# Countries by intentional homicide rate, 2012

All 146 values come from World Bank for 2012, so the places are comparable. 48 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `homicide_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Intentional homicides per 100,000 people: unlawful deaths inflicted on a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury. World Bank series from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
- Source: World Bank, Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicide-rate/countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Honduras | 82.3 |
| 2 | Venezuela | 54.4 |
| 3 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 49.9 |
| 4 | Belize | 43.4 |
| 5 | El Salvador | 42.4 |
| 6 | Jamaica | 39.7 |
| 7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 38.3 |
| 8 | Colombia | 36 |
| 9 | Guatemala | 34.2 |
| 10 | South Africa | 30.1 |
| 11 | Bahamas | 29.3 |
| 12 | Brazil | 28.6 |
| 13 | Puerto Rico | 27.8 |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.1 |
| 15 | Saint Lucia | 22.6 |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 22.5 |
| 17 | Mexico | 22.2 |
| 18 | Guyana | 18.6 |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 18.3 |
| 20 | Namibia | 17.7 |
| 21 | Panama | 16.9 |
| 22 | Eritrea | 15.6 |
| 23 | Greenland | 14.1 |
| 24 | South Sudan | 14 |
| 25 | Grenada | 12.4 |
| 26 | Ecuador | 12.3 |
| 27 | Uganda | 11.8 |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.5 |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 11.4 |
| 30 | Russia | 11.3 |
| 31 | Paraguay | 11 |
| 32 | Haiti | 10.3 |
| 33 | Bermuda | 9.4 |
| 34 | Eswatini | 9.3 |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 8.7 |
| 36 | Tanzania | 8.6 |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 8.5 |
| 38 | Philippines | 8.5 |
| 39 | Iraq | 8 |
| 40 | Uruguay | 8 |
| 41 | Barbados | 7.9 |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 7.3 |
| 43 | Kiribati | 7.1 |
| 44 | Mongolia | 7.1 |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 7.1 |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 |
| 47 | Lithuania | 6.8 |
| 48 | Pakistan | 6.7 |
| 49 | Peru | 6.7 |
| 50 | Moldova | 6.6 |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 6.4 |
| 52 | Argentina | 6.3 |
| 53 | Zambia | 5.9 |
| 54 | Yemen | 5.7 |
| 55 | Cuba | 5.5 |
| 56 | Kenya | 5.4 |
| 57 | Albania | 5.4 |
| 58 | Saint Martin | 5.4 |
| 59 | Ukraine | 5.1 |
| 60 | Burundi | 5 |
| 61 | Angola | 4.8 |
| 62 | Estonia | 4.8 |
| 63 | United States | 4.7 |
| 64 | Bhutan | 4.6 |
| 65 | Niger | 4.4 |
| 66 | Türkiye | 4.3 |
| 67 | Cameroon | 4.2 |
| 68 | Seychelles | 4 |
| 69 | Aruba | 3.9 |
| 70 | India | 3.7 |
| 71 | Lebanon | 3.7 |
| 72 | American Samoa | 3.7 |
| 73 | Belarus | 3.6 |
| 74 | Latvia | 3.4 |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 3.2 |
| 76 | Liberia | 3.1 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 3 |
| 78 | Myanmar | 2.9 |
| 79 | Malta | 2.8 |
| 80 | Montenegro | 2.7 |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 2.7 |
| 82 | Maldives | 2.6 |
| 83 | Chile | 2.5 |
| 84 | Isle of Man | 2.4 |
| 85 | Egypt | 2.4 |
| 86 | Rwanda | 2.4 |
| 87 | Nepal | 2.3 |
| 88 | Armenia | 2.2 |
| 89 | Jordan | 2.2 |
| 90 | Fiji | 2.2 |
| 91 | Mauritius | 2.2 |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 2.2 |
| 93 | Ghana | 2.1 |
| 94 | Malaysia | 2 |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 1.9 |
| 96 | Cyprus | 1.9 |
| 97 | Kuwait | 1.8 |
| 98 | Malawi | 1.8 |
| 99 | Sierra Leone | 1.7 |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.7 |
| 101 | Israel | 1.7 |
| 102 | Finland | 1.6 |
| 103 | Canada | 1.6 |
| 104 | Greece | 1.5 |
| 105 | Serbia | 1.5 |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 1.4 |
| 107 | Algeria | 1.4 |
| 108 | Slovakia | 1.4 |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 1.4 |
| 110 | Hungary | 1.3 |
| 111 | France | 1.2 |
| 112 | Croatia | 1.2 |
| 113 | Portugal | 1.2 |
| 114 | Morocco | 1.1 |
| 115 | Ireland | 1.1 |
| 116 | Oman | 1.1 |
| 117 | Poland | 1.1 |
| 118 | Australia | 1.1 |
| 119 | Romania | 1.1 |
| 120 | Czechia | 1 |
| 121 | Brunei | 1 |
| 122 | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 123 | Austria | 1 |
| 124 | Tonga | 0.9 |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.9 |
| 126 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9 |
| 127 | South Korea | 0.9 |
| 128 | Italy | 0.9 |
| 129 | Netherlands | 0.9 |
| 130 | Denmark | 0.8 |
| 131 | China | 0.8 |
| 132 | Germany | 0.8 |
| 133 | Spain | 0.8 |
| 134 | Bahrain | 0.7 |
| 135 | Sweden | 0.7 |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 0.7 |
| 137 | Slovenia | 0.7 |
| 138 | Macao | 0.7 |
| 139 | Palestine | 0.6 |
| 140 | Switzerland | 0.6 |
| 141 | Norway | 0.5 |
| 142 | Hong Kong | 0.4 |
| 143 | Qatar | 0.4 |
| 144 | Japan | 0.3 |
| 145 | Iceland | 0.3 |
| 146 | Singapore | 0.2 |