 44.3 50.0 60.8 70.7 81.8 91.8 91.0 84.3
Mexico PH NSO Count 10,737 10,285 10,088 10,087 9,329 9,921 10,452 8,867 14,006 19,803 25,757 27,213 25,967 23,063
Rate 10.3 9.8 9.5 9.3 8.5 9.0 9.3 7.8 12.2 17.0 21.8 22.8 21.5 18.9
Nicaragua CJ National police/OAS Count 476 537 554 635 646 729 722 714 736 802 785 738 675
Rate 9.3 10.4 10.6 11.9 12.0 13.4 13.1 12.8 13.0 14.0 13.5 12.5 11.3
Panama CJ National Police Count 299 306 380 338 308 364 371 444 654 818 759 759 654 663
Rate 9.8 9.8 12.0 10.4 9.3 10.8 10.8 12.7 18.4 22.6 20.6 20.3 17.2 17.2
Northern America Bermuda CJ "CTS/National police
" Count 0 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 5
Rate 0.0 4.7 1.6 3.1 1.5 3.0 4.5 4.5 7.4 8.8 10.3 11.6 7.2
Canada CJ CTS/OAS Count 489 553 523 549 550 594 559 539 555 540 492 529 543 505
Rate 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4
Greenland CJ NSO Count 13 17 12 5 11 10 10 2 6 11 6 1
Rate 23.1 30.2 21.2 8.8 19.3 17.6 17.6 3.5 10.6 19.4 10.6 1.8
Saint Pierre and Miquelon CJ National Police Count 0 0 1 1
Rate 0.0 0.0 16.5 16.5
United States of America CJ National police/CTS Count 15,586 19,033 16,229 16,528 16,148 16,740 17,309 17,128 16,465 15,399 14,722 14,661 14,827 12,253
Rate 5.5 6.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 3.8
South America Argentina PH Ministry of Health Count 3,693 3,570 4,630 3,837 2,996 2,847 2,669 2,789 2,847 2,935 2,760 2,794 2,888
Rate 10.0 9.6 12.3 10.1 7.8 7.4 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.3 6.8 6.9 7.0
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) CJ National Police Count 654 598 787 850 835 1,052 1,029 1,270
Rate 7.0 6.3 8.1 8.6 8.4 10.4 10.0 12.1
Brazil CJ Anuario Brasileiro de Seguranca Publica Count 44,625 45,885 44,518 43,272 46,177 53,054 53,646
Rate 23.5 23.9 23.0 22.2 23.3 26.5 26.5
Chile CJ CTS/NSO Count 513 576 590 616 588 630 541 636 550
Rate 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.7 3.1
Colombia CJ National police/CTS Count 26,540 27,840 28,387 22,526 19,036 17,086 16,119 15,423 14,911 15,454 15,013 15,803 14,670 15,419
Rate 66.5 68.6 68.9 53.8 44.8 39.6 36.8 34.7 33.0 33.7 32.3 33.5 30.7 31.8
Ecuador CJ CTS/OAS/SES/National police Count 1,833 1,658 1,906 1,937 2,390 2,121 2,385 2,273 2,607 2,625 2,638 2,345 1,924
Rate 14.6 13.0 14.6 14.6 17.7 15.4 17.0 15.9 18.0 17.8 17.6 15.4 12.4
French Guiana CJ National Police Count 58 45 42 28 32 30
Rate 29.8 22.3 20.1 13.1 14.5 13.3
Guyana CJ NSO/CTS Count 74 79 142 206 131 142 153 115 158 117 140 130 139 155
Rate 9.9 10.6 18.9 27.3 17.3 18.7 20.0 14.9 20.4 15.0 17.8 16.5 17.5 19.5
Paraguay CJ OAS/CTS Count 995 1,314 1,372 1,285 1,209 1,076 934 783 833 821 741 657 649 604
Rate 18.6 24.1 24.6 22.6 20.9 18.2 15.5 12.8 13.4 12.9 11.5 10.0 9.7 8.9
Peru CJ CTS/National police/OAS Count 1,302 1,294 1,136 1,316 1,526 3,057 3,141 2,934 3,332 2,969 2,709 2,850 2,865 2,013
Rate 5.0 4.9 4.2 4.9 5.6 11.0 11.2 10.4 11.6 10.3 9.3 9.6 9.6 6.7
Suriname PH WHO Count 50
Rate 9.3
Uruguay CJ Ministry of Interior/SES Count 214 218 231 197 194 188 203 194 221 226 205 199 267 260
Rate 6.4 6.6 6.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 6.1 5.8 6.6 6.7 6.1 5.9 7.9 7.7
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) CJ NGO (c)/CTS/OAS Count 8,022 7,960 9,617 11,342 9,719 9,964 12,257 13,156 14,589 13,985 13,080 14,098 16,072
Rate 32.9 32.0 38.0 44.0 37.0 37.3 45.1 47.6 51.9 48.9 45.0 47.8 53.6
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan* CJ CTS/Transmonee Count 2,325 2,160 1,967 1,991 2,091 1,804 1,729 1,656 1,807 1,771 1,547 1,588 1,455 1,273
Rate 16.0 14.8 13.5 13.5 14.0 12.0 11.4 10.8 11.6 11.2 9.7 9.9 9.0 7.8
Kyrgyzstan CJ UNECE/CTS Count 430 386 411 421 420 419 422 426 429 419 1,072 494 347 289
