List of countries by intentional death rate

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The following list of intentional death rates by country has been obtained by adding the suicide rate from the World Health Organization to homicide rate from the UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Study, in both cases as they appear at Wikipedia. Intentional deaths include homicide (intentional injury death of another) and suicide (intentional injury death of self).

Based upon various metrics alongside calculations over the course of multiple years, Singapore has the lowest intentional death rate in the world, with Honduras being the highest.[1][2]

Definition[]

The class of violent deaths documented in this article is intentional killing of others outside of war. Deaths occurring during situations of civil unrest are a grey area.

Intentional homicide is defined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its Global Study on Homicide report[3] thus:

Within the broad range of violent deaths, the core element of intentional homicide is the complete liability of the direct perpetrator, which thus excludes killings directly related to war or conflicts, self-inflicted death (suicide), killings due to legal interventions or justifiable killings (such as self-defence), and those deaths caused when the perpetrator was reckless or negligent but did not intend to take a human life (non-intentional homicide).

Though some discrepancies exist in how specific categories of intentional killings are classified, the definitions used by countries to record data are generally close to the UNODC definition, making the homicide rates highly comparable at the international level.[4] UNODC uses the homicide rate as a proxy for overall violence, as this type of crime is one of the most accurately reported and internationally comparable indicators.[5]

Figures from the Global Study on Homicide are based on the UNODC Homicide Statistics dataset, which is derived from the criminal justice or public health systems of a variety of countries and territories.[6] The homicide rates derived from criminal justice data (typically recorded by police authorities) and the public health system data (recorded when the cause of death is established) may diverge substantially for some countries.[7] The two sources usually match in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, but there are large discrepancies for the three African countries reporting both sources.[8] For the 70 countries in which neither source was made available, figures were derived from WHO statistical models.[7]

Deaths resulting from an armed conflict between states are never included in the count.[9] Killings caused by a non-international armed conflict may or may not be included, depending on the intensity of hostilities and whether it is classified as 'civil unrest' or a clash between organized armed groups.[9]

List of countries by intentional death rate[]

