World Facts

Countries ranked by homicide rate

Every country ranked by homicide rate, highest to lowest. Turks and Caicos Islands tops the list at 76.3 /100k; Vatican is lowest at 0.0 /100k.

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Highest
  1. 1Turks and Caicos Islands76.3 /100k
  2. 2Saint Kitts and Nevis64.2 /100k
  3. 3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51.3 /100k
  4. 4United States Virgin Islands49.9 /100k
  5. 5Jamaica49.4 /100k
Lowest
  1. 186Vatican0.0 /100k
  2. 185Tuvalu0.0 /100k
  3. 184San Marino0.0 /100k
  4. 183Montserrat0.0 /100k
  5. 182Isle of Man0.0 /100k

Full ranking — all 186 countries

#CountryHomicide rate
1 Turks and Caicos Islands
76.3 /100k
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
64.2 /100k
3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
51.3 /100k
4 United States Virgin Islands
49.9 /100k
5 Jamaica
49.4 /100k
6 Ecuador
45.7 /100k
7 South Africa
43.7 /100k
8 Haiti
41.2 /100k
9 Trinidad and Tobago
40.4 /100k
10 Saint Lucia
39.0 /100k
11 Bahamas
32.2 /100k
12 Honduras
31.4 /100k
13 Anguilla
29.1 /100k
14 Belize
28.1 /100k
15 Dominica
27.1 /100k
16 Saint Martin (French part)
26.9 /100k
17 Colombia
24.9 /100k
18 Mexico
24.9 /100k
19 Guatemala
23.4 /100k
20 Brazil
19.3 /100k
21 Guyana
19.1 /100k
22 Costa Rica
17.7 /100k
23 Nigeria
15.7 /100k
24 Eritrea
15.6 /100k
25 Puerto Rico
15.1 /100k
26 South Sudan
14.0 /100k
27 Grenada
13.7 /100k
28 French Guiana
13.4 /100k
29 Venezuela
12.6 /100k
30 Eswatini
12.5 /100k
31 Panama
11.7 /100k
32 Botswana
11.4 /100k
33 Nicaragua
11.3 /100k
34 Namibia
11.2 /100k
35 Palau
11.2 /100k
36 Uruguay
11.2 /100k
37 Dominican Republic
10.9 /100k
38 Antigua and Barbuda
10.7 /100k
39 Iraq
9.5 /100k
40 Papua New Guinea
9.3 /100k
41 Uganda
9.0 /100k
42 Peru
8.6 /100k
43 Ethiopia
8.5 /100k
44 Seychelles
8.0 /100k
45 El Salvador
7.9 /100k
46 Russia
7.8 /100k
47 Barbados
7.4 /100k
48 Kiribati
7.1 /100k
49 Cape Verde
7.0 /100k
50 Cameroon
6.8 /100k
51 Paraguay
6.8 /100k
52 Zimbabwe
6.8 /100k
53 Suriname
6.5 /100k
54 Chile
6.3 /100k
55 Samoa
6.3 /100k
56 Bermuda
6.2 /100k
57 United States
5.8 /100k
58 Yemen
5.8 /100k
59 Guadeloupe
5.7 /100k
60 Burundi
5.6 /100k
61 Mongolia
5.6 /100k
62 Greenland
5.4 /100k
63 Zambia
5.2 /100k
64 Liechtenstein
5.1 /100k
65 Kenya
4.9 /100k
66 Thailand
4.8 /100k
67 Tunisia
4.7 /100k
68 Argentina
4.5 /100k
69 Cuba
4.5 /100k
70 Bolivia
4.4 /100k
71 Cayman Islands
4.4 /100k
72 Niger
4.4 /100k
73 Guam
4.3 /100k
74 Pakistan
4.3 /100k
75 Philippines
4.3 /100k
76 Angola
4.1 /100k
77 East Timor
4.1 /100k
78 Afghanistan
4.0 /100k
79 Ukraine
3.8 /100k
80 Tanzania
3.7 /100k
81 Cook Islands
3.6 /100k
82 Mozambique
3.6 /100k
83 Rwanda
3.6 /100k
84 Sri Lanka
3.3 /100k
85 Sao Tome and Principe
3.2 /100k
86 Turkey
3.2 /100k
87 Liberia
3.1 /100k
88 India
2.8 /100k
89 Andorra
