Intentional homicide is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person.



Country Homicide count Homicide rate per 100,000 population Honduras 7104 91.6 El Salvador 4308 69.2 Cote d’Ivoire 10801 56.9 Jamaica 1430 52.2 Venezuela 13080 45.1 Belize 129 41.4 Virgin Is. 43 39.2 Guatemala 5681 38.5 St. Kitts & Nevis 20 38.2 Zambia 4710 38 Uganda 11373 36.3 Malawi 5039 36 Lesotho 764 35.2 Trinidad & Tobago 472 35.2 Colombia 15459 33.4 South Africa 15940 31.8 Congo 1180 30.8 Central African Republic 1240 29.3 Puerto Rico 983 26.2 Ethiopia 20239 25.5 St. Lucia 44 25.2 Dominican Republic 2513 25 Tanzania 10357 24.5 Sudan 10028 24.2 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 25 22.9 Mexico 25757 22.7 Guinea 2152 22.5 Dominica 15 22.1 Burundi 1726 21.7 Congo, DRC 13558 21.7 Panama 759 21.6 Brazil 40974 21 Equatorial Guinea 137 20.7 Guinea-Bissau 294 20.2 Kenya 7733 20.1 Kyrgyzstan 1072 20.1 Cameroon 3700 19.7 Montserrat 1 19.7 Greenland 11 19.2 Angola 3426 19 Guyana 140 18.6 Ecuador 2638 18.2 Burkina Faso 2786 18 Eritrea 879 17.8 Namibia 352 17.2 Rwanda 1708 17.1 Chad 1686 15.8 Ghana 3646 15.7 North Korea 3658 15.2 Benin 1262 15.1 Sierra Leone 837 14.9 Mauritania 485 14.7 Botswana 287 14.5 Zimbabwe 1775 14.3 Gabon 200 13.8 Nicaragua 785 13.6 French Guiana 30 13.3 Papua New Guinea 854 13 Swaziland 141 12.9 Bermuda 8 12.3 Comoros 85 12.2 Nigeria 18422 12.2 Cape Verde 56 11.6 Grenada 12 11.5 Paraguay 741 11.5 Barbados 31 11.3 Costa Rica 527 11.3 Togo 627 10.9 Peru 2969 10.3 Myanmar 4800 10.2 Russia 14574 10.2 Liberia 371 10.1 Nauru 1 9.8 Bolivia 884 8.9 Kazakhstan 1418 8.8 Mozambique 1925 8.8 Mongolia 239 8.7 Senegal 1027 8.7 Turks & Caicos Is. 3 8.7 British Virgin Is. 2 8.6 Cayman Is. 5 8.4 Seychelles 7 8.3 Indonesia 18963 8.1 Madagascar 1588 8.1 Mali 1157 8 Pakistan 13860 7.8 Kiribati 7 7.3 Haiti 689 6.9 Timor-Leste 75 6.9 Anguilla 1 6.8 Antigua & Barbuda 6 6.8 Lithuania 219 6.6 Uruguay 199 5.9 Philippines 4947 5.4 Estonia 70 5.2 Ukraine 2356 5.2 Cuba 563 5 Belarus 479 4.9 Thailand 3307 4.8 Laos 279 4.6 Suriname 24 4.6 Georgia 187 4.3 Turkmenistan 203 4.2 United States 12996 4.2 Yemen 990 4.2 Albania 127 4 Niger 552 3.8 Solomon Is. 19 3.7 Sri Lanka 745 3.6 Montenegro 22 3.5 Argentina 1360 3.4 Cambodia 448 3.4 Djibouti 29 3.4 India 40752 3.4 Turkey 2320 3.3 Chile 541 3.2 Latvia 70 3.1 Uzbekistan 831 3.1 Iran 2215 3 Libya 176 2.9 Fiji 23 2.8 Liechtenstein 1 2.8 Nepal 818 2.8 Bangladesh 3988 2.7 South Korea 1251 2.6 Luxembourg 12 2.5 Mauritius 33 2.5 Afghanistan 712 2.4 Malaysia 604 2.3 Syria 463 2.3 Azerbaijan 206 2.2 Finland 118 2.2 Kuwait 59 2.2 Lebanon 95 2.2 Israel 159 2.1 Tajikistan 143 2.1 Bulgaria 147 2 Iraq 608 2 Romania 421 2 Belgium 200 1.9 Macedonia 40 1.9 Sao Tome & Principe 3 1.9 Cyprus 19 1.7 Czech Republic 181 1.7 Canada 554 1.6 Maldives 5 1.6 Vietnam 1346 1.6 Algeria 516 1.5 Bosnia & Herzegovina 56 1.5 Greece 176 1.5 Slovakia 84 1.5 Somalia 138 1.5 Armenia 44 1.4 Croatia 62 1.4 Morocco 447 1.4 Andorra 1 1.3 Hungary 133 1.3 Egypt 992 1.2 Ireland 54 1.2 Portugal 124 1.2 Serbia 123 1.2 United Kingdom 722 1.2 France 682 1.1 Netherlands 179 1.1 Poland 436 1.1 Samoa 2 1.1 Tunisia 117 1.1 Australia 229 1 Bhutan 7 1 China 13410 1 Malta 4 1 Saudi Arabia 265 1 Sweden 91 1 Tonga 1 1 Denmark 47 0.9 Italy 529 0.9 Micronesia 1 0.9 New Zealand 39 0.9 Qatar 13 0.9 Vanuatu 2 0.9 Germany 690 0.8 Spain 390 0.8 United Arab Emirates 39 0.8 Oman 18 0.7 Slovenia 15 0.7 Switzerland 52 0.7 Austria 53 0.6 Bahrain 6 0.6 Guam 1 0.6 Norway 29 0.6 Brunei 2 0.5 French Polynesia 1 0.4 Japan 506 0.4 Iceland 1 0.3 Singapore 16 0.3 Monaco 0 0 Palau 0 0