Rate 8.7 7.7 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.0 20.1 9.3 6.5 5.4
Tajikistan CJ WHO Count 213 155 118 131 155 149 106 117
Rate 3.1 2.2 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.3 1.5
Turkmenistan PH WHO Count 223
Rate 4.3
Uzbekistan PH WHO Count 920
Rate 3.3
Eastern Asia China CJ CTS/NSO Count 26,276 24,393 24,711 20,770 17,973 16,119 14,811 14,667 13,410 12,015 11,286
Rate 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8
China, Hong Kong SAR CJ CTS/National police Count 38 66 69 52 45 34 35 18 36 47 35 17 27 62
Rate 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.9
China, Macao SAR CJ CTS/NSO Count 22 13 10 7 11 11 8 10 4 7 7 8
Rate 5.1 2.9 2.2 1.5 2.3 2.2 1.6 1.9 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.4
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PH WHO Count 1,169
Rate 4.7
Japan CJ CTS Count 697 699 643 619 574 646 506 465 442 428 370
Rate 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mongolia CJ CTS Count 343 333 398 336 293 212 219 239 266 199 208
Rate 13.9 13.3 15.8 13.1 11.3 8.1 8.2 8.8 9.8 7.2 7.5
Republic of Korea CJ CTS Count 427 411
Rate 0.9 0.8
Taiwan Province of China CJ NSO Count 1,132 1,072 1,156 1,057 910 903 921 881 803 832 743 686
Rate 5.1 4.8 5.1 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.0
South-Eastern Asia Brunei Darussalam CJ WHO Count 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 2
Rate 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.5
Cambodia CJ WHO Count 407 425 509 511 448 450 458 343 353 331 268
Rate 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.8
Indonesia CJ CTS Count 2,204 1,635 1,419 1,372 1,311 1,058 1,467 1,456 1,386
Rate 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6
Lao People's Democratic Republic PH WHO Count 473
Rate 7.2
Malaysia CJ WHO Count 517 565 565 497 604 588 652 597 561 540
Rate 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.9
Myanmar CJ WHO Count 1,007 895 840 817 743 855 823 870 805 874 1,245 1,323
Rate 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 2.4 2.5
Philippines+ CJ CTS/National police Count 5,735 5,852 6,553 6,436 6,344 6,434 6,196 5,739 5,820 6,368 8,897 8,674 8,484 9,153
Rate 7.4 7.4 8.1 7.8 7.5 7.5 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.9 9.5 9.1 8.8 9.3
Singapore CJ CTS/National police Count 37 30 22 24 21 21 17 18 27 20 19 16 11 17
Rate 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3
Thailand CJ National Police Count 5,142 5,020 4,538 6,434 4,273 4,806 4,687 4,435 3,974 3,703 3,654 3,307
Rate 8.2 8.0 7.1 10.0 6.6 7.3 7.1 6.7 6.0 5.6 5.5 4.9
Timor-Leste CJ UN-PKO Count 23 46 49 62 35 32 39
Rate 2.4 4.6 4.8 6.0 3.3 3.0 3.6
Viet Nam CJ WHO Count 1,004 1,067 1,059 1,063 1,053 1,048 1,168 1,092 1,233 1,336 1,358
Rate 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5
Southern Asia Afghanistan CJ NSO Count 1,115 983 1,231 1,948
Rate 4.0 3.5 4.2 6.5
Bangladesh CJ National Police Count 3,343 3,678 3,503 3,471 3,902 3,592 4,166 3,863 4,099 4,219 3,988 3,966 4,114 4,393
Rate 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8
Bhutan CJ CTS Count 14 10 14 22 29 19
Rate 2.0 1.4 2.0 3.0 3.8 2.5
India CJ National Police Count 47,368 45,487 44,855 40,029 41,941 41,206 41,426 41,521 41,899 41,542 42,299 43,741 43,355 41,984
Rate 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.3
Iran (Islamic Republic of) PH WHO Count 3,630
Rate 4.8
Maldives CJ WHO Count 3 5 6 6 3 10 3
Rate 1.0 1.6 1.9 1.8 0.9 3.0 0.9
Nepal CJ NSO Count 635 848 858 757 936 913 633 893 889 804 818 786
Rate 2.7 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.8 3.6 2.5 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.9
