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Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) by country

An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.

Countries reporting
132
Highest
124.95 per 100,000 male
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Lowest
0.0668 per 100,000 male
Singapore
Median
3.53 per 100,000 male
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,857

What the numbers show

Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) is currently reported for 132 countries. The highest value is 124.95 per 100,000 male in Saint Kitts and Nevis; the lowest is 0.0668 per 100,000 male in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.53 per 100,000 male, and the mean is 14.5 per 100,000 male.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,870.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 516.8%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 90.0%).

Intentional homicides, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 124.95 per 100,000 male 2023 down 13.0% volatile
2 United States Virgin Islands 100.12 per 100,000 male 2012 up 43.8% rising
3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 92.91 per 100,000 male 2023 up 139.2% rising
4 Jamaica 91.55 per 100,000 male 2023 up 17.9% falling
5 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 90.07 per 100,000 male 2017 down 0.4% rising
6 Ecuador 84.51 per 100,000 male 2023 up 353.3% volatile
7 Haiti 74.22 per 100,000 male 2023 up 289.1% volatile
8 South Africa 73.37 per 100,000 male 2022 up 42.4% rising
9 Saint Lucia 68.85 per 100,000 male 2023 up 112.7% volatile
10 Bahamas 62.03 per 100,000 male 2022 up 12.9% rising
11 Honduras 54.78 per 100,000 male 2023 down 58.7% falling
12 Belize 51.25 per 100,000 male 2022 down 34.3% falling
13 Trinidad and Tobago 47.12 per 100,000 male 2020 down 23.1% rising
14 Colombia 46.95 per 100,000 male 2023 down 24.5% falling
15 Dominica 45.05 per 100,000 male 2023 up 125.5% rising
16 Mexico 44.88 per 100,000 male 2023 up 27.9% rising
17 Guatemala 40.24 per 100,000 male 2023 down 33.2% falling
18 Brazil 34.66 per 100,000 male 2023 down 34.6% rising
19 Costa Rica 33.09 per 100,000 male 2023 up 106.1% rising
20 Curaçao 32.62 per 100,000 male 2007 up 174.5% falling
21 Puerto Rico 27.69 per 100,000 male 2023 down 45.2% falling
22 Guyana 27.08 per 100,000 male 2023 down 19.7% falling
23 Grenada 25.53 per 100,000 male 2023 up 267.6% rising
24 Seychelles 24.17 per 100,000 male 2014 up 34.0% rising
25 Panama 21.71 per 100,000 male 2023 down 32.1% rising
26 Antigua and Barbuda 20.27 per 100,000 male 2023 up 115.0% volatile
27 Uruguay 19.78 per 100,000 male 2023 up 55.6% rising
28 Nicaragua 19.78 per 100,000 male 2021 down 17.2% falling
29 Dominican Republic 19.58 per 100,000 male 2023 down 52.4% falling
30 Cayman Islands 16.71 per 100,000 male 2014 down 6.9% volatile
31 Iraq 15.89 per 100,000 male 2013 down 42.3% falling
32 Uganda 15.04 per 100,000 male 2023 down 14.4% falling
33 Barbados 14.77 per 100,000 male 2023 up 15.4% rising
34 El Salvador 14.25 per 100,000 male 2022 down 81.7% falling
35 Peru 13.13 per 100,000 male 2021 up 44.7% rising
36 Bermuda 12.63 per 100,000 male 2023 down 20.4% rising
37 Zimbabwe 11.59 per 100,000 male 2022 — rising
38 Paraguay 11.45 per 100,000 male 2023 down 37.5% falling
39 Chile 11.36 per 100,000 male 2023 up 123.1% rising
40 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.31 per 100,000 male 2014 down 40.0% falling
41 Suriname 10.82 per 100,000 male 2023 up 19.4% flat
42 Ukraine 10.82 per 100,000 male 2017 up 16.0% falling
43 Cape Verde 10.31 per 100,000 male 2020 down 41.8% falling
44 Mongolia 10.05 per 100,000 male 2023 down 4.8% falling
45 Russian Federation 9.87 per 100,000 male 2023 down 45.0% falling
46 United States of America 8.94 per 100,000 male 2023 up 28.5% falling
47 British Virgin Islands 8.21 per 100,000 male 2006 down 61.6% falling
48 Philippines 7.54 per 100,000 male 2023 down 48.8% falling
49 Argentina 7.45 per 100,000 male 2023 down 34.5% falling
50 Cuba 7.12 per 100,000 male 2019 down 2.8% falling
51 Kenya 7.11 per 100,000 male 2022 down 8.5% falling
52 Thailand 6.5 per 100,000 male 2014 down 44.2% falling
53 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.85 per 100,000 male 2023 down 2.8% falling
54 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.81 per 100,000 male 2020 down 61.6% falling
55 Lebanon 5.6 per 100,000 male 2020 up 103.4% falling
56 Türkiye 4.78 per 100,000 male 2023 down 30.9% falling
57 Sri Lanka 4.54 per 100,000 male 2019 down 48.6% volatile
58 Myanmar 4.25 per 100,000 male 2023 up 3.6% volatile