Intentional homicide count and rate per 100,000 population in the most populous city, by country (2000 – 2010)

Country/Territory City Variable Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Kenya Nairobi Rate 7.1 7.0 6.1 4.1 4.0 Count 201 196 177 121 117 Mauritius Port Louis Rate 5.4 3.4 5.4 9.4 7.4 Count 8 5 8 14 11 Uganda Kampala Rate 13.4 15.3 Count 401 459 United Republic of Tanzania Dar es Salaam Rate 12.9 Count 362 Zambia Lusaka Rate 8.5 8.1 8.6 10.8 3.1 9.5 8.1 Count 128 121 129 162 46 142 121 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Rate 1.6 Count 163 Algeria Algiers Rate 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 Count 21 13 15 19 Egypt Cairo Rate 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 Count 11 25 21 49 49 51 43 Morocco Casablanca Rate 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.4 Count 35 36 44 30 41 36 52 Sudan Khartoum Rate 5.0 Count 263 Botswana Gaborone Rate 16.1 Count 36 Lesotho Maseru Rate 64.1 59.7 61.9 Count 146 136 141 South Africa Cape Town Rate 77.0 86.0 60.0 55.0 55.4 61.0 59.9 Count 2,306 2,629 1,871 1,749 1,797 2,016 2,018 Ghana Accra Rate 1.3 1.3 Count 46 48 Liberia Monrovia Rate 4.6 6.7 5.7 4.9 Count 46 68 58 50 Sierra Leone Freetown Rate 5.8 8.0 Count 52 72 Bahamas Nassau Rate 28.5 Count 71 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Rate 37.3 29.7 Count 367 292 Haiti Port au Prince Rate 23.8 13.1 24.1 40.1 Count 294 162 297 495 Jamaica Kingston Rate 33.7 50.8 33.1 43.1 29.0 26.8 20.2 Count 220 331 216 281 189 175 132 Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre Rate 26.6 32.5 25.6 50.6 50.0 97.6 47.4 Count 4 5 4 8 8 16 8 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Rate 28.5 43.3 36.7 31.9 60.7 47.0 Count 77 117 99 86 164 127 Belize Belize City Rate 54.0 60.3 61.9 65.1 70.5 81.0 106.4 Count 34 38 39 41 47 54 71 Costa Rica San Jose Rate 6.2 6.7 Count 123 133 El Salvador San Salvador Rate 88.2 94.6 Count 1,381 1,496 Guatemala Guatemala City Rate 94.7 102.1 108.0 115.3 109.0 118.3 116.6 Count 1,018 1,098 1,161 1,239 1,172 1,272 1,253 Honduras Tegucigalpa Rate 72.7 Count 802 Mexico Mexico City Rate 8.0 7.9 7.3 8.0 8.0 8.4 Count 710 698 649 714 713 747 Nicaragua Managua Rate 11.7 14.1 Count 162 178 Panama Panama City Rate 13.1 15.8 15.0 18.1 27.0 34.6 Count 207 256 248 305 465 610 Canada Toronto Rate 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.5 Count 89 88 99 96 103 101 84 United States of America New York Rate 7.2 6.8 6.5 7.1 5.9 6.3 5.6 Count 597 570 539 596 496 523 471 Argentina Buenos Aires Rate 4.3 3.8 3.9 Count 130 116 119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) La Paz Rate 5.5 5.2 Count 46 44 Brazil Sao Paolo Rate 20.8 16.8 13.9 11.6 10.5 