Deaths from Interpersonal Violence

Share of all deaths in 2021 attributed to interpersonal violence, both sexes, all ages. WHO Global Health Estimates — modelled where death registration is incomplete; each country carries WHO's data grade.

Source: WHO Global Health Estimates 2021 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

Period: 2021 estimates, published June 2024. Method: WHO estimate. Share of all deaths, both sexes, all ages. WHO grades each country's death-registration data from 1 (complete) to 4 (none, fully modelled); the grade is stored per country as "grade".

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Avg (2021)

1.1%

single period

Improving

0

of 185 tracked

Declining

0

period over period

Stable

185

±0.5pp band

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Deaths from Interpersonal Violence — full ranking

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185 entities, 2021. Highest first.
#	Entity	Share of all deaths from interpersonal violence
1	🇭🇳 Honduras	12.7%
2	🇸🇻 El Salvador	12.6%
3	🇻🇪 Venezuela	7.9%
4	🇧🇿 Belize	7.8%
5	🇯🇲 Jamaica	5.5%
6	🇨🇴 Colombia	5.1%
7	🇬🇹 Guatemala	4.2%
8	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	4.1%
9	🇧🇸 Bahamas	3.9%
10	🇵🇦 Panama	3.7%
11	🇧🇷 Brazil	3.6%
12	🇲🇽 Mexico	3.5%
13	🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines	3.5%
14	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	3.2%
15	🇮🇶 Iraq	2.9%
16	🇺🇬 Uganda	2.8%
17	🇿🇦 South Africa	2.7%
18	🇱🇸 Lesotho	2.6%
19	🇭🇹 Haiti	2.3%
20	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2.3%
21	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	2.2%
22	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2.2%
23	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	2.1%
24	🇱🇨 St. Lucia	2.1%
25	🇲🇷 Mauritania	2%
26	🇸🇨 Seychelles	1.9%
27	🇳🇦 Namibia	1.8%
28	🇸🇸 South Sudan	1.8%
29	🇵🇸 Palestine	1.7%
30	🇧🇼 Botswana	1.6%
31	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	1.6%
32	🇵🇭 Philippines	1.6%
33	🇾🇪 Yemen	1.6%
34	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	1.5%
35	🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire	1.5%
36	🇬🇾 Guyana	1.5%
37	🇧🇧 Barbados	1.4%
38	🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.	1.4%
39	🇸🇿 Eswatini	1.4%
40	🇸🇳 Senegal	1.4%
41	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1.4%
42	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	1.3%
43	🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.	1.3%
44	🇪🇷 Eritrea	1.3%
45	🇱🇷 Liberia	1.3%
46	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1.2%
47	🇬🇲 Gambia	1.2%
48	🇲🇱 Mali	1.2%
49	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	1.2%
50	🇹🇬 Togo	1.2%
51	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1.2%
52	🇦🇴 Angola	1.1%
53	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1.1%
54	🇰🇲 Comoros	1.1%
55	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1.1%
56	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1%
57	🇧🇮 Burundi	1%
58	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1%
59	🇬🇦 Gabon	1%
60	🇬🇳 Guinea	1%
61	🇰🇪 Kenya	1%
62	🇱🇦 Lao	1%
63	🇳🇪 Niger	1%
64	🇵🇾 Paraguay	1%
65	🇹🇩 Chad	0.9%
66	🇬🇭 Ghana	0.9%
67	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	0.9%
68	🇵🇰 Pakistan	0.9%