Pakistan CJ NSO Count 8,906 9,528 9,396 9,346 9,719 9,631 10,048 10,556 12,059 12,491 13,208 13,860 13,846
Rate 6.2 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.4 7.2 7.3 7.6 7.9 7.8
Sri Lanka* CJ CTS/National police Count 1,310 1,377 1,221 2,045 1,663 2,002 1,099 763 732 676 598
Rate 6.7 7.0 6.1 10.2 8.2 9.8 5.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.8
Western Asia Armenia CJ CTS Count 83 58 79 77 97 97 56 71 65 59
Rate 2.7 1.9 2.6 2.6 3.3 3.3 1.9 2.4 2.2 2.0
Azerbaijan CJ CTS/Transmonee Count 226 218 212 183 201 192 190 176 168 164 194 202 221
Rate 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.4
Bahrain CJ CTS/National police/WHO Count 9 8 3 7 4 7 4 6 13 11 7
Rate 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.5
Cyprus CJ CTS Count 16 20 15 13 9 19 8 9 23 12
Rate 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.8 2.0 1.0
Georgia CJ Transmonee/CTS Count 239 263 292 302 298 403 323 330 263 210 187
Rate 5.0 5.6 6.3 6.6 6.6 9.0 7.3 7.5 6.0 4.8 4.3
Iraq CJ WHO Count 9,206 8,274 18,796 4,452 2,458 2,553 2,518
Rate 33.6 29.5 65.4 15.1 8.1 8.2 8.0
Israel CJ CTS/NSO Count 147 223 227 195 173 166 182 125 136 128 145 151 134
Rate 2.4 3.6 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.7
Jordan* CJ CTS/NSO Count 67 100 112 120 102 116 141 161
Rate 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.4
Kuwait CJ CTS Count 59 38 49 60 59 61
Rate 2.3 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9
Lebanon CJ CTS Count 183 130 142 160 194 223
Rate 4.4 3.1 3.3 3.5 4.2 4.7
Oman CJ CTS/NSO Count 13 15 18 18 34
Rate 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.2
Qatar PH WHO Count 146
Rate 8.1
Saudi Arabia PH WHO Count 1,829
Rate 6.2
State of Palestine CJ WHO Count 94 145 145 48 44 30 23 26
Rate 2.7 4.2 4.1 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6
Syrian Arab Republic CJ NSO Count 357 376 368 405 426 430 446 533 529 476 463
Rate 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.2
Turkey CJ CTS Count 2,837 2,914 3,305 3,168 3,599 3,257 3,692 3,064 3,061 3,216
Rate 4.3 4.4 4.9 4.6 5.2 4.6 5.2 4.2 4.2 4.3
United Arab Emirates CJ CTS Count 67 51 69 58
Rate 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6
Yemen CJ CTS/NSO Count 697 704 646 945 895 850 874 990 1,099 1,375 1,616 1,703
Rate 4.0 3.7 3.3 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.8 5.9 6.8 7.0
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus CJ CTS/Transmonee Count 1,013 969 989 879 815 825 734 649 541 473 486 373 340
Rate 10.1 9.8 10.0 9.0 8.4 8.5 7.6 6.8 5.7 5.0 5.1 4.0 3.6
Bulgaria CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 247 244 199 186 177 172 150 147 128 141 108
Rate 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.5
Czech Republic CJ National Police Count 181 142 149 163 134 108 130 126 114 94 103 86 105 98
Rate 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9
Hungary CJ CTS Count 205 254 203 228 209 164 174 154 181 147 163 174 142 265
Rate 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.4 2.7
Poland CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 855 776 716 662 633 555 490 525 460 493 436 449 377 298
Rate 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.8
Republic of Moldova CJ CTS Count 433 410 399 319 277 296 262 217 236 246 267 304 229 169
Rate 10.5 10.1 10.1 8.2 7.2 7.9 7.1 5.9 6.5 6.8 7.5 8.7 6.7 5.0
Romania CJ CTS Count 560 597 563 551 516 457 438 416 470 397 404 335 378 336
Rate 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.5
Russian Federation CJ CTS Count 16,617 15,954 14,574 13,826 13,120 12,785
Rate 11.6 11.1 10.1 9.7 9.2 9.0
Slovakia CJ Transmonee/CTS Count 143 129 138 146 122 106 89 89 94 84 89 96 75 78
Rate 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.4
