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Homicide rate

Deaths by assault per 100,000 population. State figures use cause-of-death coding (ICD-10 X85–Y09), the same vital-registration basis most international figures rest on.

Darker = better (lower), by rank · 175 countries · UNODC / WHO · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

175 · UNODC / WHO
  1. 1stSingapore0.12023
  2. 2ndQatar0.12022
  3. 3rdOman0.12023
  4. 4thBahrain0.22022
  5. 5thJapan0.22023
  6. 6thKuwait0.22020
  7. 7thSenegal0.32015
  8. 8thIndonesia0.32022
  9. 9thVanuatu0.32020
  10. 10thSouth Korea0.52023
  11. 11thBrunei0.52013
  12. 12thChina0.52020
  13. 13thMalta0.62023
  14. 14thSlovenia0.62023
  15. 15thItaly0.62023
  16. 16thSwitzerland0.62023
  17. 17thMaldives0.62019
  18. 18thIreland0.72023
  19. 19thCroatia0.72023
  20. 20thSpain0.72023
  21. 21stNetherlands0.72023
  22. 22ndUnited Arab Emirates0.72022
  23. 23rdPortugal0.72022
  24. 24thHungary0.72023
  25. 25thNorway0.72023
  26. 26thMalaysia0.72023
  27. 27thCzechia0.82023
  28. 28thMontenegro0.82023
  29. 29thPoland0.82023
  30. 30thCyprus0.82023
  31. 31stGreece0.82023
  32. 32ndDenmark0.82023
  33. 33rdAustralia0.92023
  34. 34thAustria0.92023
  35. 35thTajikistan0.92020
  36. 36thMicronesia0.92019
  37. 37thGermany0.92023
  38. 38thSaudi Arabia0.92019
  39. 39thTonga0.92019
  40. 40thFinland12023
  41. 41stJordan12023
  42. 42ndMauritania12020
  43. 43rdTurkmenistan12015
  44. 44thBelgium1.12021
  45. 45thBulgaria1.12023
  46. 46thRomania1.12023
  47. 47thUnited Kingdom1.12021
  48. 48thGuinea-Bissau1.12017
  49. 49thSlovakia1.12023
  50. 50thBenin1.12017
  51. 51stSweden1.12023
  52. 52ndAlgeria1.22023
  53. 53rdBosnia and Herzegovina1.22023
  54. 54thBurkina Faso1.32017
  55. 55thIceland1.32023
  56. 56thEgypt1.32017
  57. 57thSerbia1.32023
  58. 58thFrance1.32023
  59. 59thAlbania1.42023
  60. 60thUzbekistan1.42021
  61. 61stNew Zealand1.52022
  62. 62ndNorth Macedonia1.52023
  63. 63rdLuxembourg1.52022
  64. 64thVietnam1.52011
  65. 65thEstonia1.52023
  66. 66thIsrael1.62022
  67. 67thMorocco1.72023
  68. 68thKyrgyzstan1.72020
  69. 69thMalawi1.82012
  70. 70thCambodia1.82011
  71. 71stGhana1.82022
  72. 72ndKosovo1.92021
  73. 73rdCanada22023
  74. 74thGeorgia22019
  75. 75thFiji2.12023
  76. 76thSyria2.12010
  77. 77thNepal2.12020
  78. 78thAzerbaijan2.22023
  79. 79thArmenia2.22023
  80. 80thSierra Leone2.22020
  81. 81stLebanon2.22020
  82. 82ndMauritius2.32022
  83. 83rdBangladesh2.32018
  84. 84thIran2.42014
  85. 85thBelarus2.42019
  86. 86thBhutan2.52020
  87. 87thLatvia2.52023
  88. 88thMoldova2.52023
  89. 89thKazakhstan2.62022
  90. 90thMyanmar2.62023
  91. 91stAndorra2.62020
  92. 92ndLithuania2.62023
  93. 93rdIndia2.82022
  94. 94thMonaco3.12001
  95. 95thLiberia3.12012
  96. 96thTürkiye3.22023
  97. 97thSão Tomé and Príncipe3.22011
  98. 98thSri Lanka3.32019
  99. 99thMozambique3.62011
  100. 100thRwanda3.62020
  101. 101stSan Marino3.62002
  102. 102ndSolomon Islands3.72008
  103. 103rdTanzania3.72020
  104. 104thUkraine3.82021
  105. 105thAfghanistan42021
  106. 106thTimor-Leste4.12015
  107. 107thAngola4.12016
  108. 108thPakistan4.32023
  109. 109thPhilippines4.32023
  110. 110thNiger4.42012
  111. 111thBolivia4.42023
  112. 112thCuba4.52019
  113. 113thArgentina4.52023
  114. 114thTunisia4.72020
  115. 115thThailand4.82011
  116. 116thKenya4.92022
  117. 117thLiechtenstein5.12021
  118. 118thSudan5.12008
  119. 119thZambia5.22015
  120. 120thBurundi5.62016
  121. 121stUnited States5.82023
  122. 122ndYemen5.82013
  123. 123rdMongolia5.92023
  124. 124thSamoa6.32018
  125. 125thChile6.32023
  126. 126thSuriname6.52023
  127. 127thZimbabwe6.82022
  128. 128thCameroon6.82022
  129. 129thRussia6.82021
  130. 130thParaguay6.82023
  131. 131stCape Verde72020
  132. 132ndKiribati7.12012
  133. 133rdBarbados7.42023
  134. 134thEl Salvador7.92022
  135. 135thSeychelles82022
  136. 136thEthiopia8.52012
  137. 137thPeru8.62021
  138. 138thUganda92023
  139. 139thPapua New Guinea9.32010
  140. 140thIraq9.52013
  141. 141stAntigua and Barbuda10.72023
  142. 142ndDominican Republic10.92023
  143. 143rdNamibia11.22021
  144. 144thPalau11.22018
  145. 145thUruguay11.22023
  146. 146thNicaragua11.32021
  147. 147thBotswana11.42021
  148. 148thPanama11.72023
  149. 149thEswatini12.52021
  150. 150thVenezuela12.62022
  151. 151stGrenada13.72023
  152. 152ndSouth Sudan142012
  153. 153rdEritrea15.62012
  154. 154thNigeria15.72023
  155. 155thCosta Rica17.72023
  156. 156thTuvalu18.32012
  157. 157thGuyana19.12023
  158. 158thBrazil19.32023
  159. 159thCentral African Republic20.12016
  160. 160thGuatemala23.42023
  161. 161stMexico24.92023
  162. 162ndColombia24.92023
  163. 163rdDominica27.12023
  164. 164thBelize28.12022
  165. 165thHonduras31.42023
  166. 166thBahamas32.22022
  167. 167thLesotho38.22008
  168. 168thSaint Lucia392023
  169. 169thTrinidad and Tobago40.42022
  170. 170thHaiti41.22023
  171. 171stSouth Africa43.72022
  172. 172ndEcuador45.72023
  173. 173rdJamaica49.42023
  174. 174thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines51.32023
  175. 175thSaint Kitts and Nevis64.22023

