List of countries by intentional homicide rate

List of countries by intentional homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants. The reliability of underlying national murder rate data may vary.^[1] The legal definition of "intentional homicide" differs among countries. Intentional homicide may or may not include infanticide, assisted suicide or euthanasia.^[2]

Intentional homicide demographics are affected by changes in trauma care, leading to changed lethality of violent assaults, so the intentional homicide rate may not necessarily indicate the overall level of societal violence.^[2] They may also be under-reported for political reasons.^[3][4] Another problem for the comparability of the following figures is that some data may include attempts. In general the values in these lists should not include failed attempts except when mentioned otherwise.

A study undertaken by the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development estimated that there were approximately 490,000 intentional homicides in 2004. The study estimated that the global rate was 7.6 intentional homicides per 100,000 inhabitants for 2004.^[5] UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) reported a global average intentional homicide rate of 6.2 per 100,000 population for 2012 (in their report titled "Global Study on Homicide 2013").^[6][7] UNODC calculated a rate of 6.9 in 2010.^[8]

Homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012.
  0–1   1–2   2–5   5–10   10–20   >20

UNODC's global study

Note: Please update the UNODC tables only with UNODC data.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has a site called Global Study on Homicide. All data in this section comes from reports on that site.^[6] Latest year for each country is indicated in the table below.

Intentional homicide, as defined by UNODC, is "unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person".^[6]

By region

Rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants.

The UNODC report has bar charts and timeline graphs of homicide rates for subregions. But the report does not list exact rate numbers. Subregion counts are not found in the report, but may be calculated by manually totaling the counts for each country in a subregion.^[6]

By country

United Nations geoscheme with region names used in table here.

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This chart does not use the very latest data due to differences in how intentional homicide is defined, collected, and calculated for each country. In order to have more consistent, continuous, and reliable oversight only the latest UNODC sourcing is used for this section on countries.

Note: x (in the count column, mainly in the Oceania section) – From UNODC source:^[6] "due to small population size the estimated count is less than 2".

"Notes" column links to notes section just below the chart. It has additional info about wars, mass murders, etc..

There is a total yearly count of homicides for each country. Rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants.

Notes

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• Afghanistan. War in Afghanistan (1978–present).
• Central African Republic. Central African Republic conflict (2012–present).
• China. Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China
• Colombia. Colombian conflict (1964–present).
• Iraq. Iraq War.
• Israel. Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• Libya. 2011 Libyan Civil War.
• Mexico. Mexican Drug War.
• Pakistan. War in North-West Pakistan.
• Palestine. Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• Somalia. Somali Civil War.
• Sudan. Sudanese nomadic conflicts. Sudan–SPLM-N conflict.
• Syria Syrian Civil War.
• Yemen. Shia insurgency in Yemen.

Country subdivisions

Rates. Click the "show" links next to the country names at the top left of each chart. The references are linked from the sources column.

Australia

Australia	Sources	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Northern Territory	[9][10][11]	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.0
Tasmania	[9][10][11]	1.9	1.2	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.6	1.4	0.9	1.0	0.8
New South Wales	[9][10][11]	1.8	1.7	2.1	1.8	1.7	2.4	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.6
Western Australia	[9][10][11]	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.2	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.6
Queensland	[9][10][11]	1.9	2.2	1.3	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2
Australian Capital Territory	[9][10][11]	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.1
Victoria	[9][10][11]	1.8	1.7	1.6	2.2	1.4	1.7	2.4	2.1	1.1	1.4
South Australia	[9][10][11]	1.2	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.1	0.8	1.0