See also: List of countries by intentional homicide rate and List of countries by suicide rate
Intentional deaths per 100,000 people per year
Rank Country Homicide Suicide[10] Intentional Death Ratio (Homicide:Suicide)
108  Egypt 3.4[11] 0.1 3.5 34.00
107  Maldives 3.9[11] 0.3 4.2 13.00
106  Syria 2.3 0.1 2.4 23.00
105  São Tomé and Príncipe 1.9 0.9 2.8 2.11
104  Azerbaijan 2.1 0.6 2.8 3.50
103  Jordan 2.0 1.1 2.9 1.82
102  Armenia 1.8 1.9 3.3 0.95
101  Kuwait 0.4 1.8 4.0 0.22
100  Tajikistan 1.6 2.6 4.2 0.62
99  Bahrain 0.5 3.8 4.4 0.13
98  Malta 1.0 3.4 4.4 0.29
97  Greece 1.5 3.5 5 0.43
96  Cyprus[12] 1.7 3.6 5.3 0.47
95  Antigua and Barbuda 6.8 0.0 6.8 100.00+
94  Haiti 6.9 0 6.9 100.00+
93  Italy 0.9 6.3 7.2 0.14
92  Turkey[13] 3.3 3.94 7.24 0.84
91  Singapore[1] 0.1 4.7 7.3 0.01
90  United Kingdom[14] (more info) 1.4 6.1 7.4 0.19
89  Israel[15] 2.0 5.9 7.9 0.36
88  Albania[16] 4.0 4.0 8.0 1.00
87  Uzbekistan 3.7 4.7 8.4 0.79
86  Spain 0.8 7.6 8.4 0.11
85  Georgia 4.3 4.3 8.6 1.00
84  Pakistan[17] 4.0 0.88 4.88 4.54
83  Mauritius 2.5 7.8 9.3 0.37
82  Iran[18] 3 6.4 9.4 0.47
81  Netherlands[12] 1.1 8.5 9.6 0.13
80  Macedonia[12] 1.9 8.0 9.9 0.24
79  Luxembourg[12] 2.5 7.8 10.3 0.32
78  Germany[12] 0.8 9.9 10.7 0.08
77  Australia[19] 1 9.7 10.7 0.10
76  Philippines 8.8 2.1 10.9 4.19
75  Peru 10.3 0.9 11.2 11.44
74  Slovakia[12] 1.5 9.9 11.4 0.15
73  Grenada 11.5 0.0 11.5 100.00+
72  Iceland[20] 0.3 11.3 11.6 0.03
71   Switzerland 0.7 11.1 11.8 0.06
70  Denmark[21] 0.9 11.3 12.2 0.08
69  Norway 0.6 11.9 12.5 0.05
68  Thailand 4.8 7.8 12.6 0.62
67  Portugal[12][22] 1.2 11.5 12.7 0.10
66  Sweden 1 11.9 12.9 0.08
65  Seychelles 8.3 4.6 12.9 1.80
64  Ireland 1.2 11.8 13 0.10
63  Canada[23] (more info) 1.6 11.5 13.1 0.14
62  Austria 0.6 12.8 13.4 0.05
61  Argentina 5.8 7.7 13.5 0.75
60  India (more info) 3.4 10.5 13.9 0.32
59  Romania 2 12.0 14 0.17
58  New Zealand[24] 0.9 13.2 14.1 0.07
57  Bulgaria 2 12.5 14.3 0.16
56  Chile 3.2 11.2 14.4 0.29
55  Czech Republic 1.7 12.8 14.5 0.13
54  Bosnia and Herzegovina[25] 1.5 13.3 14.8 0.11
53  Barbados 11.3 3.5 14.8 3.23
52  Hong Kong 0.4 14.6 15 0.03
51  Paraguay 11.5 3.6 15.1 3.19
50  Belgium 1.7 13.5 15.2 0.13
49  France (more info) 1.1 15.0 16.1 0.07
48  Costa Rica 10 6.1 16.1 1.64
47  Poland 1.1 15.4 16.5 0.07
46  United States[26] (more info) 4.8 12.0 16.8 0.40
45  Cuba 5 12.3 17.3 0.41
44  Kyrgyzstan 9.1 8.8 17.9 1.03
43  Finland[27] 2.2 16.8 19 0.13
42  Suriname 4.6 14. 19 0.32
41  Nicaragua 13.6 5.8 19.4 2.34
40  Serbia and Montenegro – – 19.5 N/A
39  Latvia 4.1 16.4 21.6 0.23
38  Croatia[28] 1.4 19.7 21.1 0.07
37  Turkmenistan 12.8 8.6 21.4 1.49
36  Uruguay 5.9 15.8 21.7 0.37
35  Japan (more info)[29] 0.4 21.7 22.1 0.02
34  Zimbabwe 14.3 7.9 22.2 1.81
33  Ecuador 15.2 7.1 22.3 2.14
32  Slovenia[30] 0.7 21.8 22.5 0.03
31  Hungary[12] 1.3 21.7 23 0.06
30 China China[31] (more info) 0.5 6.7 7.3 0.074
29  Estonia 5.2 18.1 23.3 0.29
28  Moldova 7.5 17.4 24.9 0.43
27  Sri Lanka[32](more info) 3.6 21.6 25.2 0.17
26  Brazil[33][circular reference][34][circular reference] 26.7 6.0 32.7 4.45
25  Ukraine (more info) 5.2 21.2 26.4 0.25
24  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9 3.7 26.6 6.19
23  Mexico 22.7 4.0 26.7 5.68
22  Belarus[35][36] 4.05 22.9 27 0.18
21  Panama 21.6 5.5 27.1 3.93
20  Dominican Republic 25 2.3 27.3 10.87
19  Saint Lucia 25.2 2.4 27.6 10.50
18  The Bahamas 27.4 1.2 28.6 22.83
17  Russia[37] (more info) 10.2 21.4 31.6 0.48
16  South Korea[38][39][40] (more info) 0.7 24.1 24.8 0.03
15  Kazakhstan (more info) 7.8 25.6 33.4 0.30
14  Puerto Rico 26.2 7.4 33.6 3.54
13  Saint Kitts and Nevis 38.2 0.0 38.2 100.00+
12  Lithuania[41] (more info) 6.6 31.6 38.2 0.21
11  Colombia 33.4 4.9 38.3 6.82
10  Guatemala 38.5 3.6 42.1 10.69
9  Guyana (more info) 18.6 26.4 45 0.70
8  Belize 41.4 3.7 45.1 11.19
7  Trinidad and Tobago 35.2 10.7 45.9 3.29
6  South Africa[42] 31.1 15.4 46.5 2.02
5  Venezuela 45.1 3.2 48.3 14.09
4  Jamaica 52.2 0.1 52.3 522.00
3  El Salvador 69.2 8.0 77.2 8.65
2  Honduras[2] 91.6 3.84 95.44 23.85
1  Greenland[43][44][45] (more info) 19.2 108.1 127.3 0.18

See also[]

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