Homicide rate

Tier A· Official

Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population (UNODC). Lower is safer.

100 = safest (fewest homicides), 0 = most homicides

Mixed reference years (2001–2023). This metric uses each country's most recent available year, so countries are not all measured in the same year — cross-country comparison is weakened. Each row shows its own reference year.

How this score is built

Intentional homicide rate — the count of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population — as compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and distributed as World Bank indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.P5.

Direction is higher_worse: more homicides is worse, so on the site 100 = safest (fewest homicides) and 0 = most homicides.

Normalization: percentile rank. The distribution is highly skewed (a handful of countries above 40–70 per 100k; most below 5, and some near 0), so a min-max score would compress almost everyone into a narrow band. Instead each country's score is its position in the distribution, then inverted for direction. The score is therefore *relative to the current country set* — read it as "safer than X% of countries", not an absolute rate. The raw per-100k value is always shown alongside.

We use each country's most recent available year; the exact year is stored per observation. Countries without a UNODC/World Bank estimate show "no data".

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100No data

100 = safest (fewest homicides), 0 = most homicides

Full ranking

193 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.

Continent

Rank ↑	Country	Score	Raw value
1st	SingaporeSGP	99.74100	0.0690955 per 100,000 population
2nd	QatarQAT	99.2299	0.0691454 per 100,000 population
3rd	OmanOMN	98.799	0.138634 per 100,000 population
4th	BahrainBHR	98.1998	0.195636 per 100,000 population
5th	JapanJPN	97.6798	0.229153 per 100,000 population
6th	KuwaitKWT	97.1597	0.249992 per 100,000 population
7th	SenegalSEN	96.6397	0.267518 per 100,000 population
8th	IndonesiaIDN	96.1196	0.303769 per 100,000 population
9th	VanuatuVUT	95.696	0.334607 per 100,000 population
10th	French PolynesiaPYF	95.0895	0.371083 per 100,000 population
11th	Hong KongHKG	94.5695	0.376206 per 100,000 population
12th	South KoreaKOR	94.0494	0.477306 per 100,000 population
13th	BruneiBRN	93.5294	0.486379 per 100,000 population
14th	ChinaCHN	93.0193	0.501856 per 100,000 population
15th	MacauMAC	92.4992	0.560294 per 100,000 population
16th	MaltaMLT	91.9792	0.562898 per 100,000 population
17th	SloveniaSVN	91.4591	0.566466 per 100,000 population
18th	ItalyITA	90.9391	0.568072 per 100,000 population
19th	SwitzerlandCHE	90.4190	0.597482 per 100,000 population
20th	MaldivesMDV	89.990	0.615093 per 100,000 population
21st	PalestinePSE	89.3889	0.622023 per 100,000 population
22nd	IrelandIRL	88.8689	0.65427 per 100,000 population
23rd	CroatiaHRV	88.3488	0.667347 per 100,000 population
24th	SpainESP	87.8288	0.690856 per 100,000 population
25th	NetherlandsNLD	87.3187	0.690893 per 100,000 population
26th	United Arab EmiratesARE	86.7987	0.693218 per 100,000 population
27th	PortugalPRT	86.2786	0.719972 per 100,000 population