US states

51 · CDC WONDER (assault mortality)
  1. 1stNew Hampshire1.3
  2. 2ndIdaho1.8
  3. 2ndRhode Island1.8
  4. 4thMassachusetts2.2
  5. 5thMaine2.4
  6. 5thUtah2.4
  7. 7thNorth Dakota2.6
  8. 8thHawaii2.7
  9. 9thNew Jersey2.8
  10. 10thConnecticut2.9
  11. 11thNebraska3
  12. 12thVermont3.2
  13. 13thIowa3.3
  14. 13thMinnesota3.3
  15. 15thNew York3.5
  16. 16thOregon4
  17. 17thMontana4.2
  18. 18thWashington4.4
  19. 19thCalifornia4.5
  20. 19thWisconsin4.5
  21. 21stWyoming4.6
  22. 22ndColorado5.2
  23. 22ndFlorida5.2
  24. 24thKansas5.3
  25. 24thPennsylvania5.3
  26. 26thMichigan5.4
  27. 27thVirginia5.5
  28. 27thWest Virginia5.5
  29. 29thSouth Dakota6
  30. 30thTexas6.1
  31. 31stArizona6.3
  32. 31stOhio6.3
  33. 33rdDelaware6.5
  34. 34thKentucky6.9
  35. 34thNevada6.9
  36. 36thIndiana7
  37. 36thOklahoma7
  38. 38thAlaska7.6
  39. 39thNorth Carolina7.7
  40. 40thArkansas8.1
  41. 41stIllinois8.4
  42. 42ndMaryland8.6
  43. 43rdMissouri9
  44. 44thGeorgia9.1
  45. 45thSouth Carolina9.4
  46. 46thTennessee9.8
  47. 47thAlabama12.6
  48. 48thNew Mexico12.7
  49. 49thLouisiana14.4
  50. 50thMississippi18.6
  51. 51stDistrict of Columbia25.3

175 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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