List of killings by law enforcement officers by country

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This is a list of deaths caused by law enforcement officers by country.

List[]

Country (or dependent territory, subnational area, etc.) Region People killed by
security forces 		Breakdown Population Rate per 10 million people Year listed Notes Source
Police
Military
Intelligence
agencies
Other
 Venezuela Americas 28,887,118 1829.9 2019 [1][2]
 El Salvador Americas 1087 6,380,000 1703.8 2017 [3][4]
 Syria Asia 1,497 18,270,000 819 2019 In the context of the Syrian civil war [5]
 Philippines Asia 6,069+ 109,048,269 556.5 2016-2021 These are just the "Drug personalities who died in anti-drug operations" alone. Actual number is much higher. [6]
 Nicaragua Americas 325+ 6,218,000 522.7 2018 Up to 535 [7]
 Jamaica Americas 137 133 4 0 0 2,898,000 472.7 2018 [8]
 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 46 46 0 0 0 1,354,000 339.7 2014 [9]
 Brazil Americas 5,804 210,147,125 276.2 2019 [10]
 Bahamas Americas 11 11 0 0 0 399,285 275.7 2018 [11]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 2 2 0 0 0 110,211 181.8 2018 [12]
 Afghanistan Asia 606 49 267 234 56 35,530,000 170.5 2018 [13]
 Guyana Americas 12+ 12 0 0 0 787,076 152.5 2018 [14][15][16][17][18]
 Dominican Republic Americas 142 134 5 0 3 10,770,000 131.8 2017 [19]
 Honduras Americas 37 9,158,345 40.4 2019 [20]
 South Africa Africa 436 56,720,000 76.9 2017/8 [21]
 Central African Republic Africa 30+ 30+ 4,659,000 64.4 2015/6 18 documented executions with credible information about 12 other cases [22]
 Lesotho Africa 19 2,233,000 63.8 2017/8 Data from 16 months, rate divided accordingly. [23]
 Uruguay Americas 67 3,469,551 35.1 2014-2019 Data for 66 months, rate adjusted accordingly. [24]
 Burkina Faso Africa 116 19,190,000 60.4 2018/9 From September 2018 to February 2019 [25]
 Saint Lucia Americas 1 1 0 0 0 178,844 56.2 2019 [26]
 Burundi Africa 39 10 1 2 26 10,860,000 35.9 2018 Data from 8 months, rate multiplied accordingly. [27]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa 389 81,340,000 47.8 2018 [28]
 Iraq Asia 176+ 39,309,783 45.1 2019 [29][30]
 Nigeria Africa 841 190,900,000 44.0 2018 [31]
 Kenya Africa 222 50,950,879 43.5 2018 [32]
 Iran Asia 304+ 83,372,584 36.6 2019 Low estimate, real figure is likely to be higher [33]
 United States Americas 946 946 331,449,281 28.54 2020 Based on data compiled by The Washington Post. See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
 Angola Africa 100+ 28,810,000 34.7 2016 Data from capital city only. [34]
 Colombia Americas 169 97 72 0 0 49,070,000 34.1 2017 [35]
 Mali Africa 60+ 18,540,000 32.3 2018 [36]
 Sudan Africa 138+ 43,110,000 32.1 2019 [37]
 Rwanda Africa 37+ 11,920,000 31.0 2016/7 [38]
 Mexico Americas 371 145 170 0 56 124,041,731 30.0 2017 [35]
 Bangladesh Asia 466 164,700,000 28.3 2018 [39]
 Pakistan Asia 495 197,000,000 25.2 2017 [40]
 Swaziland Africa 3+ 1,357,161 22.1 2019 [41]
 Argentina Americas 95 44,270,000 21.6 2019 [42]
 Egypt Africa 212 97,550,000 21.2 2018 Counted using graph [43]
 Malta Europe 1 0 1 0 0 493,559 20.0 2019 [44]
 Luxembourg Europe 1 1 0 0 0 590,321 16.9 2018 [45]
 India Asia 1,731 125 1606 1,380,000,000 12.54 2019 "Other" lists killings while in judicial custody. Official numbers are considerably lower. Official 2018 statistics show only 46 deaths in police custody and 24 deaths of people in police/judicial remand and an additional 21 civilian killed during police operations for a total of 91 nationally. See Table 16A and 16B.4 of Official Govt. of India publication: Crime in India 2018 [46][47]
 Canada Americas 36 37,060,000 9.7 2017 See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada [48]
 Belgium Europe 5 5 11,589,623 4.3 2021 [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]
 France Europe 26 26 67,392,000 3.8 2018 [57]
 Indonesia Asia 77+ 264,000,000 2.9 2018 As of August 17, 2018 [58]
 Netherlands Europe 4 4 0 0 0 17,080,000 2.3 2017 [59]
 New Zealand Oceania 1 1 0 0 0 4,794,000 2.1 2018 One additional death ruled inconclusive [60]
 Norway Europe 1 1 0 0 0 5,258,000 1.9 2016 [61]
 Finland Europe 1 1 0 0 0 5,503,000 1.8 2018 [62]
   Nepal Asia 5+ 5 0 0 0 29,300,000 1.7 2019 [63]
 Australia Oceania 4 0 0 0 0 24,600,000 1.7 2016/7 [64]
 Germany Europe 11 11 0 0 0 82,887,000 1.3 2018 See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany [65]
 Hong Kong Asia 1 1 0 0 0 7,392,000 1.3 2019 See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in China [66]
 Portugal Europe 1 1 0 0 0 10,290,000 1.0 2018 [67]
 Sweden Europe 1 1 0 0 0 10,327,589 1.0 2019 [68]
 Taiwan Asia 2 2 0 0 0 23,580,000 0.8 2018 [69]
 United Kingdom Europe 3 3 0 0 0 66,040,229 0.5 2019 Fatal shootings. See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United Kingdom [70]
 Poland Europe 2 2 0 0 0 38,433,600 0.5 2020 See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Poland [71][72]
 Japan Asia 2 2 0 0 0 127,185,332 0.2 2018 [73][74]
 Denmark Europe 0 0 0 0 0 5,805,000 0 2019 [75]
 Iceland Europe 0 0 0 0 0 350,000 0 2016 2013 was the only year in which police killed anybody [76]
  Switzerland Europe 0 - - - - 8,420,000 0 2018 [77]

