Homicide Rate
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people. Gapminder, 2016–2023.
Source: Gapminder (open data, ddf) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: per 100k Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗
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Avg (2023)
7.8
-1.0% vs 2022
Improving
21
of 204 tracked
Declining
104
period over period
Stable
79
±0.5% band
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2016–2023.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇭🇹 Haiti | 48.1 | +43.6% |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | 5 | +25.0% |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 0.5 | +25.0% |
| 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 6.8 | +13.3% |
| 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 32 | +7.4% |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇩 Sudan | 1.3 | -72.9% |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | 2 | -28.6% |
| 🇲🇨 Monaco | 0.3 | -25.0% |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | 10.5 | -24.5% |
| 🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep. | 5.5 | -17.9% |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Americas -0.10%
Africa -1.6%
Europe -2.1%
Asia -4.2%
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 38 | 18.5 | -0.10% |
| Africa | 54 | 11.2 | -1.6% |
| Asia | 64 | 3.1 | -4.2% |
| Europe | 48 | 1.6 | -2.1% |
Homicide Rate — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Homicides | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 52.7 | -2.6% |
| 2 | 🇻🇮 Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 51.7 | -3.7% |
| 3 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 48.1 | +43.6% |
| 4 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 46.9 | -3.7% |
| 5 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 45.6 | 0.00% |
| 6 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 40.3 | -1.7% |
| 7 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 34.4 | -0.29% |
| 8 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 33.3 | -1.5% |
| 9 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 32.5 | +4.5% |
| 10 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 32 | +7.4% |
| 11 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 30.1 | -5.0% |
| 12 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 28.7 | -6.2% |
| 13 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 28.1 | -1.7% |
| 14 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 27.2 | -1.1% |
| 15 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 25.9 | -2.3% |
| 16 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 25.7 | +0.78% |
| 17 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 25 | +1.2% |
| 18 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 24.2 | +0.41% |
| 19 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 23.8 | +0.85% |
| 20 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 23.5 | -0.42% |
| 21 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 20.4 | +0.49% |
| 22 | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 20.4 | -7.3% |
| 23 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 20 | +0.50% |
| 24 | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.9 | -2.5% |
| 25 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 19.4 | -2.5% |
| 26 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 18.4 | -1.6% |
| 27 | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 17.8 | -0.56% |
| 28 | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis | 16.9 | -0.59% |
| 29 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 16.4 | -3.0% |
| 30 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 15.6 | -2.5% |
| 31 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 14.6 | -3.9% |
| 32 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 14.4 | -5.3% |
| 33 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 14.4 | -2.0% |
| 34 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 13.8 | 0.00% |
| 35 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 13.6 | +0.74% |
| 36 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 13.6 | -2.2% |
| 37 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 13 | -2.3% |
| 38 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 12.6 | -0.79% |
| 39 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 12.5 | +0.81% |
| 40 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 11.9 | -1.7% |
| 41 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 11.7 | -1.7% |
| 42 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 11.7 | -4.1% |
| 43 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 11.2 | -3.4% |
| 44 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 11.2 | -1.8% |
| 45 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 11.1 | -5.1% |
| 46 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 10.6 | -4.5% |
| 47 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 10.5 | -24.5% |
| 48 | 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire | 10.3 | -0.96% |
| 49 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 10 | -2.9% |
| 50 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 9.9 | -2.9% |
| 51 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 9.5 | -3.1% |
| 52 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 9.4 | -2.1% |
| 53 | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 9.1 | -7.1% |
| 54 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 9.1 | -2.2% |
| 55 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 9.1 | 0.00% |
| 56 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 9 | -1.1% |
| 57 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 8.8 | -1.1% |
| 58 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 8.6 | -2.3% |
| 59 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 8.5 | -2.3% |
| 60 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 8.4 | -3.4% |
| 61 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 8.4 | 0.00% |
| 62 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 8.2 | 0.00% |
| 63 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 8.2 | -2.4% |
| 64 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 7.9 | -4.8% |
| 65 | 🇺🇸 USA | 7.7 | -4.9% |
| 66 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 7.6 | 0.00% |
| 67 | 🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 7.5 | -5.1% |
| 68 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 6.8 | -1.4% |
| 69 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 6.8 | +13.3% |
| 70 | 🇵🇼 Palau | 6.7 | -2.9% |
| 71 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 6.7 | 0.00% |
| 72 | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 6.6 | -1.5% |
| 73 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 6.4 | 0.00% |
| 74 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 6.2 | -6.1% |
| 75 | 🇱🇦 Lao | 6.2 | -3.1% |
| 76 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 6 | -16.7% |
| 77 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 5.9 | +1.7% |
| 78 | 🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. | 5.8 | 0.00% |
| 79 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 5.8 | +1.8% |
| 80 | 🇬🇺 Guam | 5.7 | -1.7% |
| 81 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 5.7 | -5.0% |
| 82 | 🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep. | 5.5 | -17.9% |
| 83 | 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 5.5 | -1.8% |
| 84 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 85 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 5.2 | -3.7% |
| 86 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 5.1 | -1.9% |
| 87 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 5 | +25.0% |
| 88 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 5 | -3.8% |
| 89 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 4.9 | -7.5% |
| 90 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 4.9 | -7.5% |