10.8 Count 8,746 7,053 5,832 4,871 4,426 4,557 Colombia Bogota Rate 22.3 23.2 18.8 18.2 17.8 17.4 17.1 Count 1,571 1,669 1,372 1,351 1,341 1,327 1,327 Ecuador Quito Rate 11.4 13.8 Count 229 277 Paraguay Asuncion Rate 13.1 10.6 Count 68 55 Peru Lima Rate 3.9 Count 298 Uruguay Montevideo Rate 6.5 Count 86 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Caracas Rate 113.0 92.0 118.0 119.0 90.0 88.0 107.0 130.5 127.0 122.0 Count 2,310 1,884 2,436 2,461 1,871 1,926 2,218 2,710 2,653 2,550 Kazakhstan Almaty Rate 11.5 10.9 8.7 11.3 Count 173 164 130 170 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Rate 9.4 9.9 15.3 12.2 11.0 10.5 Count 80 84 130 104 93 89 Tajikistan Dushanbe Rate 8.2 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.4 3.7 Count 52 38 39 32 22 24 Turkmenistan Ashkhabad Rate 3.6 3.5 Count 33 33 Japan Tokyo Rate 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 Count 47 55 55 83 55 Mongolia Ulan Bator Rate 16.8 15.5 16.3 15.7 14.8 11.5 10.2 Count 162 150 157 152 143 111 98 Republic of Korea Seoul Rate 2.4 Count 249 Indonesia Jakarta Rate 0.7 Count 71 Malaysia Kuala Lampur Rate 3.0 4.4 Count 47 70 Myanmar Yangon Rate 2.9 Count 114 Philippines Quezon City Rate 1.2 3.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 5.3 Count 28 69 47 43 46 123 Thailand Bangkok Rate 5.5 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.0 Count 311 327 283 252 225 Timor-Leste Dili Rate 11.3 Count 17 Bangladesh Dhaka Rate 3.6 5.3 Count 231 344 India Mumbai Rate 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 Count 253 212 239 230 210 217 Maldives Male Rate 6.7 5.0 Count 8 6 Nepal Kathmandu Rate 19.2 18.5 Count 172 166 Sri Lanka Colombo Rate 2.6 2.2 2.2 1.2 Count 66 55 55 31 Armenia Yerevan Rate 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.9 Count 20 26 29 40 28 Azerbaijan Baku Rate 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3 Count 70 70 67 67 Cyprus Nicosia Rate 1.3 1.0 2.6 1.0 1.0 1.3 Count 4 3 8 3 3 4 Georgia Tbilisi Rate 13.1 7.8 8.2 4.9 5.0 3.4 Count 141 86 90 56 57 39 Israel Tel Aviv Rate 4.6 4.8 6.1 3.8 4.3 4.6 Count 18 19 24 15 17 18 Jordan Amman Rate 1.5 1.8 Count 23 40 Kuwait Kuwait City Rate 0.3 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 Count 2 8 9 12 11 11 Occupied Palestinian Territory Hebron Rate 3.2 Count 17 Oman Muscat Rate 0.6 0.6 Count 4 4 Qatar Doha Rate 1.3 1.1 Count 5 4 Syrian Arab Republic Aleppo Rate 2.9 2.5 Count 155 131 Turkey Istanbul Rate 6.7 6.8 7.3 6.7 5.2 4.7 Count 842 854 923 842 656 596 United Arab Emirates Dubai Rate 1.9 1.5 Count 25 20 Belarus Minsk Rate 4.0 4.6 4.7 2.7 3.0 2.6 Count 73 85 87 49 56 48 Bulgaria Sofia Rate 3.8 3.0 3.1 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.8 Count 46 37 38 27 24 27 23 Czech Republic Prague Rate 3.9 4.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 2.6 2.7 Count 45 48 37 39 40 32 34 Hungary Budapest Rate 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.0 1.5 2.1 Count 39 32 31 30 17 26 35 Poland Warsaw Rate 2.