28th	HungaryHUN	85.7586	0.722658 per 100,000 population
29th	NorwayNOR	85.2385	0.724747 per 100,000 population
30th	MalaysiaMYS	84.7285	0.734492 per 100,000 population
31st	CzechiaCZE	84.284	0.767828 per 100,000 population
32nd	MontenegroMNE	83.6884	0.789201 per 100,000 population
33rd	PolandPOL	83.1683	0.802315 per 100,000 population
34th	CyprusCYP	82.6483	0.817859 per 100,000 population
35th	GreeceGRC	82.1282	0.839605 per 100,000 population
36th	DenmarkDNK	81.6182	0.840599 per 100,000 population
37th	AustraliaAUS	81.0981	0.854406 per 100,000 population
38th	AustriaAUT	80.5781	0.876191 per 100,000 population
39th	TajikistanTJK	80.0580	0.892371 per 100,000 population
40th	MicronesiaFSM	79.5380	0.906766 per 100,000 population
41st	GermanyDEU	79.0279	0.910723 per 100,000 population
42nd	Saudi ArabiaSAU	78.579	0.93526 per 100,000 population
43rd	TongaTON	77.9878	0.946347 per 100,000 population
44th	FinlandFIN	77.4677	0.981935 per 100,000 population
45th	JordanJOR	76.9477	0.98783 per 100,000 population
46th	MauritaniaMRT	76.4276	0.999972 per 100,000 population
47th	TurkmenistanTKM	75.9176	1.01355 per 100,000 population
48th	BelgiumBEL	75.3975	1.0803 per 100,000 population
49th	BulgariaBGR	74.8775	1.08891 per 100,000 population
50th	RomaniaROU	74.3574	1.10887 per 100,000 population
51st	United KingdomGBR	73.8374	1.11868 per 100,000 population
52nd	Guinea-BissauGNB	73.3273	1.11876 per 100,000 population
53rd	SlovakiaSVK	72.873	1.12358 per 100,000 population
54th	BeninBEN	72.2872	1.1275 per 100,000 population
55th	SwedenSWE	71.7672	1.14676 per 100,000 population
56th	AlgeriaDZA	71.2471	1.16107 per 100,000 population
57th	Isle of ManIMN	70.7371	1.19627 per 100,000 population
58th	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH	70.2170	1.22446 per 100,000 population
59th	Burkina FasoBFA	69.6970	1.25044 per 100,000 population
60th	IcelandISL	69.1769	1.29013 per 100,000 population
61st	EgyptEGY	68.6569	1.31153 per 100,000 population
62nd	SerbiaSRB	68.1368	1.314 per 100,000 population
63rd	FranceFRA	67.6268	1.33506 per 100,000 population
64th	AlbaniaALB	67.167	1.38708 per 100,000 population
65th	UzbekistanUZB	66.5867	1.3988 per 100,000 population
66th	New ZealandNZL	66.0666	1.46149 per 100,000 population
67th	North MacedoniaMKD	65.5466	1.52855 per 100,000 population
68th	LuxembourgLUX	65.0365	1.53066 per 100,000 population
69th	VietnamVNM	64.5165	1.53501 per 100,000 population
70th	EstoniaEST	63.9964	1.53599 per 100,000 population
71st	IsraelISR	63.4763	1.62581 per 100,000 population
72nd	MoroccoMAR	62.9563	1.705 per 100,000 population
73rd	KyrgyzstanKGZ	62.4462	1.74734 per 100,000 population
74th	MalawiMWI	61.9262	1.77599 per 100,000 population
75th	CambodiaKHM	61.461	1.82033 per 100,000 population
76th	GhanaGHA	60.8861	1.83112 per 100,000 population
77th	ArubaABW	60.3660	1.93475 per 100,000 population
78th	CanadaCAN	59.8460	1.97969 per 100,000 population
79th	GeorgiaGEO	59.3359	2.02806 per 100,000 population
80th	FijiFJI	58.8159	2.05595 per 100,000 population
81st	SyriaSYR	58.2958	2.05939 per 100,000 population
82nd	NepalNPL	57.7758	2.13004 per 100,000 population
83rd	AzerbaijanAZE	57.2557	2.16123 per 100,000 population
