Homicide rate vs. GDP per capita by country
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
76.34 homicides per 100,000 population
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
0 homicides per 100,000 population
Vatican
Median
2.54 homicides per 100,000 population
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,154
What the numbers show
Homicide rate vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 76.34 homicides per 100,000 population in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 0 homicides per 100,000 population in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population, and the mean is 7.91 homicides per 100,000 population.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 542.3%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).
Homicide rate vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.34 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 542.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.16 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.32 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 49.86 homicides per 100,000 population | 2012 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 5 | Jamaica | 49.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 6 | Ecuador | 45.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 319.0% | volatile |
| 7 | South Africa | 43.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 8 | Haiti | 41.15 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 304.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 39.04 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 11 | Lesotho | 38.24 homicides per 100,000 population | 2008 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bahamas | 32.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 13 | Honduras | 31.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 56.5% | rising |
| 14 | Anguilla | 29.14 homicides per 100,000 population | 2014 | up 251.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Belize | 28.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 16 | Dominica | 27.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Martin (French part) | 26.9 homicides per 100,000 population | 2016 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 24.91 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 24.86 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 20 | Guatemala | 23.37 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 21 | Brazil | 19.28 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 22 | Guyana | 19.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 17.75 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 103.6% | rising |
| 24 | Curacao | 16.92 homicides per 100,000 population | 2007 | up 144.9% | falling |
| 25 | Puerto Rico | 15.08 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 26 | Grenada | 13.67 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 158.5% | flat |
| 27 | French Guiana | 13.39 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 28 | Venezuela | 12.65 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 76.7% | rising |
| 29 | Eswatini | 12.51 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 30 | Panama | 11.71 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 31 | Botswana | 11.37 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 11.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 33 | Uruguay | 11.25 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 34 | Namibia | 11.21 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 10.92 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 43.7% | flat |
| 36 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Iraq | 9.46 homicides per 100,000 population | 2013 | down 40.3% | rising |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 9.34 homicides per 100,000 population | 2010 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 39 | Uganda | 8.97 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 8.6 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 41 | British Virgin Islands | 8.17 homicides per 100,000 population | 2006 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Seychelles | 7.97 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 98.3% | falling |
| 43 | El Salvador | 7.9 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 81.4% | falling |
| 44 | Russia | 7.82 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 45 | Barbados | 7.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 46 | Kiribati | 7.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2012 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 6.99 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 6.78 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 59.9% | falling |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 51 | Suriname | 6.52 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 52 | Chile | 6.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 53 | Samoa | 6.26 homicides per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 54 | Bermuda | 6.18 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Yemen | 5.81 homicides per 100,000 population | 2013 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 56 | United States | 5.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 58 | Burundi | 5.65 homicides per 100,000 population | 2016 | — | flat |
| 59 | Mongolia | 5.64 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 60 | Greenland | 5.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 2016 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 61 | Zambia | 5.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 2015 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 63 | Kenya | 4.87 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 64 | Thailand | 4.79 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 65 | Tunisia | 4.69 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 66 | Argentina | 4.49 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 67 | Cuba | 4.46 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 68 | Bolivia | 4.42 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 69 | Cayman Islands | 4.37 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 4.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 71 | Pakistan | 4.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 72 | Guam | 4.33 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 73 | East Timor | 4.07 homicides per 100,000 population | 2015 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 4.03 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 75 | Ukraine | 3.78 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 76 | Tanzania | 3.75 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 77 | Solomon Islands | 3.73 homicides per 100,000 population | 2008 | — | falling |
| 78 | Rwanda | 3.61 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 79 | Mozambique | 3.59 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 3.31 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 82 | Turkey | 3.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 83 | Liberia | 3.09 homicides per 100,000 population | 2012 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 84 | India | 2.82 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 86 | Lithuania | 2.63 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 87 | Andorra | 2.58 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Myanmar | 2.58 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 2.55 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 90 | Moldova | 2.54 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 91 | Latvia | 2.5 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Bhutan | 2.47 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 93 | Belarus | 2.38 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 2.34 homicides per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 95 | Mauritius | 2.27 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 96 | Lebanon | 2.24 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 2.22 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 98 | Armenia | 2.21 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 99 | Nepal | 2.13 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 100 | Syria | 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 2010 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 101 | Fiji | 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 102 | Georgia | 2.03 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 1.99 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Canada | 1.98 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 105 | Aruba | 1.93 homicides per 100,000 population | 2014 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 106 | Ghana | 1.83 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 107 | Cambodia | 1.82 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 108 | Reunion | 1.79 homicides per 100,000 population | 2009 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 109 | Malawi | 1.78 homicides per 100,000 population | 2012 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 110 | Albania | 1.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Morocco | 1.67 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 112 | Israel | 1.63 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 113 | Estonia | 1.54 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Vietnam | 1.54 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 1.53 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 117 | New Zealand | 1.46 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 57.3% | falling |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 1.4 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 119 | France | 1.35 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 120 | Serbia | 1.31 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 121 | Egypt | 1.31 homicides per 100,000 population | 2017 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Iceland | 1.29 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 317.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.22 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 124 | Algeria | 1.16 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 125 | Sweden | 1.15 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 126 | Slovakia | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 127 | Romania | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 1.09 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Belgium | 1.08 homicides per 100,000 population | 2021 | — | rising |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 1.01 homicides per 100,000 population | 2015 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Jordan | 0.9878 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Finland | 0.9819 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 134 | Cyprus | 0.9571 homicides per 100,000 population | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 135 | Tonga | 0.9463 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9353 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 137 | Germany | 0.9107 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 0.8924 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Austria | 0.8762 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 140 | Australia | 0.8544 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 141 | Denmark | 0.8406 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 142 | Greece | 0.8396 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 143 | Poland | 0.8023 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 144 | Montenegro | 0.7892 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 145 | Czechia | 0.7678 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 146 | Malaysia | 0.7345 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 147 | Norway | 0.7247 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 148 | Hungary | 0.7227 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 149 | Portugal | 0.72 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6932 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 151 | Netherlands | 0.6909 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 152 | Spain | 0.6909 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 153 | Croatia | 0.6673 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Palestine | 0.622 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Maldives | 0.6151 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Switzerland | 0.5975 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 158 | Italy | 0.5681 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Slovenia | 0.5665 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Macao | 0.5603 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 162 | China | 0.5019 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 163 | Brunei | 0.4864 homicides per 100,000 population | 2013 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 164 | South Korea | 0.4773 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 32.1% | flat |
| 165 | Hong Kong | 0.3762 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Indonesia | 0.3038 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | — | falling |
| 167 | Kuwait | 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population | 2020 | down 87.7% | falling |
| 168 | Japan | 0.2292 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 169 | Bahrain | 0.1956 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Oman | 0.1386 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Qatar | 0.0691 homicides per 100,000 population | 2022 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Singapore | 0.0691 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 173 | American Samoa | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Isle of Man | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | San Marino | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Montserrat | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Helena | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Vatican | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.