The number of intentional homicides by country, and the rate of homicides per 100,000 population is shown in the table below.
| |
Counts |
Rates per 100,000 |
| Country |
2005 |
2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Algeria |
204 |
214 |
0.62 |
0.64 |
| Argentina |
2,115 |
2,052 |
5.46 |
5.24 |
| Armenia |
55 |
75 |
1.82 |
2.49 |
| Austria |
54 |
61 |
0.65 |
0.73 |
| Azerbaijan |
192 |
190 |
2.30 |
2.26 |
| Bahrain |
4 |
7 |
0.55 |
0.95 |
| Bangladesh |
3,431 |
4,123 |
2.24 |
2.64 |
| Belarus |
836 |
734 |
8.53 |
7.53 |
| Belize |
81 |
92 |
29.40 |
32.67 |
| Bolivia |
478 |
454 |
5.21 |
4.85 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
70 |
73 |
1.79 |
1.86 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
0 |
2 |
0.00 |
0.52 |
| Canada |
663 |
606 |
2.05 |
1.86 |
| Costa Rica |
338 |
348 |
7.81 |
7.91 |
| Croatia |
68 |
74 |
1.49 |
1.62 |
| Cyprus |
16 |
14 |
1.91 |
1.66 |
| Czech Republic |
104 |
136 |
1.02 |
1.33 |
| Denmark |
53 |
29 |
0.98 |
0.53 |
| Dominican Republic |
1,666 |
1,537 |
17.59 |
15.99 |
| Ecuador |
2,121 |
2,385 |
16.24 |
18.07 |
| Egypt |
364 |
440 |
0.50 |
0.59 |
| El Salvador |
3,779 |
3,927 |
56.67 |
58.07 |
| England and Wales |
766 |
755 |
1.43 |
1.41 |
| Estonia |
113 |
91 |
8.41 |
6.79 |
| Finland |
113 |
112 |
2.15 |
2.13 |
| Georgia |
403 |
323 |
9.01 |
7.29 |
| Germany |
780 |
727 |
0.94 |
0.88 |
| Greece |
127 |
109 |
1.14 |
0.98 |
| India |
32,719 |
32,481 |
2.88 |
2.82 |
| Ireland |
65 |
67 |
1.57 |
1.59 |
| Italy |
610 |
625 |
1.04 |
1.06 |
| Jordan |
67 |
100 |
1.21 |
1.75 |
| Kazakhstan |
1,804 |
1,729 |
11.86 |
11.29 |
| Kenya |
2,313 |
2,090 |
6.50 |
5.72 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
491 |
446 |
9.44 |
8.48 |
| Latvia |
130 |
148 |
5.65 |
6.47 |
| Lebanon |
94 |
23 |
2.34 |
0.57 |
| Liechtenstein |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Lithuania |
369 |
277 |
10.77 |
8.13 |
| Malaysia |
497 |
604 |
1.94 |
2.31 |
| Malta |
4 |
0 |
0.99 |
0.00 |
| Mauritius |
37 |
50 |
2.98 |
4.00 |
| Mexico |
11,372 |
11,558 |
10.91 |
10.97 |
| Monaco |
1 |
1 |
3.08 |
3.07 |
| Mongolia |
310 |
311 |
12.01 |
11.94 |
| Montenegro |
22 |
25 |
3.62 |
4.16 |
| Morocco |
160 |
162 |
0.52 |
0.53 |
| Nepal |
564 |
509 |
2.08 |
1.84 |
| Netherlands |
197 |
159 |
1.21 |
0.97 |
| New Zealand |
61 |
47 |
1.49 |
1.14 |
| Nicaragua |
436 |
465 |
7.98 |
8.41 |
| Northern Ireland |
26 |
23 |
1.51 |
1.33 |
| Norway |
33 |
33 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
145 |
3.85 |
| Panama |
364 |
363 |
11.26 |
11.04 |
| Paraguay |
887 |
742 |
15.02 |
12.33 |
| Philippines |
3,240 |
3,296 |
3.83 |
3.82 |
| Poland |
555 |
490 |
1.45 |
1.28 |
| Portugal |
175 |
227 |
1.66 |
2.15 |
| Republic of Moldova |
226 |
184 |
5.83 |
4.80 |
| Romania |
457 |
438 |
2.11 |
2.03 |
| Scotland |
81 |
109 |
1.59 |
2.13 |
| Serbia |
142 |
144 |
1.44 |
1.46 |
| Singapore |
21 |
17 |
0.49 |
0.39 |
| Slovakia |
72 |
65 |
1.34 |
1.21 |
| Slovenia |
20 |
12 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
| Spain |
405 |
336 |
0.93 |
0.77 |
| Sweden |
127 |
115 |
1.41 |
1.27 |
| Switzerland |
75 |
60 |
1.01 |
0.80 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
206 |
239 |
1.09 |
1.23 |
| Tajikistan |
157 |
228 |
2.40 |
3.43 |
| Thailand |
5,141 |
5,023 |
8.16 |
7.92 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
44 |
41 |
2.16 |
2.01 |
| Turkey |
3,082 |
2,999 |
4.22 |
4.06 |
| Turkmenistan |
162 |
142 |
3.35 |
2.90 |
| Ukraine |
3,030 |
2,958 |
6.46 |
6.35 |
| United Arab Emirates |
56 |
39 |
1.36 |
0.92 |
| United States of America |
16,740 |
17,034 |
5.58 |
5.62 |
These figures are collected by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime through its Survey of Crime Trends. Its definition of intentional homicide is “death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person, including infanticide”.