Canada

Canada[12]!!class="sortable"|2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Newfoundland and Labrador	0.39	2.4	1.37	0.59	0.98	0.20	0.77	0.76	0.57	1.33	0.38	0.57
Prince Edward Island	0.00	0.00	0.73	0.00	1.43	0.00	0.00	0.69	0.00	0.69	2.05	0.68
Nova Scotia	1.49	2.13	1.71	1.39	1.28	1.60	2.34	2.33	1.80	1.38	0.64	1.27
New Brunswick	0.93	1.20	0.94	1.08	0.40	1.60	1.20	1.06	0.79	0.93	1.33	1.46
Quebec	1.47	1.32	1.22	1.17	1.19	1.12	1.07	1.31	1.34	0.86	0.85	0.93
Ontario	1.51	1.75	1.55	1.58	1.36	1.36	1.44	1.21	1.22	1.24	1.14	1.26
Manitoba	4.26	4.16	3.29	5.11	4.48	4.67	3.69	4.30	4.24	4.03	3.51	3.63
Saskatchewan	3.91	4.33	4.23	3.00	2.96	3.50	3.14	3.56	2.67	2.80	2.14	3.79
Alberta	2.65	3.25	2.78	2.51	3.06	2.59	2.04	2.95	2.21	2.05	2.57	3.17
British Columbia	2.72	2.41	2.55	2.04	2.67	2.65	1.86	1.96	1.56	1.66	1.92	2.03
Yukon	22.24	3.13	0.00	6.14	9.05	5.94	2.89	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.11	2.67
Northwest Territories	9.24	0.00	0.00	4.59	6.87	4.58	2.31	6.90	11.46	4.56	6.82	11.34
Nunavut	13.40	6.59	6.49	22.38	12.66	18.64	17.99	20.47	14.40	11.29	10.93	5.52

Mexico

Mexico	Sources	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Chihuahua	[13][14]	74.0	184.6	129.7	69.0	42.4
Durango	[13][14]	60.0	66.5	63.9	40.1	29.2
Sinaloa	[13][14]	47.0	86.3	70.8	56.9	43.7
Guerrero	[13][14]	46.0	45.2	70.4	62.9	61.6
Baja California	[13][14]	24.0	45.8	24.3	19.0	24.9
Oaxaca	[13][14]	21.0	19.0	17.6	13.8	15.7
Sonora	[13][14]	20.0	26.8	19.7	18.6	21.4
Morelos	[13][14]	19.0	27.1	24.9	45.8	33.6
Michoacán	[13][14]	18.0	16.4	19.3	17.2	21.9
Nayarit	[13][14]	15.0	48.2	52.5	27.4
Quintana Roo	[13][14]	13.0	9.9	11.1	21.2
Chiapas	[13][14]	10.0	4.0	3.7	12.5
Coahuila	[13][14]	9.0	15.8	25.7	27.8
México (state)	[13][14]	9.0	12.7	15.7	9.3	11.6
Tamaulipas	[13][14]	9.0	27.7	31.9	30.3	16.5
Colima	[13][14]	9.0	19.5	24.1	36.1	27.3
Mexican Federal District	[13][14]	8.0	12.2	12.4	8.9	8.5
Guanajuato	[13][14]	8.0	8.1	11.3	14.1
Jalisco	[13][14]	8.0	14.2	20.2	16.2	14.5
Puebla	[13][14]	7.0	6.4	7.4	11.6	7.4
San Luis Potosí	[13][14]	6.0	13.9	13.7	13.7
Nuevo León	[13][14]	6.0	19.7	45.1	36.2	17.8
Aguascalientes	[13][14]	6.0	6.1	6.5	3.3	3.3
Tabasco	[13][14]	6.0	8.4	9.7	6.3
Hidalgo	[13][14]	5.7	4.1	7.6	2.9	4.7
Baja California Sur	[13][14]	5.0	8.0	6.1	5.5
Querétaro	[13][14]	5.0	3.8	5.6	5.6	6.1
Campeche	[13][14]	5.0	5.6	5.4	7.2	8.2
Veracruz	[13][14]	5.0	5.9	12.9	8.5	5.0
Tlaxcala	[13][14]	4.0	4.7	7.3	4.6	6.0
Yucatán	[13][14]	2.0	1.7	2.6	2.2	2.1
Zacatecas	[13][14]	9.0	9.4	19.1	10.4

