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Which Country Has the Most Homicides?

Homicide (Victims of Crime) (persons), 2012 or latest

Law & Crime | February 22, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 80 countries in 2012, Brazil ranked the highest in homicides with 50,108 persons followed by India and Nigeria. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1.00 persons, Luxembourg with 3.00 persons and Singapore with 11.0 persons.

Data for more countries are available at Homicide (Victims of Crime) indicator page.

Homicide (Victims of Crime)	Unit	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Brazil	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	44,625	45,885	44,518	43,272
China	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					17,973	16,119	14,811	14,667	13,410	...	...
Colombia	persons				...	...	...									16,119	15,423	14,911	15,454	15,013
India	persons				...	...	...									41,426	41,521	41,899	41,542	42,299
Iran	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Mexico	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									10,452	8,867	14,006	19,803	25,757
Nigeria	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Pakistan	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							10,048	10,556	12,059	12,491	13,208
Philippines	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									6,196	5,739	5,820	6,368	8,897
Russia	persons															...	...	16,617	15,954	14,574
South Africa	persons	...	...													19,202	18,487	18,148	16,834	15,940
Thailand	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									4,687	4,435	3,974	3,703	3,654		...
USA	persons	...														17,309	17,128	16,465	15,399	14,722
Venezuela	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									12,257	13,156	14,589	13,985	13,080
Vietnam	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...