Ukraine CJ CTS Count 3,618 3,475 3,025 2,931 2,639 2,438 2,194 1,988
Rate 7.6 7.3 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.2 4.7 4.3
Northern Europe Denmark CJ CTS Count 58 52 56 65 43 53 29 39 54 47 42 44 40 42
Rate 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Estonia CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 143 137 142 147 91 113 91 93 84 70 70 65 63 52
Rate 10.5 10.1 10.5 11.0 6.8 8.5 6.9 7.1 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.1
Finland CJ CTS Count 148 156 132 103 148 119 119 129 133 120 117 110 88 93
Rate 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.8 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.7
Iceland CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 5 1 4 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 1
Rate 1.8 0.4 1.4 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.3
Ireland CJ CTS/National police/NSO Count 37 52 52 45 30 52 62 78 50 56 53 42 54 52
Rate 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.1
Latvia CJ CTS Count 238 219 214 202 181 126 128 94 99 108 70 69 97 69
Rate 10.0 9.3 9.2 8.8 8.0 5.7 5.8 4.3 4.6 5.1 3.3 3.4 4.8 3.5
Lithuania CJ CTS Count 343 372 288 277 298 252 219 211 202 198
Rate 10.3 11.3 8.9 8.7 9.5 8.1 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.8
Norway CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 49 37 46 51 36 33 33 30 34 29 29 111 27 46
Rate 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 2.3 0.5 0.9
Sweden CJ National Council for Crime Prevention/CTS Count 96 87 101 85 107 79 88 107 77 87 91 81 68 87
Rate 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9
United Kingdom CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 1,002 1,039 1,201 1,039 983 896 863 873 760 714 753 646 644 602
Rate 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Southern Europe Albania CJ CTS Count 154 95 105 93 85 127 142 157 124
Rate 4.8 3.0 3.3 2.9 2.7 4.0 4.6 5.1 4.0
Andorra CJ CTS/Interpol Count 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Rate 1.3 0.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.0 0.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina CJ CTS Count 71 56 51 63 47
Rate 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.2
Croatia CJ Ministry of Interior Count 101 81 73 67 83 66 68 61 67 49 62 49 51 46
Rate 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.1
Greece CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 81 132 94 122 111 132 110 130 144 152 176 184 166 153
Rate 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.4
Italy CJ CTS Count 766 709 644 719 720 610 625 631 615 590 529 552 530 502
Rate 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
Kosovo (in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99) CJ CTS Count 113 73 106 62 90 41
Rate 6.3 4.0 5.8 3.4 4.9 2.2
Malta CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 4 6 6 0 7 4 0 4 6 4 4 3 12 7
Rate 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.7 2.8 1.6
Montenegro CJ CTS Count 12 24 21 15 21 17 10
Rate 1.9 3.9 3.4 2.4 3.4 2.7 1.6
Portugal CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 116 105 119 149 144 133 155 185 124 130 124 114 122 144
Rate 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3
San Marino CJ WHO Count 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rate 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Serbia CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 228 243 200 176 164 147 156 171 140 145 123 132 111 137
Rate 2.2 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.5
Slovenia CJ CTS Count 36 28 36 21 27 20 12 24 10 13 15 16 14 12
Rate 1.8 1.4 1.8 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6