United States

United States	Sources	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
District of Columbia	[15]	41.8	40.3	46.4	44.7	35.7	33.5	29.1	30.8	31.4	24.2	21.8	17.4	13.9
Puerto Rico	[16]	18.22	19.57	20.48	20.69	21.02	20.39	19.82	19.41	21.47	23.82	26.22
Louisiana	[15]	12.5	11.2	13.2	13.0	12.7	10.0	12.9	14.6	12.3	11.8	11.0	11.1	10.8
New Mexico	[15]	7.4	5.4	8.2	6.2	8.9	7.5	6.9	9.3	8.1	9.9	6.8	7.6	5.6
Maryland	[15]	8.1	8.3	9.4	9.5	9.4	9.9	9.7	9.9	8.8	7.7	7.4	6.8	6.3
Tennessee	[15]	7.2	7.4	7.3	6.8	6.1	7.2	6.9	6.6	6.6	7.4	5.6	5.9	6.0
Alabama	[15]	7.4	8.5	6.8	6.6	5.6	8.2	8.3	8.9	7.5	6.8	5.7	6.2	7.1
Mississippi	[15]	9.0	9.9	9.2	9.3	7.8	7.4	7.9	6.9	8.0	6.6	6.9	7.8	7.4
Missouri	[15]	6.2	6.6	5.8	5.1	6.1	6.9	6.3	6.2	7.7	6.5	7.0	6.1	6.5
Michigan	[15]	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.1	6.4	6.2	7.1	6.6	5.5	6.2	5.9	6.2	7.0
South Carolina	[15]	7.3	8.1	7.3	7.3	6.8	7.4	8.4	8.3	6.9	6.7	5.7	6.8	6.9
Arkansas	[15]	6.3	5.5	5.2	6.6	6.4	6.8	7.3	7.0	5.8	6.2	4.6	5.4	5.9
Oklahoma	[15]	5.3	5.3	4.7	5.9	5.3	5.3	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.3	5.2	5.6	5.7
Illinois	[15]	7.2	7.8	7.6	7.1	6.1	6.0	6.1	5.9	6.1	6.0	5.5	6.1	5.8
Nevada	[15]	6.5	8.6	8.4	8.8	7.4	8.5	9.1	7.5	6.3	5.9	5.8	5.1	4.5
Georgia	[15]	8.0	7.1	7.1	7.6	6.9	6.2	6.5	7.5	6.6	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.9
Florida	[15]	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.0	6.2	6.6	6.4	5.5	5.2	5.2	5.2
Arizona	[15]	7.0	7.5	7.1	7.9	7.2	7.5	8.6	8.6	7.1	5.8	6.4	6.1	5.5
Texas	[15]	5.9	6.2	6.0	6.4	6.1	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.4	4.9	4.4	4.4
California	[15]	6.1	6.4	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.9	6.8	6.2	5.8	5.3	4.8	4.8	5.0
North Carolina	[15]	7.0	6.2	6.6	6.0	6.2	6.7	6.1	6.4	6.5	5.2	5.0	5.2	4.9
Pennsylvania	[15]	4.9	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.2	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.3	5.1	5.0	5.4
Indiana	[15]	5.8	6.7	5.9	5.5	5.1	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.0	4.9	4.1	4.7	4.7
Delaware	[15]	3.2	2.9	3.2	2.6	3.4	4.4	4.9	4.5	6.5	4.6	5.7	5.3	6.2
West Virginia	[15]	2.5	2.2	3.2	4.0	3.8	4.5	4.4	3.6	3.7	4.6	3.1	4.7	3.9
Ohio	[15]	3.7	4.0	4.6	4.6	4.4	5.1	4.9	4.6	4.8	4.6	4.2	4.3	4.3
Virginia	[15]	5.7	5.1	5.3	5.6	5.2	6.1	5.3	5.4	4.8	4.7	4.7	3.8	3.8
Kansas	[15]	6.3	3.4	2.9	4.6	4.5	3.7	4.5	3.8	4.0	4.4	3.4	3.9	2.9
Kentucky	[15]	4.8	4.4	4.7	4.4	5.7	4.6	4.1	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.3	3.5	4.5
