list of countries by intentional homicide rate

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[[File:2021 Homicide rates in countries with highest homicide rates - variable-width bar chart.svg |thumb |upright=1.8 |The countries with the most homicides per unit population are generally countries with small populations (very narrow rectangles in chart, 2021).● Homicide data from {{cite web |title=Homicide rate UNODC / Homicide rate, 2021 |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table |website=OurWorldInData.org |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241104050317/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table |archive-date=4 November 2024 |date=2023 |url-status=live}} UNODC data for most countries is for 2021.

● 2021 Population data from {{cite web |title=The World Factbook (2021 Archive) Country Comparisons – Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/field/population/country-comparison |publisher=U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704193118/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/field/population/country-comparison |archive-date=4 July 2024 |url-status=live}}]]

The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.{{cite web |title=Intentional Homicide |url=https://dataunodc.un.org/dp-intentional-homicide-victims |website=dataunodc.un.org |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)}} Table by country. Some have 2023 data. Can select countries, regions, years, gender, mechanisms, relationship, and more. Use fit-to-page button at bottom to see everything. Use [https://dataunodc.un.org/sites/dataunodc.un.org/files/data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx dataset link] to get all the data with higher accuracy. Table last fully updated from dataset retrieved 24 November 2024. Individual countries updated since then.{{cite web |title=Victims of Intentional Homicide: 2018 |url=https://dataunodc.un.org/content/homicide-rate-option-2 |publisher=UNODC}} United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Map and table of rates and counts. Pick a country (or countries) in the sidebar "Country" dropdown menu. Then pick a year (1990-2018). Click that country on the map to see a timeline graph of homicide rates. Below the map see a timeline table of the rates and counts for that country or countries. There is a "Bulk data download" link at top right (hover to see name). May need to click twice to download.{{cite web |url=https://dataunodc.un.org/content/data/homicide/homicide-rate |title=Homicide rate {{!}} dataUNODC |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Timeline graph of "Victims of intentional homicide 1990-2018". Can select a country and a region. Table below graph shows data 1990-2018. Download link icon below table offers multiple formats just for selected country and region. Click "bulk data download" link icon twice at top of page to get Excel file that covers years 1990-2018 for all countries}} The reliability of underlying national murder rate data may vary.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/RP99-56.pdf |title=Homicide statistics, research paper 99/56 |last=Richards |first=Patsy |date=27 May 1999 |publisher=House of Commons of the United Kingdom library, Social and general statistics section |location=London, UK}} See page 7 for section called "Definition of the offence of homicide". See page 29 for table of nations and homicide rates for the years 1994–97. It also has further info on how homicide is defined across countries. Only UNODC-vetted data is used in the main table to maintain consistency. In some cases, it may not be as up to date as other sources.

Homicide rates may be under-reported for political reasons.{{cite book |author=Fry, Don. |title=Believing the news |isbn=978-0-935742-11-4 |year=1985 |publisher=Poynter Institute for Media Studies |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/believingnews0000unse }}{{cite book |author=Vizzard, William J. |title=Shots in the dark |isbn=978-0-8476-9560-7|year=2000 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}{{page needed|date=May 2018}}

A study undertaken by the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development estimated that there were approximately 490,000 intentional homicides globally in 2004, for a rate of 7.6 per 100,000.{{cite book |url=http://www.genevadeclaration.org/fileadmin/docs/Global-Burden-of-Armed-Violence-full-report.pdf |title=Global Burden of Armed Violence Report |publisher=Geneva Declaration Secretariat |date=September 2008 |location=Geneva, Switzerland |type=report |isbn=978-2-8288-0101-4 |pages=67ff |quote=data from 2004-2007}}. [http://www.genevadeclaration.org The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development]. UNODC calculated a global estimated rate of 6.9 per 100,000 in 2010;[http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/Homicide/Globa_study_on_homicide_2011_web.pdf 2011 Global Study on Homicide: Trends, Contexts, Data]. "data from 2010 or latest available year". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Vienna, Austria. 6.2 per 100,000 in 2012;{{sfn|UNODC|2014|p=12}}[http://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/data/GSH2013_Homicide_count_and_rate.xlsx Intentional homicide count and rate per 100,000 population, by country/territory (2000–2012)]. Data (in spreadsheet format) for UNODC report titled "Global Study on Homicide 2013". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Linked from [http://www.unodc.org/gsh/en/data.html Global Study on Homicide – Data: UNODC Homicide Statistics 2013] 6.1 per 100,000 in 2017; and a rate of 5.61 per 100,000 for 2022.[https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/Booklet2.pdf Global Study on Homicide 2019. Booklet 2]. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). See page 11 for global rate. See page 9 about homicide rates as proxy for overall violence. See Box 1 on page 14 for criminal justice data sources versus public health sources. See figure 2 on page 14 for regional homicide rates in 2017. See figure 3 on page 16 for regional number of homicides. See page 85 about the six-booklet format of this study. Look for page numbers on the bottom of pages, and ignore the incorrect page numbers provided by your PDF reader.