84th	ArmeniaARM	56.7457	2.20834 per 100,000 population
85th	Sierra LeoneSLE	56.2256	2.22431 per 100,000 population
86th	LebanonLBN	55.756	2.24467 per 100,000 population
87th	MauritiusMUS	55.1855	2.2725 per 100,000 population
88th	BangladeshBGD	54.6655	2.34218 per 100,000 population
89th	IranIRN	54.1554	2.3754 per 100,000 population
90th	BelarusBLR	53.6354	2.38463 per 100,000 population
91st	BhutanBTN	53.1153	2.46751 per 100,000 population
92nd	LatviaLVA	52.5953	2.49682 per 100,000 population
93rd	MoldovaMDA	52.0752	2.54314 per 100,000 population
94th	KazakhstanKAZ	51.5552	2.55059 per 100,000 population
95th	MyanmarMMR	51.0451	2.5751 per 100,000 population
96th	AndorraAND	50.5251	2.58465 per 100,000 population
97th	LithuaniaLTU	5050	2.6278 per 100,000 population
98th	IndiaIND	49.4849	2.8153 per 100,000 population
99th	MonacoMCO	48.9649	3.08195 per 100,000 population
100th	LiberiaLBR	48.4548	3.08709 per 100,000 population
101st	New CaledoniaNCL	47.9348	3.10982 per 100,000 population
102nd	GibraltarGIB	47.4147	3.2002 per 100,000 population
103rd	TürkiyeTUR	46.8947	3.22789 per 100,000 population
104th	São Tomé and PríncipeSTP	46.3746	3.2319 per 100,000 population
105th	Sri LankaLKA	45.8546	3.31094 per 100,000 population
106th	MozambiqueMOZ	45.3445	3.59 per 100,000 population
107th	RwandaRWA	44.8245	3.61247 per 100,000 population
108th	San MarinoSMR	44.344	3.63762 per 100,000 population
109th	Solomon IslandsSLB	43.7844	3.73435 per 100,000 population
110th	TanzaniaTZA	43.2643	3.74921 per 100,000 population
111th	UkraineUKR	42.7543	3.77664 per 100,000 population
112th	AfghanistanAFG	42.2342	4.03246 per 100,000 population
113th	Timor-LesteTLS	41.7142	4.06595 per 100,000 population
114th	AngolaAGO	41.1941	4.09827 per 100,000 population
115th	GuamGUM	40.6741	4.32611 per 100,000 population
116th	PakistanPAK	40.1640	4.33487 per 100,000 population
117th	PhilippinesPHL	39.6440	4.34759 per 100,000 population
118th	Cayman IslandsCYM	39.1239	4.3678 per 100,000 population
119th	NigerNER	38.639	4.41784 per 100,000 population
120th	BoliviaBOL	38.0838	4.41843 per 100,000 population
121st	CubaCUB	37.5638	4.46315 per 100,000 population
122nd	ArgentinaARG	37.0537	4.49291 per 100,000 population
123rd	TunisiaTUN	36.5337	4.69348 per 100,000 population
124th	ThailandTHA	36.0136	4.79225 per 100,000 population
125th	KenyaKEN	35.4935	4.87167 per 100,000 population
126th	LiechtensteinLIE	34.9735	5.12243 per 100,000 population
127th	SudanSDN	34.4634	5.14808 per 100,000 population
128th	ZambiaZMB	33.9434	5.20151 per 100,000 population
129th	GreenlandGRL	33.4233	5.35131 per 100,000 population
130th	BurundiBDI	32.933	5.64974 per 100,000 population
131st	United StatesUSA	32.3832	5.76341 per 100,000 population
132nd	YemenYEM	31.8732	5.80972 per 100,000 population
133rd	MongoliaMNG	31.3531	5.91503 per 100,000 population
134th	BermudaBMU	30.8331	6.18257 per 100,000 population
135th	SamoaWSM	30.3130	6.26259 per 100,000 population
136th	ChileCHL	29.7930	6.34829 per 100,000 population
137th	SurinameSUR	29.2729	6.51946 per 100,000 population
138th	ZimbabweZWE	28.7629	6.75833 per 100,000 population
139th	CameroonCMR	28.2428	6.76009 per 100,000 population
140th	RussiaRUS	27.7228	6.76513 per 100,000 population
