The number of intentional homicides by country, and the rate of homicides per 100,000 population is shown in the table below.
|
Counts |
Rates per 100,000 |
Country |
2005 |
2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
Algeria |
204 |
214 |
0.62 |
0.64 |
Argentina |
2,115 |
2,052 |
5.46 |
5.24 |
Armenia |
55 |
75 |
1.82 |
2.49 |
Austria |
54 |
61 |
0.65 |
0.73 |
Azerbaijan |
192 |
190 |
2.30 |
2.26 |
Bahrain |
4 |
7 |
0.55 |
0.95 |
Bangladesh |
3,431 |
4,123 |
2.24 |
2.64 |
Belarus |
836 |
734 |
8.53 |
7.53 |
Belize |
81 |
92 |
29.40 |
32.67 |
Bolivia |
478 |
454 |
5.21 |
4.85 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
70 |
73 |
1.79 |
1.86 |
Brunei Darussalam |
0 |
2 |
0.00 |
0.52 |
Canada |
663 |
606 |
2.05 |
1.86 |
Costa Rica |
338 |
348 |
7.81 |
7.91 |
Croatia |
68 |
74 |
1.49 |
1.62 |
Cyprus |
16 |
14 |
1.91 |
1.66 |
Czech Republic |
104 |
136 |
1.02 |
1.33 |
Denmark |
53 |
29 |
0.98 |
0.53 |
Dominican Republic |
1,666 |
1,537 |
17.59 |
15.99 |
Ecuador |
2,121 |
2,385 |
16.24 |
18.07 |
Egypt |
364 |
440 |
0.50 |
0.59 |
El Salvador |
3,779 |
3,927 |
56.67 |
58.07 |
England and Wales |
766 |
755 |
1.43 |
1.41 |
Estonia |
113 |
91 |
8.41 |
6.79 |
Finland |
113 |
112 |
2.15 |
2.13 |
Georgia |
403 |
323 |
9.01 |
7.29 |
Germany |
780 |
727 |
0.94 |
0.88 |
Greece |
127 |
109 |
1.14 |
0.98 |
India |
32,719 |
32,481 |
2.88 |
2.82 |
Ireland |
65 |
67 |
1.57 |
1.59 |
Italy |
610 |
625 |
1.04 |
1.06 |
Jordan |
67 |
100 |
1.21 |
1.75 |
Kazakhstan |
1,804 |
1,729 |
11.86 |
11.29 |
Kenya |
2,313 |
2,090 |
6.50 |
5.72 |
Kyrgyzstan |
491 |
446 |
9.44 |
8.48 |
Latvia |
130 |
148 |
5.65 |
6.47 |
Lebanon |
94 |
23 |
2.34 |
0.57 |
Liechtenstein |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Lithuania |
369 |
277 |
10.77 |
8.13 |
Malaysia |
497 |
604 |
1.94 |
2.31 |
Malta |
4 |
0 |
0.99 |
0.00 |
Mauritius |
37 |
50 |
2.98 |
4.00 |
Mexico |
11,372 |
11,558 |
10.91 |
10.97 |
Monaco |
1 |
1 |
3.08 |
3.07 |
Mongolia |
310 |
311 |
12.01 |
11.94 |
Montenegro |
22 |
25 |
3.62 |
4.16 |
Morocco |
160 |
162 |
0.52 |
0.53 |
Nepal |
564 |
509 |
2.08 |
1.84 |
Netherlands |
197 |
159 |
1.21 |
0.97 |
New Zealand |
61 |
47 |
1.49 |
1.14 |
Nicaragua |
436 |
465 |
7.98 |
8.41 |
Northern Ireland |
26 |
23 |
1.51 |
1.33 |
Norway |
33 |
33 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
Occupied Palestinian Territory |
145 |
3.85 |
Panama |
364 |
363 |
11.26 |
11.04 |
Paraguay |
887 |
742 |
15.02 |
12.33 |
Philippines |
3,240 |
3,296 |
3.83 |
3.82 |
Poland |
555 |
490 |
1.45 |
1.28 |
Portugal |
175 |
227 |
1.66 |
2.15 |
Republic of Moldova |
226 |
184 |
5.83 |
4.80 |
Romania |
457 |
438 |
2.11 |
2.03 |
Scotland |
81 |
109 |
1.59 |
2.13 |
Serbia |
142 |
144 |
1.44 |
1.46 |
Singapore |
21 |
17 |
0.49 |
0.39 |
Slovakia |
72 |
65 |
1.34 |
1.21 |
Slovenia |
20 |
12 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
Spain |
405 |
336 |
0.93 |
0.77 |
Sweden |
127 |
115 |
1.41 |
1.27 |
Switzerland |
75 |
60 |
1.01 |
0.80 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
206 |
239 |
1.09 |
1.23 |
Tajikistan |
157 |
228 |
2.40 |
3.43 |
Thailand |
5,141 |
5,023 |
8.16 |
7.92 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
44 |
41 |
2.16 |
2.01 |
Turkey |
3,082 |
2,999 |
4.22 |
4.06 |
Turkmenistan |
162 |
142 |
3.35 |
2.90 |
Ukraine |
3,030 |
2,958 |
6.46 |
6.35 |
United Arab Emirates |
56 |
39 |
1.36 |
0.92 |
United States of America |
16,740 |
17,034 |
5.58 |
5.62 |
These figures are collected by the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime through its
Survey of Crime Trends. Its definition of intentional homicide is “death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person, including infanticide”.