Share of deaths from homicide by country

Countries reporting
113
Highest
7.27
Venezuela
Lowest
0
Brunei
Median
0.1735
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
4,903

What the numbers show

Share of deaths from homicide is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 7.27 in Venezuela; the lowest is 0 in Brunei.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1735, and the mean is 0.7926.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 524.5%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 96.1%).

Share of deaths from homicide: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Venezuela 7.27 2016 up 0.3% volatile
1 Mayotte 0.5579 2016 volatile
2 El Salvador 6.81 2018 down 23.3% rising
3 Belize 5.95 2022 down 28.6% volatile
4 Ecuador 4.95 2022 up 84.2% volatile
5 Colombia 3.98 2021 down 53.3% volatile
6 Mexico 3.86 2022 down 8.2% rising
7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.44 2022 up 64.4% volatile
8 Trinidad and Tobago 3.38 2020 down 28.8% volatile
9 Saint Lucia 3.38 2020 down 7.9% volatile
10 Dominican Republic 3.23 2018 up 31.5% volatile
11 Guatemala 2.94 2022 down 44.1% volatile
12 Brazil 2.49 2021 down 44.2% rising
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.46 2022 down 40.2% volatile
14 Guyana 2.35 2020 up 14.0% volatile
15 Costa Rica 2.16 2022 up 13.1% rising
16 Panama 1.92 2022 down 53.3% volatile
17 Puerto Rico 1.67 2022 down 48.2% rising
18 Dominica 1.54 2022 up 19.3% volatile
19 Philippines 1.42 2019 down 44.1% rising
20 Antigua and Barbuda 1.33 2021 volatile
21 French Guiana 1.22 2016 down 63.1% volatile
22 South Africa 1.16 2020 up 24.4% rising
23 Mongolia 1.11 2023 down 8.7% falling
24 Suriname 1.11 2014 up 342.5% rising
25 Uruguay 1.02 2022 up 53.3% rising
26 Paraguay 1 2021 down 53.4% falling
27 Nicaragua 0.8752 2022 down 57.7% falling
28 Grenada 0.8094 2023 down 5.2% volatile
29 United States 0.7576 2022 up 15.5% rising
30 Peru 0.7236 2022 down 7.5% flat
31 Chile 0.5891 2022 down 15.4% rising
32 Iran 0.5598 2017 flat
33 Albania 0.5519 2010 down 30.9% volatile
34 Bahamas 0.5272 2016 down 84.5% rising
35 Russia 0.406 2019 down 61.8% falling
36 Kazakhstan 0.3592 2023 down 54.7% falling
37 Argentina 0.3568 2022 down 46.1% falling
38 Jordan 0.3419 2018 down 60.4% falling
39 Cuba 0.3382 2021 down 44.9% falling
40 Seychelles 0.3243 2021 down 72.1% volatile
41 Syria 0.3178 2010 up 1.0% volatile
42 Israel 0.2801 2022 down 13.7% volatile
43 Bahrain 0.2597 2014 volatile
44 Reunion 0.2546 2016 down 21.4% falling
45 Belarus 0.2541 2018 down 47.4% falling
46 Martinique 0.2435 2016 down 71.9% volatile
47 Ukraine 0.2433 2019 down 44.3% falling
48 Kuwait 0.2286 2023 down 24.9% volatile
49 Moldova 0.2277 2023 down 63.3% falling
50 Mauritius 0.2112 2023 down 54.7% rising
51 New Zealand 0.1981 2018 up 9.6% rising
52 Qatar 0.1958 2023 down 53.6% rising
53 Turkmenistan 0.1954 2015 down 50.4% falling
54 Guadeloupe 0.1859 2016 down 50.7% falling
55 Fiji 0.1774 2012 down 84.6% volatile
56 Latvia 0.1735 2023 down 58.5% volatile
57 Sri Lanka 0.1721 2019 down 63.6% rising
58 Luxembourg 0.1701 2023 up 524.5% volatile
59 Jamaica 0.1638 2014 up 135.7% volatile
60 Montenegro 0.1578 2019 down 33.9% falling
61 Turkey 0.1573 2023 down 56.8% falling
62 Thailand 0.1533 2023 down 78.4% volatile
63 Georgia 0.1497 2023 up 61.5% volatile
64 Iceland 0.1486 2022 up 190.5% volatile
65 Lithuania 0.1324 2023 down 61.8% falling
66 Maldives 0.1323 2021 volatile
67 Australia 0.1283 2023 down 23.6% rising
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1278 2014 volatile
69 Tajikistan 0.1251 2022 down 44.6% volatile
70 Estonia 0.1224 2022 down 70.9% volatile
71 Sweden 0.1206 2023 up 36.5% rising
72 Malta 0.1182 2022 down 32.6% volatile
73 Kyrgyzstan 0.1175 2023 down 81.1% falling
74 North Macedonia 0.0991 2023 up 5.7% volatile
75 Finland 0.0981 2022 down 30.4% falling
76 Cyprus 0.0948 2022 down 72.6% rising
77 Serbia 0.0948 2023 down 37.5% falling
78 Canada 0.0916 2022 down 54.2% rising
79 Uzbekistan 0.089 2023 down 73.9% falling
80 South Korea 0.0858 2022 down 57.7% falling
81 Romania 0.0846 2022 down 50.5% falling
82 Slovenia 0.0789 2023 down 27.3% falling
83 Norway 0.0788 2016 down 27.8% rising
84 Portugal 0.0784 2022 down 30.0% flat
85 France 0.0727 2022 up 2.0% falling
86 Spain 0.0725 2023 down 10.2% rising
87 Slovakia 0.072 2023 down 44.0% volatile
88 Armenia 0.0699 2023 down 44.1% volatile
89 Belgium 0.0677 2021 down 51.7% rising
90 Denmark 0.066 2022 up 90.6% flat
91 Oman 0.0638 2021 up 48.9% volatile
92 Austria 0.0624 2023 up 34.1% falling
93 Netherlands 0.0619 2023 down 30.6% rising
94 Greece 0.0596 2022 down 59.8% flat
95 Switzerland 0.0585 2023 down 15.6% falling
96 Hungary 0.0577 2023 down 41.9% falling
97 Czechia 0.0567 2023 down 32.7% falling
98 Bulgaria 0.0497 2022 down 50.7% falling
99 Croatia 0.0478 2021 down 51.2% volatile
100 Poland 0.0417 2022 down 57.0% falling
101 Malaysia 0.0412 2020 down 84.8% volatile
102 Barbados 0.0402 2013 down 95.6% volatile
103 United Kingdom 0.0387 2021 up 11.3% falling
104 Azerbaijan 0.0377 2007 down 96.1% volatile
105 Germany 0.0376 2020 down 32.9% falling
106 Italy 0.0346 2022 down 54.2% falling
107 Hong Kong 0.0305 2017 down 47.0% volatile
108 Ireland 0.0196 2022 down 86.1% volatile
109 Egypt 0.0168 2019 down 1.0% volatile
110 Singapore 0.0156 2022 down 70.0% volatile
111 Japan 0.0136 2022 down 55.4% volatile
112 Brunei 0 2019 volatile

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Indicator
Share of deaths from homicide
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
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