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.9 Count 49 36 37 36 37 25 33 Republic of Moldova Chishinau Rate 9.4 7.3 7.2 6.5 4.6 5.5 5.3 Count 73 57 56 51 36 43 42 Romania Bucharest Rate 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 Count 25 24 27 25 22 17 18 Russian Federation Moscow Rate 8.8 7.4 7.4 6.0 6.0 4.6 Count 912 766 767 629 626 481 Slovakia Bratislava Rate 4.0 4.2 2.6 3.5 3.8 2.1 2.1 Count 17 18 11 15 16 9 9 Ukraine Kiev Rate 5.0 4.4 4.4 3.4 3.4 4.2 Count 139 122 122 95 93 115 Denmark Copenhagen Rate 1.6 1.2 3.2 1.8 1.4 1.6 Count 8 6 16 9 7 8 Estonia Tallinn Rate 10.6 8.6 10.1 7.3 8.8 6.0 7.3 Count 42 34 40 29 35 24 29 Finland Helsinki Rate 3.9 2.3 2.5 1.8 2.8 1.2 Count 22 13 14 10 16 7 Iceland Reykjavik Rate 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 Count 2 0 2 0 1 Ireland Dublin Rate 2.4 1.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.1 Count 27 20 31 33 31 26 Latvia Riga Rate 12.9 10.5 5.2 7.6 5.4 4.8 5.4 Count 95 77 38 55 39 34 38 Lithuania Vilnius Rate 9.8 8.5 8.5 6.9 7.4 10.6 5.4 Count 54 47 47 38 41 59 30 Norway Oslo Rate 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.1 1.2 Count 11 8 9 9 8 12 7 United Kingdom (England and Wales) London Rate 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.6 Count 212 195 177 169 164 155 119 United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Belfast Rate 2.9 2.2 4.9 4.1 2.2 1.5 2.6 Count 8 6 13 11 6 4 7 United Kingdom (Scotland) Glasgow Rate 4.0 3.1 4.5 4.1 4.1 3.3 Count 23 18 26 24 24 19 Albania Tirana Rate 1.1 1.6 2.8 Count 9 13 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Rate 1.8 2.0 Count 9 10 Croatia Zagreb Rate 1.9 0.9 2.1 1.4 0.8 1.9 0.6 Count 15 7 16 11 6 15 5 Greece Athens Rate 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.3 Count 29 32 39 35 32 45 Italy Rome Rate 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 Count 29 31 37 30 36 30 Montenegro Podgorica Rate 5.0 3.9 6.7 5.5 0.5 3.5 Count 9 7 12 11 1 7 Portugal Lisbon Rate 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.2 Count 11 10 15 16 13 10 5 Serbia Belgrade Rate 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.2 1.4 Count 46 45 39 35 23 Slovenia Ljubljana Rate 1.1 2.6 1.5 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.4 Count 3 7 4 1 3 0 1 Spain Madrid Rate 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 Count 36 37 34 39 32 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Skopje Rate 3.4 2.8 4.0 4.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 Count 18 15 21 21 12 12 12 Austria Vienna Rate 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.1 Count 18 15 22 18 20 15 19 Belgium Brussels Rate 3.4 4.2 6.9 4.8 3.9 3.1 3.6 1.9 3.9 3.0 Count 33 41 68 48 39 32 37 20 42 33 France Paris Rate 2.6 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.6 Count 55 21 34 29 33 35 Germany Berlin Rate 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.1 Count 76 77 68 68 67 60 50 42 42 61 37 Netherlands Amsterdam Rate 5.3 3.7 4.3 2.3 4.4 2.7 4.4 Count 39 27 32 17 33 20 33 Australia Sydney Rate 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.1 Count 60 46 51 62 49 New Zealand Auckland Rate 1.3 1.6 0.8 1.3 Count 19 23 11 19 Solomon Islands Honiara City Rate 3.5 5.2 20.8 33.0 19.1 Count 2 3 12 19 11

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