Spain CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 553 577 564 587 520 518 476 482 426 399 390 387 362 302
Rate 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 47 55 60 70 49 44 46 42 35 35 43 30 29 22
Rate 2.3 2.7 2.9 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.0
Western Europe Austria CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 82 70 65 50 59 54 61 45 58 51 58 78 87 61
Rate 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7
Belgium CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 212 282 319 230 268 221 221 211 203 189 188 211 192 196
Rate 2.1 2.7 3.1 2.2 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.8
France CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 1,051 1,047 1,119 987 990 976 879 993 1,021 819 796 856 784 777
Rate 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2
Germany CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 1,015 925 955 859 868 869 808 757 722 706 690 662 578 585
Rate 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Liechtenstein CJ Eurostat/CTS Count 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Luxembourg CJ Eurostat/UNECE/CTS Count 4 9 6 3 2 4 7 7 8 5 10 4 1
Rate 0.9 2.0 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.0 2.0 0.8 0.2
Monaco CJ CTS Count 1 1 1 1 0 0
Rate 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 0.0 0.0
Netherlands PH NSO Count 180 202 195 202 191 174 128 143 150 154 144 143 145 125
Rate 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7
Switzerland CJ CTS/Eurostat Count 69 86 86 73 78 75 60 51 54 51 52 46 45 58
Rate 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7
Oceania Australia and New Zealand Australia CJ Eurostat/CTS/NSO Count 362 347 366 341 302 259 281 255 261 263 231 244 254 249
Rate 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
New Zealand CJ CTS/National police Count 52 51 60 44 45 61 49 48 51 67 43 39 41 47
Rate 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0
Melanesia Fiji CJ WHO Count 22 30 21 24 26
Rate 2.6 3.6 2.5 2.8 3.0
New Caledonia CJ National Police Count 8 12 11 8
Rate 3.4 5.1 4.6 3.3
Papua New Guinea CJ CTS/National police Count 465 436 470 609 309 603 610 520 603 697 713
Rate 8.6 7.9 8.3 10.5 5.2 9.9 9.8 8.1 9.2 10.4 10.4
Solomon Islands CJ WHO Count 20 26 23 26 19
Rate 4.4 5.5 4.8 5.3 3.8
Vanuatu PH WHO Count 7
2.8
Micronesia Guam CJ National Police Count 2 8 2 8 9 7 11 1 1 5 3 4
Rate 1.3 5.1 1.3 5.1 5.7 4.4 6.9 0.6 0.6 3.2 1.9 2.5
Kiribati CJ WHO Count 7 1 4 11 8
Rate 7.4 1.0 4.1 11.1 7.9
Marshall Islands PH WHO Count 2
Rate 3.8
Micronesia (Federated States of) PH WHO Count 5
Rate 4.9
Nauru PH WHO Count 0
Rate 0.0
Palau PH WHO Count 1
Rate 4.8
Polynesia Cook Islands PH WHO Count 1
Rate 4.8
French Polynesia CJ National Police Count 3 7 9 1
Rate 1.2 2.7 3.4 0.4
Niue PH WHO Count 0
Rate 0.0
Samoa CJ WHO Count 16 16 6
Rate 8.7 8.6 3.2
Tonga CJ CTS/National police Count 1 6 6 6 2 4 8 1 4 8 1 2 1
Rate 1.0 6.1 6.1 6.0 2.0 4.0 7.9 1.0 3.9 7.7 1.0 1.9 0.9
Tuvalu CJ WHO Count 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Rate 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 10.1 20.1

# Note: data were updated on 13 April 2015 and supersede data published in the Global Study on Homicide 2013

+ In 2009, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has implemented a new crime reporting system wherein crime data for 2009 was set as the baseline for future research, study and comparison. Thus, crime statistics in 2009 cannot be compared with those data obtained in the previous years (2008 and earlier) since the parameters were no longer the same.

* Changes in definitions and/or counting rules are reported by the Member State to indicate a break in the time series.