69	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	0.9%
70	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	0.9%
71	🇸🇩 Sudan	0.9%
72	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	0.8%
73	🇧🇯 Benin	0.8%
74	🇨🇲 Cameroon	0.8%
75	🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic	0.8%
76	🇲🇬 Madagascar	0.8%
77	🇲🇳 Mongolia	0.8%
78	🇺🇾 Uruguay	0.8%
79	🇿🇲 Zambia	0.8%
80	🇩🇯 Djibouti	0.7%
81	🇯🇴 Jordan	0.7%
82	🇰🇼 Kuwait	0.7%
83	🇱🇧 Lebanon	0.7%
84	🇵🇪 Peru	0.7%
85	🇷🇼 Rwanda	0.7%
86	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	0.7%
87	🇦🇷 Argentina	0.6%
88	🇧🇹 Bhutan	0.6%
89	🇪🇬 Egypt	0.6%
90	🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.6%
91	🇸🇷 Suriname	0.6%
92	🇹🇷 Turkey	0.6%
93	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	0.6%
94	🇺🇸 USA	0.6%
95	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	0.5%
96	🇨🇱 Chile	0.5%
97	🇮🇷 Iran	0.5%
98	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	0.5%
99	🇲🇲 Myanmar	0.5%
100	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	0.5%
101	🇸🇾 Syria	0.5%
102	🇹🇭 Thailand	0.5%
103	🇹🇴 Tonga	0.5%
104	🇹🇳 Tunisia	0.5%
105	🇦🇪 UAE	0.5%
106	🇰🇵 North Korea	0.4%
107	🇬🇩 Grenada	0.4%
108	🇮🇳 India	0.4%
109	🇮🇩 Indonesia	0.4%
110	🇰🇮 Kiribati	0.4%
111	🇱🇾 Libya	0.4%
112	🇲🇾 Malaysia	0.4%
113	🇲🇻 Maldives	0.4%
114	🇷🇺 Russia	0.4%
115	🇼🇸 Samoa	0.4%
116	🇸🇴 Somalia	0.4%
117	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	0.4%
118	🇦🇱 Albania	0.3%
119	🇩🇿 Algeria	0.3%
120	🇦🇲 Armenia	0.3%
121	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	0.3%
122	🇰🇭 Cambodia	0.3%
123	🇨🇺 Cuba	0.3%
124	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	0.3%
125	🇲🇼 Malawi	0.3%
126	🇲🇿 Mozambique	0.3%
127	🇳🇵 Nepal	0.3%
128	🇶🇦 Qatar	0.3%
129	🇲🇩 Moldova	0.3%
130	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	0.3%
131	🇺🇦 Ukraine	0.3%
132	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	0.3%
133	🇻🇳 Vietnam	0.3%
134	🇧🇾 Belarus	0.2%
135	🇧🇳 Brunei	0.2%
136	🇨🇦 Canada	0.2%
137	🇨🇾 Cyprus	0.2%
138	🇫🇯 Fiji	0.2%
139	🇮🇸 Iceland	0.2%
140	🇮🇱 Israel	0.2%
141	🇱🇻 Latvia	0.2%
142	🇱🇹 Lithuania	0.2%
143	🇲🇺 Mauritius	0.2%
144	🇲🇪 Montenegro	0.2%
145	🇲🇦 Morocco	0.2%
146	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0.2%
147	🇴🇲 Oman	0.2%
148	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	0.2%
149	🇦🇺 Australia	0.1%
150	🇧🇭 Bahrain	0.1%
151	🇧🇪 Belgium	0.1%
152	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1%
153	🇨🇳 China	0.1%
154	🇭🇷 Croatia	0.1%
155	🇩🇰 Denmark	0.1%
156	🇪🇪 Estonia	0.1%
157	🇫🇮 Finland	0.1%
158	🇫🇷 France	0.1%
159	🇬🇪 Georgia	0.1%
160	🇩🇪 Germany	0.1%
161	🇬🇷 Greece	0.1%
162	🇭🇺 Hungary	0.1%
163	🇮🇪 Ireland	0.1%
164	🇮🇹 Italy	0.1%
165	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	0.1%
166	🇲🇹 Malta	0.1%
167	🇳🇱 Netherlands	0.1%
168	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	0.1%
169	🇳🇴 Norway	0.1%
170	🇵🇱 Poland	0.1%
171	🇵🇹 Portugal	0.1%
172	🇰🇷 South Korea	0.1%
173	🇷🇴 Romania	0.1%
174	🇷🇸 Serbia	0.1%
175	🇸🇰 Slovak Republic	0.1%
176	🇸🇮 Slovenia	0.1%
177	🇪🇸 Spain	0.1%
178	🇸🇪 Sweden	0.1%
179	🇨🇭 Switzerland	0.1%
180	🇬🇧 UK	0.1%
181	🇦🇹 Austria	0%
182	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	0%
183	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	0%
184	🇯🇵 Japan	0%
185	🇸🇬 Singapore	0%

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