Lowest homicide rates by country
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (World Bank / UNODC), one indicator of safety.
| # | Country / area | Homicides per 100,000 people | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 0.07 | 2022 |
| 2 | Singapore | 0.07 | 2023 |
| 3 | Oman | 0.14 | 2023 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 0.20 | 2022 |
| 5 | Japan | 0.23 | 2023 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 0.25 | 2020 |
| 7 | Senegal | 0.27 | 2015 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0.30 | 2022 |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 0.33 | 2020 |
| 10 | French Polynesia | 0.37 | 2009 |
| 11 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.38 | 2023 |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 0.48 | 2023 |
| 13 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.49 | 2013 |
| 14 | China | 0.50 | 2020 |
| 15 | Malta | 0.56 | 2023 |
| 16 | China, Macao SAR | 0.56 | 2023 |
| 17 | Italy | 0.57 | 2023 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0.57 | 2023 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 0.60 | 2023 |
| 20 | State of Palestine | 0.62 | 2022 |
| 21 | Maldives | 0.62 | 2019 |
| 22 | Ireland | 0.65 | 2023 |
| 23 | Croatia | 0.67 | 2023 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 0.69 | 2022 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 0.69 | 2023 |
| 26 | Spain | 0.69 | 2023 |
| 27 | Norway | 0.72 | 2023 |
| 28 | Hungary | 0.72 | 2023 |
| 29 | Portugal | 0.72 | 2022 |
| 30 | Malaysia | 0.73 | 2023 |
| 31 | Czechia | 0.77 | 2023 |
| 32 | Montenegro | 0.79 | 2023 |
| 33 | Poland | 0.80 | 2023 |
| 34 | Cyprus | 0.82 | 2023 |
| 35 | Greece | 0.84 | 2023 |
| 36 | Denmark | 0.84 | 2023 |
| 37 | Australia | 0.85 | 2023 |
| 38 | Austria | 0.88 | 2023 |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 0.89 | 2020 |
| 40 | Germany | 0.91 | 2023 |
| 41 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0.91 | 2019 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 0.94 | 2019 |
| 43 | Tonga | 0.95 | 2019 |
| 44 | Finland | 0.98 | 2023 |
| 45 | Jordan | 0.99 | 2023 |
| 46 | Mauritania | 1.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Turkmenistan | 1.01 | 2015 |
| 48 | Belgium | 1.08 | 2021 |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 1.09 | 2023 |
| 50 | Romania | 1.11 | 2023 |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 1.12 | 2021 |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.12 | 2017 |
| 53 | Slovakia | 1.12 | 2023 |
| 54 | Benin | 1.13 | 2017 |
| 55 | Sweden | 1.15 | 2023 |
| 56 | Algeria | 1.16 | 2023 |
| 57 | Isle of Man | 1.20 | 2015 |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.22 | 2023 |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 1.25 | 2017 |
| 60 | Iceland | 1.29 | 2023 |
| 61 | Egypt | 1.31 | 2017 |
| 62 | Serbia | 1.31 | 2023 |
| 63 | France | 1.34 | 2023 |
| 64 | Albania | 1.39 | 2023 |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 1.40 | 2021 |
| 66 | New Zealand | 1.46 | 2022 |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 1.53 | 2022 |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 1.53 | 2023 |
| 69 | Estonia | 1.54 | 2023 |
| 70 | Viet Nam | 1.54 | 2011 |
| 71 | Israel | 1.63 | 2022 |
| 72 | Morocco | 1.71 | 2023 |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.75 | 2020 |
| 74 | Malawi | 1.78 | 2012 |
| 75 | Cambodia | 1.82 | 2011 |
| 76 | Ghana | 1.83 | 2022 |
| 77 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 1.89 | 2021 |
| 78 | Aruba | 1.93 | 2014 |
| 79 | Canada | 1.98 | 2023 |
| 80 | Georgia | 2.03 | 2019 |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.06 | 2010 |
| 82 | Fiji | 2.06 | 2023 |
| 83 | Nepal | 2.13 | 2020 |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 2.16 | 2023 |
| 85 | Armenia | 2.21 | 2023 |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 2.22 | 2020 |
| 87 | Lebanon | 2.24 | 2020 |
| 88 | Mauritius | 2.27 | 2022 |
| 89 | Bangladesh | 2.34 | 2018 |
| 90 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.38 | 2014 |
| 91 | Belarus | 2.38 | 2019 |
| 92 | Bhutan | 2.47 | 2020 |
| 93 | Latvia | 2.50 | 2023 |
