Homicides

number, 2000–2016

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2000 Ranking
1.	India	51,344.00
2.	Brazil	41,595.00
3.	Russia	41,090.00
4.	China	26,858.00
5.	Colombia	26,539.00
6.	South Africa	21,758.00
7.	Nigeria	15,605.00
8.	United States	15,586.00
9.	Mexico	10,737.00
10.	Pakistan	8,906.00
11.	Venezuela	8,022.00
12.	Ethiopia	7,113.00
13.	Congo (Kinshasa)	6,617.00
14.	Philippines	5,735.00
15.	Thailand	5,142.00
16.	Ukraine	4,418.00
17.	El Salvador	3,551.00
18.	Bangladesh	3,343.00
19.	Honduras	3,176.00
20.	Guatemala	2,904.00
21.	Ivory Coast	2,681.00
22.	Kazakhstan	2,325.00
23.	Indonesia	2,204.00
24.	Ecuador	1,833.00
25.	Madagascar	1,793.00
26.	North Korea	1,521.00
27.	Mali	1,413.00
28.	Dominican Republic	1,210.00
29.	Uzbekistan	1,068.00
30.	France	1,051.00
31.	Burma (Myanmar)	1,041.00
32.	Germany	1,015.00
33.	Belarus	1,013.00
34.	Paraguay	995.00
35.	Senegal	984.00
36.	Guinea	956.00
37.	Chad	949.00
38.	United Kingdom	915.00
39.	Jamaica	887.00
40.	Poland	855.00
41.	Zambia	797.00
42.	Italy	766.00
43.	England and Wales	764.00
44.	Malawi	700.00
45.	Yemen	697.00
46.	Puerto Rico	695.00
47.	Japan	678.00
48.	Nepal	635.00
49.	Cuba	587.00
50.	Romania	581.00
51.	Laos	572.00
52.	Cambodia	571.00
53.	Spain	553.00
54.	Malaysia	551.00
55.	Canada	546.00
56.	Togo	522.00
57.	Benin	502.00
58.	Somalia	490.00
59.	Nicaragua	476.00
60.	Papua New Guinea	465.00
61.	Morocco	461.00
62.	Cameroon	459.00
63.	Moldova	433.00
64.	Kyrgyzstan	430.00
65.	Namibia	380.00
66.	Mauritania	371.00
67.	Lithuania	370.00
68.	Congo (Brazzaville)	366.00
69.	Australia	362.00
70.	Syria	357.00
71.	Eritrea	335.00
72.	Bulgaria	332.00
73.	Panama	299.00
74.	Tajikistan	283.00
75.	Turkmenistan	267.00
76.	Costa Rica	249.00
77.	Georgia	239.00
78.	Latvia	238.00
79.	Serbia	228.00
80.	Azerbaijan	226.00
81.	Uruguay	214.00
82.	Belgium	212.00
83.	Hungary	205.00
84.	Libya	198.00
85.	Czech Republic	181.00
86.	Netherlands	180.00
87.	Saudi Arabia	173.00
88.	Guinea Bissau	162.00
89.	Gambia	153.00
90.	Finland	148.00
91.	Israel	147.00
92.	Estonia	143.00
93.	Gabon	134.00
94.	Albania	131.00
95.	Slovakia	129.00
96.	Trinidad and Tobago	120.00
97.	Portugal	116.00
98.	Scotland	106.00
99.	Croatia	101.00
100.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.00
101.	Sweden	96.00
102.	Armenia	91.00
103.	Austria	82.00
104.	Guyana	76.00
105.	Bahamas	74.00
106.	Switzerland	69.00
107.	Suriname	68.00
108.	Djibouti	64.00
109.	Denmark	58.00
110.	Comoros	56.00
111.	New Zealand	52.00
112.	Norway	48.00
113.	Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)	47.00
114.	Northern Ireland	45.00
115.	Belize	41.00
116.	Hong Kong	38.00
117.	Singapore	37.00
118.	Ireland	37.00
119.	Slovenia	36.00
120.	Mauritius	26.00
121.	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	23.00
122.	Saint Lucia	23.00
123.	Equatorial Guinea	20.00
124.	Barbados	20.00
125.	Saint Vincent and Grenadines	20.00
126.	Bhutan	18.00
127.	Grenada	15.00
128.	Greenland	13.00
129.	Macau	10.00
130.	Cyprus	8.00
131.	Vanuatu	5.00
132.	Iceland	5.00
133.	Antigua and Barbuda	5.00
134.	Micronesia	4.00
135.	Brunei	4.00
136.	Cayman Islands	4.00
137.	Luxembourg	4.00
138.	Malta	4.00
139.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.00
140.	Kiribati	3.00
141.	Dominica	2.00
142.	Guam	2.00
143.	Tonga	1.00
144.	Qatar	1.00
145.	Anguilla	1.00

