Kidnapping rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Kidnappings per 100,000 people, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 21 countries was 1.9 kidnappings per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Belgium: 10.3 kidnappings per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Croatia: 0 kidnappings per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: kidnappings per 100,000 people; Source: The UN office on drugs and crime
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Countries Kidnapping rate, 2017 Global rank Available data
Belgium 10.3 1 2003 - 2017
Luxembourg 7.7 2 2006 - 2017
Germany 5.6 3 2004 - 2017
Cyprus 3.1 4 2003 - 2017
Portugal 2.8 5 2004 - 2017
Netherlands 2.1 6 2005 - 2017
Slovakia 1.7 7 2005 - 2017
Ireland 1.6 8 2003 - 2017
Romania 1.6 9 2003 - 2017
Bulgaria 1.4 10 2003 - 2017
Greece 0.7 11 2004 - 2017
Italy 0.3 12 2003 - 2017
Czechia 0.2 13 2003 - 2017
Latvia 0.2 14 2003 - 2017
Spain 0.1 15 2005 - 2017
Croatia 0 16 2004 - 2017
Estonia 0 17 2003 - 2017
Finland 0 18 2003 - 2017
Hungary 0 19 2003 - 2017
Lithuania 0 20 2003 - 2017
Slovenia 0 21 2003 - 2017


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

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1. Belgium
2. Luxembourg
3. Germany
4. Cyprus
5. Portugal
6. Netherlands
7. Slovakia
8. Ireland
9. Romania
10. Bulgaria
11. Greece
12. Italy
13. Czechia
14. Latvia
15. Spain
16. Croatia
17. Estonia
18. Finland
19. Hungary
20. Lithuania
21. Slovenia
10.3
7.7
5.6
3.1
2.8
2.1
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.4
0.7
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
2.6
5.2
7.7
10.3


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