| 94 | Republic of Moldova | 2.54 | 2023 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 2.55 | 2022 |
| 96 | Andorra | 2.58 | 2020 |
| 97 | Myanmar | 2.58 | 2023 |
| 98 | Lithuania | 2.63 | 2023 |
| 99 | India | 2.82 | 2022 |
| 100 | Monaco | 3.08 | 2001 |
| 101 | Liberia | 3.09 | 2012 |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 3.11 | 2009 |
| 103 | Gibraltar | 3.20 | 2010 |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.23 | 2011 |
| 105 | Türkiye | 3.23 | 2023 |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 3.31 | 2019 |
| 107 | Mozambique | 3.59 | 2011 |
| 108 | Rwanda | 3.61 | 2020 |
| 109 | San Marino | 3.64 | 2002 |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 3.73 | 2008 |
| 111 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.75 | 2020 |
| 112 | Ukraine | 3.78 | 2021 |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 4.03 | 2021 |
| 114 | Timor-Leste | 4.07 | 2015 |
| 115 | Angola | 4.10 | 2016 |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 4.19 | 1994 |
| 117 | Guam | 4.33 | 2019 |
| 118 | Pakistan | 4.33 | 2023 |
| 119 | Philippines | 4.35 | 2023 |
| 120 | Cayman Islands | 4.37 | 2020 |
| 121 | Niger | 4.42 | 2012 |
| 122 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.42 | 2023 |
| 123 | Cuba | 4.46 | 2019 |
| 124 | Argentina | 4.49 | 2023 |
| 125 | Tunisia | 4.69 | 2020 |
| 126 | Thailand | 4.79 | 2011 |
| 127 | Kenya | 4.87 | 2022 |
| 128 | Liechtenstein | 5.12 | 2021 |
| 129 | Sudan | 5.15 | 2008 |
| 130 | Zambia | 5.20 | 2015 |
| 131 | Greenland | 5.35 | 2016 |
| 132 | Burundi | 5.65 | 2016 |
| 133 | United States of America | 5.76 | 2023 |
| 134 | Yemen | 5.81 | 2013 |
| 135 | Mongolia | 5.92 | 2023 |
| 136 | Bermuda | 6.18 | 2023 |
| 137 | Samoa | 6.26 | 2018 |
| 138 | Chile | 6.35 | 2023 |
| 139 | Suriname | 6.52 | 2023 |
| 140 | Cameroon | 6.76 | 2022 |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 6.76 | 2022 |
| 142 | Russian Federation | 6.77 | 2021 |
| 143 | Paraguay | 6.78 | 2023 |
| 144 | Cabo Verde | 6.99 | 2020 |
| 145 | Kiribati | 7.12 | 2012 |
| 146 | Barbados | 7.44 | 2023 |
| 147 | El Salvador | 7.90 | 2022 |
| 148 | Seychelles | 7.97 | 2022 |
| 149 | British Virgin Islands | 8.17 | 2006 |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 8.51 | 2012 |
| 151 | Peru | 8.60 | 2021 |
| 152 | Uganda | 8.97 | 2023 |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 9.34 | 2010 |
| 154 | Iraq | 9.46 | 2013 |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.72 | 2023 |
| 156 | Dominican Republic | 10.92 | 2023 |
| 157 | Namibia | 11.21 | 2021 |
| 158 | Palau | 11.23 | 2018 |
| 159 | Uruguay | 11.25 | 2023 |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 11.35 | 2021 |
| 161 | Botswana | 11.37 | 2021 |
| 162 | Panama | 11.71 | 2023 |
| 163 | Eswatini | 12.51 | 2021 |
| 164 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12.65 | 2022 |
| 165 | Grenada | 13.67 | 2023 |
| 166 | South Sudan | 13.98 | 2012 |
| 167 | Puerto Rico | 14.59 | 2023 |
| 168 | Eritrea | 15.61 | 2012 |
| 169 | Nigeria | 15.75 | 2023 |
| 170 | Curaçao | 16.92 | 2007 |
| 171 | Costa Rica | 17.75 | 2023 |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 18.29 | 2012 |
| 173 | Guyana | 19.12 | 2023 |
| 174 | Brazil | 19.28 | 2023 |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 20.12 | 2016 |
| 176 | Guatemala | 23.37 | 2023 |
| 177 | Mexico | 24.86 | 2023 |
| 178 | Colombia | 24.91 | 2023 |
| 179 | American Samoa | 25.54 | 2018 |
| 180 | Saint Martin (French part) | 26.90 | 2016 |
| 181 | Dominica | 27.06 | 2023 |
| 182 | Belize | 28.06 | 2022 |
| 183 | Honduras | 31.44 | 2023 |
| 184 | Bahamas | 32.20 | 2022 |
| 185 | Lesotho | 38.24 | 2008 |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 39.04 | 2023 |
| 187 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.44 | 2022 |
| 188 | Haiti | 41.15 | 2023 |
| 189 | South Africa | 43.72 | 2022 |
| 190 | Ecuador | 45.72 | 2023 |
| 191 | Jamaica | 49.44 | 2023 |
| 192 | United States Virgin Islands | 49.86 | 2012 |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.32 | 2023 |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 64.16 | 2023 |
| 195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.34 | 2022 |