Historical data[]

2010s[]

Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
 Argentina 109 105 121 116 154 125 113 107 110 95
 Australia 3 6 4 1 3 10 5 4
 Bangladesh 208 154 192 195 162 466 204
 Burundi 265 59 39
 Brazil 4,224 5,144 6,160 5,804
 Canada 28 29 23 23 24 36 41 36 14 36 41
 Colombia 236 163 169
 Denmark 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0
 Dominican Republic 244 269 209 193 168 142
 Finland 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
 France 10 20 21 15 24 27 24 36 28 28 28 2
 Germany 8 6 8 8 7 10 11 14 11 17 9 1
 Iceland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
 Jamaica 357 210 219 258 115 101 111 168 137
 Kenya 143 205 256 222 58
 Netherlands 2 2 5 5 3 3 4
 New Zealand 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 1
 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
 Poland 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 1
 Portugal 5 1 3 2 0 0 4 2 1
 South Africa 423 400 394 436
 Sweden 0 1 0 4 3 2 3 1 6 1
 United Kingdom 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 6 1 3 5
 United States 1,276 1,350 1,649 1,629 1,486 1,356 1,356 1,767 1,603 1,536
 Uruguay 17 22
 Venezuela 5,995[78] 4,998[78] 5,287 +1,713[78]
 Belgium 3 1 2 2 7 2 2 2 3 2

2000s[]

Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 Belgium 2 14 13 23 20 22 22 0 2 2

1990s[]

Country 1996 1997 1998 1999
 Belgium 2 1 2 2

See also[]

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