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Homicides per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 23 countries was 2.3 homicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in the Philippines: 8.4 homicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Japan: 0.2 homicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: homicides per 100,000 people; Source: The UN office on drugs and crime
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Countries Homicide rate, 2017 Global rank Available data
Philippines 8.4 1 1990 - 2017
Afghanistan 7.1 2 2009 - 2017
Mongolia 6.2 3 2003 - 2017
Kazakhstan 5 4 1990 - 2017
Kyrgyzstan 4.2 5 1990 - 2017
Pakistan 4.2 6 1990 - 2017
Armenia 2.4 7 1990 - 2017
Sri Lanka 2.3 8 1990 - 2017
Bangladesh 2.2 9 2000 - 2017
Azerbaijan 2 10 1990 - 2017
Bhutan 1.6 11 1990 - 2017
Jordan 1.4 12 1990 - 2017
Saudi Arabia 1.3 13 1999 - 2017
Uzbekistan 1.1 14 1990 - 2017
China 0.6 15 1995 - 2017
South Korea 0.6 16 1990 - 2017
Oman 0.5 17 2001 - 2017
UA Emirates 0.5 18 2003 - 2017
Indonesia 0.4 19 1998 - 2017
Hong Kong 0.3 20 1990 - 2017
Macao 0.3 21 1991 - 2017
Japan 0.2 22 1990 - 2017
Singapore 0.2 23 1990 - 2017



Definition: Number of homicides per 100,000 people per year.

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