59 Egypt 4.13 per 100,000 male 2012 up 516.8% volatile
60 Aruba 4.07 per 100,000 male 2014 down 9.0% falling
61 Republic of Moldova 4.04 per 100,000 male 2023 down 60.0% falling
62 Georgia 3.96 per 100,000 male 2018 down 67.3% volatile
63 Armenia 3.95 per 100,000 male 2023 up 20.7% falling
64 Tonga 3.91 per 100,000 male 2020 up 110.0% volatile
65 Kazakhstan 3.75 per 100,000 male 2022 down 68.6% falling
66 Lithuania 3.57 per 100,000 male 2023 down 64.8% falling
67 Kosovo 3.5 per 100,000 male 2021 down 41.9% falling
67 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 3.5 per 100,000 male 2021 down 41.9% falling
69 Bhutan 3.39 per 100,000 male 2020 up 35.1% rising
70 India 3.23 per 100,000 male 2022 down 26.5% falling
71 Belarus 3.14 per 100,000 male 2019 down 52.0% falling
72 Kyrgyzstan 2.97 per 100,000 male 2020 down 72.8% falling
73 Mauritius 2.97 per 100,000 male 2022 up 6.8% falling
74 Azerbaijan 2.97 per 100,000 male 2023 down 9.8% falling
75 Morocco 2.9 per 100,000 male 2023 up 35.9% rising
76 Canada 2.89 per 100,000 male 2023 up 41.3% falling
77 Israel 2.78 per 100,000 male 2022 up 0.8% falling
78 Palestine, State of 2.54 per 100,000 male 2022 up 142.1% rising
79 Estonia 2.31 per 100,000 male 2023 down 58.2% volatile
80 North Macedonia 2.13 per 100,000 male 2023 up 40.6% falling
81 Latvia 2.06 per 100,000 male 2023 down 26.8% falling
82 Serbia 2.05 per 100,000 male 2023 down 22.7% falling
83 Iceland 2.02 per 100,000 male 2023 up 227.4% rising
84 Belgium 2 per 100,000 male 2021 down 11.0% falling
85 France 1.94 per 100,000 male 2023 down 3.1% rising
86 Albania 1.94 per 100,000 male 2023 down 73.1% volatile
87 Algeria 1.83 per 100,000 male 2023 up 111.8% rising
88 New Zealand 1.81 per 100,000 male 2022 up 94.7% flat
89 Uzbekistan 1.74 per 100,000 male 2021 down 47.2% falling
90 Romania 1.72 per 100,000 male 2023 up 3.9% falling
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.72 per 100,000 male 2023 down 7.9% falling
92 Sweden 1.66 per 100,000 male 2023 up 30.1% rising
93 Turkmenistan 1.64 per 100,000 male 2015 down 40.2% falling
94 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.63 per 100,000 male 2021 up 13.8% falling
95 Tajikistan 1.61 per 100,000 male 2020 down 62.2% falling
96 Fiji 1.53 per 100,000 male 2023 down 36.1% falling
97 Luxembourg 1.52 per 100,000 male 2022 down 1.8% falling
98 Cyprus 1.48 per 100,000 male 2023 down 1.9% falling
99 Greece 1.37 per 100,000 male 2023 down 29.1% falling
100 Montenegro 1.31 per 100,000 male 2023 down 55.6% falling
101 Bulgaria 1.31 per 100,000 male 2023 down 38.4% volatile
102 Jordan 1.24 per 100,000 male 2023 down 58.1% falling
103 Slovakia 1.19 per 100,000 male 2023 down 34.8% falling
104 Australia 1.16 per 100,000 male 2023 down 11.3% falling
105 Finland 1.16 per 100,000 male 2023 down 52.4% falling
106 Brunei Darussalam 1.14 per 100,000 male 2000 — falling
107 Denmark 1.12 per 100,000 male 2023 down 11.2% falling
108 Kuwait 1.08 per 100,000 male 2020 down 61.4% falling
109 Portugal 1.03 per 100,000 male 2022 down 36.1% falling
110 Poland 0.9955 per 100,000 male 2023 down 15.9% falling
111 Germany 0.9486 per 100,000 male 2023 up 6.4% falling
112 Spain 0.9352 per 100,000 male 2023 up 19.4% falling
113 Netherlands 0.9348 per 100,000 male 2023 up 13.6% falling
114 United Arab Emirates 0.9139 per 100,000 male 2022 down 13.8% falling
115 Croatia 0.9049 per 100,000 male 2023 down 26.1% volatile
116 Ireland 0.894 per 100,000 male 2023 down 46.1% falling
117 Slovenia 0.8461 per 100,000 male 2023 down 4.3% falling
118 Hungary 0.8391 per 100,000 male 2023 down 52.4% falling
119 Norway 0.7911 per 100,000 male 2023 down 22.4% falling
120 Austria 0.7788 per 100,000 male 2023 up 0.8% falling
121 Italy 0.757 per 100,000 male 2023 down 31.1% volatile
122 Czechia 0.7129 per 100,000 male 2023 down 5.6% falling
123 Macau, China 0.6073 per 100,000 male 2023 down 43.6% volatile
124 Switzerland 0.5675 per 100,000 male 2023 down 9.3% falling
125 Republic of Korea 0.4916 per 100,000 male 2023 down 27.0% falling
126 Hong Kong, China 0.4471 per 100,000 male 2023 down 40.3% falling
127 Malta 0.3616 per 100,000 male 2023 down 89.0% volatile
128 Qatar 0.2473 per 100,000 male 2021 down 16.2% falling
129 Japan 0.2323 per 100,000 male 2023 down 19.0% falling
130 Oman 0.1595 per 100,000 male 2023 down 31.2% falling
131 Bahrain 0.1052 per 100,000 male 2022 down 90.0% volatile
132 Singapore 0.0668 per 100,000 male 2023 down 82.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)
Unit
per 100,000 male
Source
UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
146 places, 2,857 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.