WORLD ATLAS
Homicide rate Ranking Map for 184 countries and territories
Limited coverage: Countries and territories reporting intentional-homicide victims to UNODC or the World Bank. 184 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country (2010–2025).
In the available data, Turks and Caicos Islands has the highest recorded value at 76.3 per 100,000 people (rank #1); Japan ranks #180 at 0.2 per 100,000 people. Coverage: 184 countries and territories. Reference years: Turks and Caicos Islands 2022; Japan 2023. This is recorded intentional-homicide victims per 100,000 people; higher is not a positive rank.
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01 / RANKING MAP
Compare homicide rate within the covered dataset.
Countries and territories reporting intentional-homicide victims to UNODC or the World Bank.
Japan, world rank 180 for Homicide rate, 0.2 per 100,000 people
02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Homicide rate ranking map
Countries and territories reporting intentional-homicide victims to UNODC or the World Bank. This page orders 184 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
- Top 3
- #1 Turks and Caicos Islands (76.3 per 100,000 people), #2 St. Kitts and Nevis (64.2 per 100,000 people), #3 St. Vincent and the Grenadines (51.3 per 100,000 people)
- Japan’s position
- World #180 (0.2 per 100,000 people)
- Data period
- latest available year by country (2010–2025)
Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
03 / FULL RANKING
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