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Homicides per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 24 countries was 1.4 homicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Lithuania: 4.5 homicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Luxembourg: 0.3 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
Lithuania 4.5 1 1990 - 2017
Latvia 4.2 2 1992 - 2017
Hungary 2.5 3 1990 - 2017
Estonia 2.2 4 1990 - 2017
Belgium 1.7 5 1990 - 2017
Bulgaria 1.5 6 1990 - 2017
Romania 1.5 7 1990 - 2017
Slovakia 1.5 8 1990 - 2017
France 1.3 9 1990 - 2017
Denmark 1.2 10 1990 - 2017
Finland 1.2 11 1990 - 2017
Croatia 1.1 12 1990 - 2017
Sweden 1.1 13 1990 - 2017
Germany 1 14 1990 - 2017
Ireland 0.9 15 1990 - 2017
Slovenia 0.9 16 1990 - 2017
Netherlands 0.8 17 1990 - 2017
Poland 0.8 18 1990 - 2017
Greece 0.7 19 1990 - 2017
Portugal 0.7 20 1990 - 2017
Spain 0.7 21 1990 - 2017
Cyprus 0.6 22 1990 - 2017
Czechia 0.6 23 1994 - 2017
Luxembourg 0.3 24 1994 - 2017


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

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