2.6 /100k
90 Kazakhstan
2.6 /100k
91 Lithuania
2.6 /100k
92 Myanmar
2.6 /100k
93 Bhutan
2.5 /100k
94 Latvia
2.5 /100k
95 Moldova
2.5 /100k
96 Belarus
2.4 /100k
97 Iran
2.4 /100k
98 Bangladesh
2.3 /100k
99 Mauritius
2.3 /100k
100 Armenia
2.2 /100k
101 Lebanon
2.2 /100k
102 Sierra Leone
2.2 /100k
103 Fiji
2.1 /100k
104 Nepal
2.1 /100k
105 Syria
2.1 /100k
106 Azerbaijan
2.0 /100k
107 Canada
2.0 /100k
108 Georgia
2.0 /100k
109 Aruba
1.9 /100k
110 Albania
1.8 /100k
111 Ghana
1.8 /100k
112 Cambodia
1.8 /100k
113 Malawi
1.8 /100k
114 Morocco
1.7 /100k
115 Israel
1.6 /100k
116 Estonia
1.5 /100k
117 Luxembourg
1.5 /100k
118 North Macedonia
1.5 /100k
119 New Zealand
1.5 /100k
120 Vietnam
1.5 /100k
121 Uzbekistan
1.4 /100k
122 Egypt
1.3 /100k
123 France
1.3 /100k
124 Iceland
1.3 /100k
125 Serbia
1.3 /100k
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.2 /100k
127 Algeria
1.2 /100k
128 Belgium
1.1 /100k
129 Bulgaria
1.1 /100k
130 United Kingdom
1.1 /100k
131 Guinea-Bissau
1.1 /100k
132 Romania
1.1 /100k
133 Slovakia
1.1 /100k
134 Sweden
1.1 /100k
135 Cyprus
1.0 /100k
136 Finland
1.0 /100k
137 Jordan
1.0 /100k
138 Mauritania
1.0 /100k
139 Turkmenistan
1.0 /100k
140 Australia
0.9 /100k
141 Austria
0.9 /100k
142 Germany
0.9 /100k
143 Micronesia (country)
0.9 /100k
144 Saudi Arabia
0.9 /100k
145 Tajikistan
0.9 /100k
146 Tonga
0.9 /100k
147 Czechia
0.8 /100k
148 Denmark
0.8 /100k
149 Greece
0.8 /100k
150 Montenegro
0.8 /100k
151 Poland
0.8 /100k
152 United Arab Emirates
0.7 /100k
153 Spain
0.7 /100k
154 Croatia
0.7 /100k
155 Hungary
0.7 /100k
156 Ireland
0.7 /100k
157 Malaysia
0.7 /100k
158 Netherlands
0.7 /100k
159 Norway
0.7 /100k
160 Portugal
0.7 /100k
161 Switzerland
0.6 /100k
162 Italy
0.6 /100k
163 Macao
0.6 /100k
164 Maldives
0.6 /100k
165 Malta
0.6 /100k
166 Palestine
0.6 /100k
167 Slovenia
0.6 /100k
168 Brunei
0.5 /100k
169 China
0.5 /100k
170 South Korea
0.5 /100k
171 Hong Kong
0.4 /100k
172 Indonesia
0.3 /100k
173 Vanuatu
0.3 /100k
174 Bahrain
0.2 /100k
175 Japan
0.2 /100k
176 Kuwait
0.2 /100k
177 Oman
0.1 /100k
178 Qatar
0.1 /100k
179 Singapore
0.1 /100k
180 American Samoa
0.0 /100k
181 Gibraltar
0.0 /100k
182 Isle of Man
0.0 /100k
183 Montserrat
0.0 /100k
184 San Marino
0.0 /100k
185 Tuvalu
0.0 /100k
186 Vatican
0.0 /100k

Common questions

Which country has the highest homicide rate?

Turks and Caicos Islands, at 76.3 /100k — the highest of all 186 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest homicide rate?

Vatican, at 0.0 /100k, ranks lowest among the 186 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

186 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

UNODC (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: UNODC (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive homicide rate map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.