Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population

Name: Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population
Creator: WHO

Last updated time

13/02/2025 15:56

Source name

Sex

Both sexes

Country/Region

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

20002021

Homicide rate per 100,000 people by country in 2021 (both sexes)

In 2021, El Salvador had the highest value (93.8) among 185 countries.

#	Country	Value	Change
1	El Salvador	93.8	+3.6%
2	Honduras	75.2	+7.3%
3	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	63.1	+1.8%
4	Jamaica	51.9	-2.1%
5	Bahamas	44.6	+9.3%
6	Lesotho	38.9	-2.0%
7	Belize	38.3	+1.6%
8	Trinidad and Tobago	37.7	+2.2%
9	Colombia	35.7	-4.3%
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.6	+10.5%
11	South Africa	33.8	-4.2%
12	Brazil	32.3	-0.3%
13	Mexico	28.2	-4.4%
14	Guatemala	26.2	+0.8%
15	Puerto Rico	23.3	+1.3%
16	Haiti	20.9	0.0%
17	Panama	20.3	+8.0%
18	Saint Lucia	20.1	-1.5%
19	Dominican Republic	19.5	+4.8%
20	Eswatini	18.5	+1.1%
21	Central African Republic	18.1	-1.6%
22	Namibia	17.9	-1.6%
23	South Sudan	16.5	+1.9%
24	Uganda	15.5	+3.3%
25	Botswana	15.4	0.0%
26	Seychelles	14.6	+0.7%
27	Guyana	13.9	-13.1%
27	Cabo Verde	13.9	+3.7%
29	Costa Rica	13.5	+3.8%
30	Barbados	12.7	+3.3%
30	Philippines	12.7	-2.3%