| 91 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 4.8 | 0.00% |
| 92 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 4.7 | 0.00% |
| 93 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 4.7 | -4.1% |
| 94 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 4.7 | -11.3% |
| 95 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 4.6 | +2.2% |
| 96 | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 4.3 | -6.5% |
| 97 | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 4 | 0.00% |
| 98 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 4 | 0.00% |
| 99 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 4 | -2.4% |
| 100 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 3.7 | +2.8% |
| 101 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 3.6 | -5.3% |
| 102 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 3.5 | 0.00% |
| 103 | 🇳🇺 Niue | 3.5 | -2.8% |
| 104 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 3.4 | -2.9% |
| 105 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 3.4 | -2.9% |
| 106 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 107 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 3.3 | 0.00% |
| 108 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 3 | -9.1% |
| 109 | 🇮🇳 India | 3 | -6.3% |
| 110 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 3 | +3.4% |
| 111 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 2.9 | +3.6% |
| 112 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 2.9 | 0.00% |
| 113 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 2.9 | -3.3% |
| 114 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 2.9 | -3.3% |
| 115 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 2.8 | +3.7% |
| 116 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 2.8 | +3.7% |
| 117 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 2.7 | 0.00% |
| 118 | 🇹🇰 Tokelau | 2.7 | -6.9% |
| 119 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 2.6 | -7.1% |
| 120 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 2.6 | -3.7% |
| 121 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 2.5 | -3.8% |
| 122 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 2.5 | -7.4% |
| 123 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 2.2 | -4.3% |
| 124 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 2.2 | 0.00% |
| 125 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 2.2 | -4.3% |
| 126 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 2.2 | -8.3% |
| 127 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic | 2.1 | 0.00% |
| 128 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 2.1 | -4.5% |
| 129 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 2 | 0.00% |
| 130 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 2 | +5.3% |
| 131 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 2 | -28.6% |
| 132 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 1.9 | 0.00% |
| 133 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 1.8 | -5.3% |
| 134 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 1.8 | 0.00% |
| 135 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 1.7 | -5.6% |
| 136 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 1.7 | 0.00% |
| 137 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 1.6 | 0.00% |
| 138 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1.6 | 0.00% |
| 139 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 1.6 | 0.00% |
| 140 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 1.6 | 0.00% |
| 141 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 1.5 | -6.3% |
| 142 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1.5 | 0.00% |
| 143 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 1.5 | -16.7% |
| 144 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1.5 | -6.3% |
| 145 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 1.3 | 0.00% |
| 146 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 1.3 | 0.00% |
| 147 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 1.3 | -72.9% |
| 148 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 1.3 | -7.1% |
| 149 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 1.3 | 0.00% |
| 150 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 1.2 | 0.00% |
| 151 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 1.2 | 0.00% |
| 152 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 1.2 | 0.00% |
| 153 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 1.2 | 0.00% |
| 154 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 1.2 | 0.00% |
| 155 | 🇨🇰 Cook Is | 1.1 | 0.00% |
| 156 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 1.1 | -8.3% |
| 157 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1.1 | 0.00% |
| 158 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 1.1 | -8.3% |
| 159 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 1.1 | 0.00% |
| 160 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | -9.1% |
| 161 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 1 | -9.1% |
| 162 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1 | -9.1% |
| 163 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 1 | 0.00% |
| 164 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1 | 0.00% |
| 165 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 1 | -9.1% |
| 166 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 167 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 0.9 | -10.0% |
| 168 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 169 | 🇫🇷 France | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 170 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 171 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 172 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 0.9 | 0.00% |
| 173 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 0.8 | -11.1% |
| 174 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 0.8 | 0.00% |
| 175 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 0.8 | 0.00% |
| 176 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 0.8 | 0.00% |
| 177 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 0.8 | 0.00% |
| 178 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 0.7 | 0.00% |
| 179 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 0.7 | 0.00% |
| 180 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 0.7 | 0.00% |
| 181 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 182 | 🇦🇪 UAE | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 183 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 184 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 185 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 186 | 🇨🇳 China | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 187 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 188 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 189 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 190 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 191 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 192 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 0.5 | +25.0% |
| 193 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 0.5 | 0.00% |
| 194 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 0.5 | -16.7% |
| 195 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 196 | 🇬🇧 UK | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 197 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 198 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 199 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 200 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 0.4 | 0.00% |
| 201 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 0.3 | 0.00% |
| 202 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 0.3 | -25.0% |
| 203 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 0.3 | 0.00% |
| 204 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 0.1 | 0.00% |