NationsTreeRanking · latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
Homicide rate (per 100,000)
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people per year. Lower is safer. Lower is better; 1st place has the lowest value.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Homicide rateper 100,000 | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 2 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.1 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 3 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 4 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.2 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 5 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 6 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.2 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 7 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.3 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 8 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.3 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 9 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 10 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 11 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.5 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 12 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 13 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 14 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 15 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 16 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 17 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 18 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.6 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 19 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 20 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 21 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 23 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 24 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 25 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 26 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 27 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 28 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 29 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 30 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 31 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 32 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 33 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 34 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 35 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 36 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 37 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 38 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 39 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 40 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.9 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 41 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.0 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 42 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.0 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 43 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.0 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 44 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 45 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 46 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 47 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 48 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 50 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 51 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 52 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 53 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 54 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 55 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 56 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.4 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 57 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.5 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 58 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 59 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.5 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 60 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 61 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.6 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 62 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 63 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.7 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 64 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.8 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 65 | XKXKosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 1.9 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 66 |  Canada |
North America | 2.0 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 67 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.0 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 68 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 69 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 2.1 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 70 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 71 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 72 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.2 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 73 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.2 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 74 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.3 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 75 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.4 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 76 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 2.5 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 77 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 78 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 79 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.6 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 80 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 81 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.6 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 82 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 83 |  India |
South Asia | 2.8 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 84 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 85 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 3.3 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 86 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.6 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 87 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.7 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 88 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.8 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 89 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.0 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 90 |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.3 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 91 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 92 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 93 |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.4 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 94 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.5 per 100,000 | 2019 |
| 96 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 97 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.7 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 98 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.9 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 99 |  Liechtenstein |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.1 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 100 |  United States |
North America | 5.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 101 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 5.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 102 |  Bermuda |
North America | 6.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 103 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 6.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 104 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 6.5 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 105 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.8 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 106 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.8 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 107 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.8 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 108 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 6.8 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 109 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.0 per 100,000 | 2020 |
| 110 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 7.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 111 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 7.9 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 112 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.0 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 113 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8.6 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 114 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.0 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 115 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 10.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 116 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 10.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 117 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.2 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 118 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 11.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 119 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 11.3 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 120 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.4 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 121 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 11.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 122 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.5 per 100,000 | 2021 |
| 123 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 12.6 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 124 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 13.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 125 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 14.6 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 127 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 17.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 128 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 19.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 129 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 19.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 130 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 23.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 131 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 24.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 132 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 24.9 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 133 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 27.1 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 28.1 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 135 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 31.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 32.2 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 137 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 39.0 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 138 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 40.4 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 139 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 41.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 140 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.7 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| 141 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 45.7 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 142 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 49.4 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 51.3 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 144 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 64.2 per 100,000 | 2023 |
| 145 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 76.3 per 100,000 | 2022 |
| — |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 25.5 per 100,000 | 2018 |
| — |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.1 per 100,000 | 2016 |
| — |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.9 per 100,000 | 2014 |
| — |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 2.3 per 100,000 | 2018 |
| — |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2017 |
| — |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8.2 per 100,000 | 2006 |
| — |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.5 per 100,000 | 2013 |
| — |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.3 per 100,000 | 2017 |
| — |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.6 per 100,000 | 2016 |
| — |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.8 per 100,000 | 2011 |
| — |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.1 per 100,000 | 2016 |
| — | CHIChannel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0 per 100,000 | 2010 |
| — |  Curaçao |
Latin America & Caribbean | 16.9 per 100,000 | 2007 |
| — |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.3 per 100,000 | 2017 |
| — |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.6 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.5 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.4 per 100,000 | 2009 |
| — |  Gibraltar |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.2 per 100,000 | 2010 |
| — |  Greenland |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.4 per 100,000 | 2016 |
| — |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.1 per 100,000 | 2017 |
| — |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.4 per 100,000 | 2014 |
| — |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.5 per 100,000 | 2013 |
| — |  Isle of Man |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.2 per 100,000 | 2015 |
| — |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 7.1 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.2 per 100,000 | 2008 |
| — |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.1 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.8 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.2 per 100,000 | 1994 |
| — |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.1 per 100,000 | 2001 |
| — |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.6 per 100,000 | 2011 |
| — |  New Caledonia |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.1 per 100,000 | 2009 |
| — |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.4 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 11.2 per 100,000 | 2018 |
| — |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.3 per 100,000 | 2010 |
| — |  Saint Martin |
Latin America & Caribbean | 26.9 per 100,000 | 2016 |
| — |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 6.3 per 100,000 | 2018 |
| — |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.6 per 100,000 | 2002 |
| — |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.3 per 100,000 | 2015 |
| — |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.7 per 100,000 | 2008 |
| — |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.0 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.1 per 100,000 | 2008 |
| — |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.1 per 100,000 | 2010 |
| — |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.2 per 100,000 | 2011 |
| — |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.8 per 100,000 | 2011 |
| — |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.1 per 100,000 | 2015 |
| — |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.0 per 100,000 | 2015 |
| — |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 18.3 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 49.9 per 100,000 | 2012 |
| — |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.5 per 100,000 | 2011 |
| — |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.8 per 100,000 | 2013 |
| — |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.2 per 100,000 | 2015 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 145 ranked.