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As of 2020, Singapore leads the world in Homicide Rate with 0.178 /100K, followed by Kuwait (0.250 /100K) and Japan (0.252 /100K). The global ranking includes 94 countries with available data.

Source: World BankLatest: 2020World avg: 6.9 /100KWatch Race →

Countries Ranked by Homicide Rate

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

Top 10 Countries

94 countries
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#1
Singapore flagSingapore
0.178 /100K2020
#1Singapore flag
Singapore
2020
0.178 /100K
#2
Kuwait flagKuwait
0.250 /100K2020
#2Kuwait flag
Kuwait
2020
0.250 /100K
#3
Japan flagJapan
0.252 /100K2020
#3Japan flag
Japan
2020
0.252 /100K
#4
Hong Kong flagHong Kong
0.294 /100K2020
#4Hong Kong flag
Hong Kong
2020
0.294 /100K
#5
Oman flagOman
0.310 /100K2020
#5Oman flag
Oman
2020
0.310 /100K
#6
Qatar flagQatar
0.428 /100K2020
#6Qatar flag
Qatar
2020
0.428 /100K
#7
Italy flagItaly
0.476 /100K2020
#7Italy flag
Italy
2020
0.476 /100K
#8
Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
0.476 /100K2020
#8Luxembourg flag
Luxembourg
2020
0.476 /100K
#9
China flagChina
0.502 /100K2020
#9China flag
China
2020
0.502 /100K
#10
Slovenia flagSlovenia
0.523 /100K2020
#10Slovenia flag
Slovenia
2020
0.523 /100K
#11
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
0.544 /100K2020
#11Switzerland flag
Switzerland
2020
0.544 /100K
#12
Norway flagNorway
0.576 /100K2020
#12Norway flag
Norway
2020
0.576 /100K
#13
North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia
0.588 /100K2020
#13North Macedonia flag
North Macedonia
2020
0.588 /100K
#14
South Korea flagSouth Korea
0.594 /100K2020
#14South Korea flag
South Korea
2020
0.594 /100K
#15
Ireland flagIreland
0.622 /100K2020
#15Ireland flag
Ireland
2020
0.622 /100K
#16
Netherlands flagNetherlands
0.686 /100K2020
#16Netherlands flag
Netherlands
2020
0.686 /100K
#17
United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
0.688 /100K2020
#17United Arab Emirates flag
United Arab Emirates
2020
0.688 /100K
#18
Spain flagSpain
0.694 /100K2020
#18Spain flag
Spain
2020
0.694 /100K
#19
Poland flagPoland
0.697 /100K2020
#19Poland flag
Poland
2020
0.697 /100K
#20
Austria flagAustria
0.729 /100K2020
#20Austria flag
Austria
2020
0.729 /100K
#21
Greece flagGreece
0.729 /100K2020
#21Greece flag
Greece
2020
0.729 /100K
#22
Czechia flagCzechia
0.730 /100K2020
#22Czechia flag
Czechia
2020
0.730 /100K
#23
Malaysia flagMalaysia
0.747 /100K2020
#23Malaysia flag
Malaysia
2020
0.747 /100K
#24
Portugal flagPortugal
0.781 /100K2020
#24Portugal flag
Portugal
2020
0.781 /100K
#25
Hungary flagHungary
0.821 /100K2020
#25Hungary flag
Hungary
2020
0.821 /100K
#26
Denmark flagDenmark
0.823 /100K2020
#26Denmark flag
Denmark
2020
0.823 /100K
#27
Australia flagAustralia
0.858 /100K2020
#27Australia flag
Australia
2020
0.858 /100K
#28
Germany flagGermany
0.935 /100K2020
#28Germany flag
Germany
2020
0.935 /100K
#29
United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
0.946 /100K2020
#29United Kingdom flag
United Kingdom
2020
0.946 /100K
#30
Jordan flagJordan
0.994 /100K2020
#30Jordan flag
Jordan
2020
0.994 /100K
#31
Bulgaria flagBulgaria
0.995 /100K2020
#31Bulgaria flag
Bulgaria
2020
0.995 /100K
#32
Croatia flagCroatia
1.0 /100K2020
#32Croatia flag
Croatia
2020
1.0 /100K
#33
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
1.0 /100K2020
#33New Zealand flag
New Zealand
2020
1.0 /100K
#34
France flagFrance
1.0 /100K2020
#34France flag
France
2020
1.0 /100K
#35
Cyprus flagCyprus
1.2 /100K2020
#35Cyprus flag
Cyprus
2020
1.2 /100K
#36
Slovakia flagSlovakia
1.2 /100K2020
#36Slovakia flag
Slovakia
2020
1.2 /100K
#37
Sweden flagSweden
1.2 /100K2020
#37Sweden flag
Sweden
2020
1.2 /100K
#38
Serbia flagSerbia
1.2 /100K2020
#38Serbia flag
Serbia
2020
1.2 /100K
#39
Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina
1.3 /100K2020
#39Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020
1.3 /100K
#40
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
1.3 /100K2020
#40Uzbekistan flag
Uzbekistan
2020
1.3 /100K
#41
Malta flagMalta
1.4 /100K2020
#41Malta flag
Malta
2020
1.4 /100K
#42
Iceland flagIceland
1.4 /100K2020
#42Iceland flag
Iceland
2020
1.4 /100K
#43
Romania flagRomania
1.4 /100K2020
#43Romania flag
Romania
2020
1.4 /100K
#44
Israel flagIsrael
1.7 /100K2020
#44Israel flag
Israel
2020
1.7 /100K
#45
Ghana flagGhana
1.7 /100K2020
#45Ghana flag
Ghana
2020
1.7 /100K
#46
Finland flagFinland
1.8 /100K2020
#46Finland flag
Finland
2020
1.8 /100K
#47
Canada flagCanada
2.0 /100K2020
#47Canada flag
Canada
2020
2.0 /100K
#48
Albania flagAlbania
2.1 /100K2020
#48Albania flag
Albania
2020
2.1 /100K
#49
Nepal flagNepal
2.1 /100K2020
#49Nepal flag
Nepal
2020
2.1 /100K
#50
Lebanon flagLebanon
2.2 /100K2020
#50Lebanon flag
Lebanon
2020
2.2 /100K
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