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Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

How often does an intentional killing happen in each country?

163 of 163 shown in the list

intentional homicides per 100,000 people

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands76.3 2022
  2. St. Kitts and Nevis64.2 2023
  3. St. Vincent and the Grenadines51.3 2023
  4. Jamaica49.4 2023
  5. Ecuador45.7 2023
  6. South Africa43.7 2022
  7. Haiti41.2 2023
  8. Trinidad and Tobago40.4 2022
  9. St. Lucia39.0 2023
  10. Bahamas32.2 2022
  11. Honduras31.4 2023
  12. Belize28.1 2022
  13. Dominica27.1 2023
  14. St. Martin (French part)26.9 2016
  15. American Samoa25.5 2018
  16. Colombia24.9 2023
  17. Mexico24.9 2023
  18. Guatemala23.4 2023
  19. Central African Republic20.1 2016
  20. Brazil19.3 2023
  21. Guyana19.1 2023
  22. Costa Rica17.7 2023
  23. Nigeria15.7 2023
  24. Puerto Rico (US)14.6 2023
  25. Grenada13.7 2023

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people), via the World Bank. Data for 2015 to 2023. What it counts, how to cite it and the data

At a glance

  • 163 countries or territories have a figure.
  • The highest is Turks and Caicos Islands at 76.3 (2022) and the lowest is Oman at 0.1 (2023).
  • The middle value (the median) is 2.3.

What it counts

Intentional homicide: an unlawful death inflicted on a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury, as defined by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, counted per 100,000 people.

What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison

Homicide is the crime best recorded across countries, but definitions, recording and reporting still differ, and a small population makes a rate jump from year to year. It says nothing about other crime. A figure is not a judgment of a country, its courts or its people.

Source

UN Office on Drugs and Crime: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people), via the World Bank, compiled in World Bank, World Development Indicators. Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.

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TheLawToKnow. (2026). Intentional homicides per 100,000 people [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/homicide-rate. Data: UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people), via the World Bank, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).

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Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/homicide-rate). Data: UN Office on Drugs and Crime, via World Bank, World Development Indicators.

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@misc{homiciderate2026,
  author = {{TheLawToKnow}},
  title = {Intentional homicides per 100,000 people},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Law in Charts},
  url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/homicide-rate},
  note = {Data: UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people), via the World Bank, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
}

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