141st	ParaguayPRY	27.227	6.77952 per 100,000 population
142nd	Cape VerdeCPV	26.6827	6.99464 per 100,000 population
143rd	KiribatiKIR	26.1726	7.12479 per 100,000 population
144th	BarbadosBRB	25.6526	7.43795 per 100,000 population
145th	El SalvadorSLV	25.1325	7.89769 per 100,000 population
146th	SeychellesSYC	24.6125	7.9667 per 100,000 population
147th	British Virgin IslandsVGB	24.0924	8.1656 per 100,000 population
148th	EthiopiaETH	23.5824	8.51055 per 100,000 population
149th	PeruPER	23.0623	8.60481 per 100,000 population
150th	UgandaUGA	22.5423	8.97309 per 100,000 population
151st	Papua New GuineaPNG	22.0222	9.34038 per 100,000 population
152nd	IraqIRQ	21.522	9.46375 per 100,000 population
153rd	Antigua and BarbudaATG	20.9821	10.7163 per 100,000 population
154th	Dominican RepublicDOM	20.4720	10.9167 per 100,000 population
155th	NamibiaNAM	19.9520	11.2078 per 100,000 population
156th	PalauPLW	19.4319	11.2268 per 100,000 population
157th	UruguayURY	18.9119	11.2453 per 100,000 population
158th	NicaraguaNIC	18.3918	11.3473 per 100,000 population
159th	BotswanaBWA	17.8818	11.3682 per 100,000 population
160th	PanamaPAN	17.3617	11.7073 per 100,000 population
161st	EswatiniSWZ	16.8417	12.5146 per 100,000 population
162nd	VenezuelaVEN	16.3216	12.6466 per 100,000 population
163rd	GrenadaGRD	15.816	13.6658 per 100,000 population
164th	South SudanSSD	15.2815	13.9826 per 100,000 population
165th	Puerto RicoPRI	14.7715	14.5897 per 100,000 population
166th	EritreaERI	14.2514	15.6076 per 100,000 population
167th	NigeriaNGA	13.7314	15.7467 per 100,000 population
168th	CuraçaoCUW	13.2113	16.9198 per 100,000 population
169th	Costa RicaCRI	12.6913	17.7455 per 100,000 population
170th	TuvaluTUV	12.1812	18.2907 per 100,000 population
171st	GuyanaGUY	11.6612	19.1202 per 100,000 population
172nd	BrazilBRA	11.1411	19.2753 per 100,000 population
173rd	Central African RepublicCAF	10.6211	20.1204 per 100,000 population
174th	GuatemalaGTM	10.110	23.3657 per 100,000 population
175th	MexicoMEX	9.5910	24.859 per 100,000 population
176th	ColombiaCOL	9.079	24.9134 per 100,000 population
177th	American SamoaASM	8.559	25.536 per 100,000 population
178th	Saint MartinMAF	8.038	26.8998 per 100,000 population
179th	DominicaDMA	7.518	27.0634 per 100,000 population
180th	BelizeBLZ	6.997	28.0583 per 100,000 population
181st	HondurasHND	6.486	31.4424 per 100,000 population
182nd	BahamasBHS	5.966	32.1981 per 100,000 population
183rd	LesothoLSO	5.445	38.2397 per 100,000 population
184th	Saint LuciaLCA	4.925	39.0441 per 100,000 population
185th	Trinidad and TobagoTTO	4.44	40.4433 per 100,000 population
186th	HaitiHTI	3.894	41.1518 per 100,000 population
187th	South AfricaZAF	3.373	43.7203 per 100,000 population
188th	EcuadorECU	2.853	45.7228 per 100,000 population
189th	JamaicaJAM	2.332	49.4403 per 100,000 population
190th	United States Virgin IslandsVIR	1.812	49.8571 per 100,000 population
191st	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCT	1.31	51.3213 per 100,000 population
192nd	Saint Kitts and NevisKNA	0.781	64.1601 per 100,000 population
193rd	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCA	0.260	76.34 per 100,000 population

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