2016 Ranking
1.	Brazil	61,283.00
2.	India	42,678.00
3.	Mexico	24,559.00
4.	South Africa	19,016.00
5.	Venezuela	17,778.00
6.	United States	17,250.00
7.	Russia	15,561.00
8.	Colombia	12,402.00
9.	Philippines	11,385.00
10.	China	8,634.00
11.	Pakistan	8,516.00
12.	El Salvador	5,257.00
13.	Honduras	5,150.00
14.	Guatemala	4,520.00
15.	Argentina	2,605.00
16.	Peru	2,435.00
17.	Kenya	2,363.00
18.	Thailand	2,229.00
19.	Dominican Republic	1,616.00
20.	Jamaica	1,354.00
21.	Indonesia	1,292.00
22.	Burma (Myanmar)	1,198.00
23.	Germany	963.00
24.	Ecuador	959.00
25.	Central African Republic	913.00
26.	France	875.00
27.	United Kingdom	791.00
28.	England and Wales	709.00
29.	Bolivia	686.00
30.	Puerto Rico	679.00
31.	Burundi	635.00
32.	Nepal	627.00
33.	Chile	620.00
34.	Canada	611.00
35.	Costa Rica	578.00
36.	Cuba	572.00
37.	Sri Lanka	530.00
38.	Nicaragua	453.00
39.	Italy	400.00
40.	Panama	390.00
41.	Japan	362.00
42.	South Korea	356.00
43.	Spain	294.00
44.	Kyrgyzstan	267.00
45.	Uruguay	265.00
46.	Poland	256.00
47.	Romania	247.00
48.	Lebanon	235.00
49.	Australia	227.00
50.	Azerbaijan	208.00
51.	Hungary	202.00
52.	Mongolia	171.00
53.	Lithuania	153.00
54.	Jordan	145.00
55.	Guyana	142.00
56.	Belize	138.00
57.	Serbia	123.00
58.	Bahamas	111.00
59.	Sweden	106.00
60.	Netherlands	94.00
61.	Armenia	87.00
62.	Greece	84.00
63.	United Arab Emirates	83.00
64.	Bulgaria	81.00
65.	Albania	79.00
66.	Finland	78.00
67.	Portugal	66.00
68.	Czech Republic	65.00
69.	Scotland	64.00
70.	Cape Verde	62.00
71.	Slovakia	57.00
72.	Austria	57.00
73.	Denmark	56.00
74.	Switzerland	45.00
75.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.00
76.	Croatia	44.00
77.	Saint Vincent and Grenadines	40.00
78.	Georgia	39.00
79.	Ireland	38.00
80.	West Bank and Gaza	33.00
81.	Montenegro	28.00
82.	Hong Kong	28.00
83.	Norway	27.00
84.	Mauritius	23.00
85.	Singapore	18.00
86.	Northern Ireland	18.00
87.	Cyprus	13.00
88.	Seychelles	12.00
89.	Grenada	11.00
90.	Slovenia	10.00
91.	Bhutan	9.00
92.	Bermuda	8.00
93.	Greenland	3.00
94.	American Samoa	3.00
95.	Iceland	1.00
96.	Macau	1.00

Unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data on intentional homicide should also include serious assault leading to death and death as a result of a terrorist attack.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime

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