New York	[15]	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.9	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.2	4.3	4.0	4.5	3.9	3.5
New Jersey	[15]	3.4	3.9	4.0	4.7	4.5	4.8	4.9	4.4	4.3	3.7	4.2	4.3	4.4
Colorado	[15]	3.1	3.6	4.0	4.1	4.4	3.7	3.6	3.2	3.3	3.2	2.6	3.0	3.1
Alaska	[15]	4.3	6.2	5.1	6.0	5.6	4.8	5.4	6.3	3.9	3.1	4.3	4.1	4.1
Connecticut	[15]	2.9	3.1	2.4	3.2	2.9	3.0	3.9	3.2	3.8	3.0	3.7	3.6	4.1
Montana	[15]	2.2	3.8	1.8	3.3	3.2	1.9	3.5	2.8	4.1	3.3	2.5	2.9	2.7
Rhode Island	[15]	4.3	3.7	3.8	2.3	2.4	3.2	2.5	1.8	3.0	3.0	2.8	1.9	3.2
Washington	[15]	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.1	2.7	2.9	2.9	2.3	2.4	3.0
Massachusetts	[15]	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.7	2.2	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.8
South Dakota	[15]	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.3	2.2	2.3	3.8	3.9	4.6	3.7	2.8	2.4	3.0
Wisconsin	[15]	3.2	3.6	2.8	3.3	2.8	3.7	3.0	3.3	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.4	3.0
Wyoming	[15]	2.4	1.8	3.0	2.8	2.2	2.8	2.5	4.0	2.3	2.0	1.4	3.2	2.4
Nebraska	[15]	3.7	2.5	2.8	3.2	2.3	2.5	2.9	4.0	3.9	2.3	3.0	3.7	2.9
Oregon	[15]	2.0	2.4	2.0	1.9	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.0	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.4
Maine	[15]	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.5	2.4	2.0	1.8	2.0	1.9
Hawaii	[15]	2.9	2.6	1.9	1.8	2.6	1.9	1.6	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.5	2.1
North Dakota	[15]	0.6	1.1	0.8	1.4	1.3	1.9	2.2	2.7	1.7	1.9	1.5	3.5	4.0
Idaho	[15]	1.2	2.3	2.7	1.9	2.2	2.4	2.4	3.3	1.5	1.6	1.4	2.2	1.8
Minnesota	[15]	3.1	2.4	2.2	2.5	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.1	1.4	1.8	1.4	1.8
Utah	[15]	1.9	2.9	2.0	2.6	1.9	2.2	2.0	2.2	1.5	1.4	1.9	1.8	1.8
Iowa	[15]	1.6	1.7	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	2.6	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.5
Vermont	[15]	1.5	1.1	2.1	2.4	2.6	1.3	2.2	2.1	2.7	1.3	1.1	1.8	1.3
New Hampshire	[15]	1.8	1.3	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.1
Guam	[17]				4.9	5.4	4.2	6.4	0.6

• List of Brazilian states by murder rate
• List of Russian federal subjects by murder rate
• Crime in South Africa (includes a table with the homicide rates from April 1994 to March 2011)

See also

References

External links

• OECD Murder Rates : open, downloadable historical murder rates
• Getting Murdered: Where in the World? | constitutionalley.us. Has chart of subregion murder rates, counts, populations. Already out of date, but a good model.
• The Homicide Monitor map. Made by Brazil-based think tank, The Igarapé Institute.