The Green Man: National Murder Rates

The Green Man June 13, 2003

National Murder Rates

Ever wondered how safe your country was compared to the rest of the world.

Click on the "Continue Reading" below for a table of murder rates per 100,000 for each country. Some of the data is a bit old but it makes for interesting reading just the same.

Country	Year	Population	Total Homicide	Firearm Homicide	Non-Gun Homicide	% Households With Guns
South Africa	1995	41,465,000	75.30	26.60	48.70	n/a
Colombia	1996	37,500,000	64.60	50.60	14.00	n/a
Estonia	1994	1,499,257	28.21	8.07	20.14	n/a
Brazil	1993	160,737,000	19.04	10.58	8.46	n/a
Mexico	1994	90,011,259	17.58	9.88	7.70	n/a
Philippines	1996	72,000,000	16.20	3.50	12.70	n/a
Taiwan¹	1996	21,979,444	8.12	0.97	7.15	n/a
N. Ireland	1994	1,641,711	6.09	5.24	0.85	8.4
United States²	1999	272,691,000	5.70	3.72	1.98	39.0
Argentina	1994	34,179,000	4.51	2.11	2.40	n/a
Hungary	1994	10,245,677	3.53	0.23	3.30	n/a
Finland³	1994	5,088,333	3.24	0.86	2.38	23.2
Portugal	1994	5,138,600	2.98	1.28	1.70	n/a
Mauritius	1993	1,062,810	2.35	0	2.35	n/a
Israel	1993	5,261,700	2.32	0.72	1.60	n/a
Italy	1992	56,764,854	2.25	1.66	0.59	16.0
Scotland	1994	5,132,400	2.24	0.19	2.05	4.7
Canada	1992	28,120,065	2.16	0.76	1.40	29.1
Slovenia	1994	1,989,477	2.01	0.35	1.66	n/a
Australia	1994	17,838,401	1.86	0.44	1.42	19.4
Singapore	1994	2,930,200	1.71	0.07	1.64	n/a
South Korea	1994	44,453,179	1.62	0.04	1.58	n/a
New Zealand	1993	3,458,850	1.47	0.17	1.30	22.3
Belgium	1990	9,967,387	1.41	0.60	0.81	16.6
England/Wales⁴	1997	51,429,000	1.41	0.11	1.30	4.7
Switzerland⁵	1994	7,021,000	1.32	0.58	0.74	27.2
Sweden	1993	8,718,571	1.30	0.18	1.12	15.1
Denmark	1993	5,189,378	1.21	0.23	0.98	n/a
Austria	1994	8,029,717	1.17	0.42	0.75	n/a
Germany⁶	1994	81,338,093	1.17	0.22	0.95	8.9
Greece	1994	10,426,289	1.14	0.59	0.55	n/a
France	1994	57,915,450	1.12	0.44	0.68	22.6
Netherlands	1994	15,382,830	1.11	0.36	0.75	1.9
Kuwait	1995	1,684,529	1.01	0.36	0.65	n/a
Norway	1993	4,324,815	0.97	0.30	0.67	32.0
Spain	1993	39,086,079	0.95	0.21	0.74	13.1
Japan	1994	124,069,000	0.62	0.02	0.60	n/a
Ireland	1991	3,525,719	0.62	0.03	0.59	n/a
Country	Year	Population	Total Homicide	Firearm Homicide	Non-Gun Homicide	% Households With Guns

Notes:

Number of homicides: Ministry of Interior, National Police Administration (link not always active), Taiwan.

Population: As of April 1999, Government Information Office, Taiwan.

Gun Homicides: Central News Agency, Taipei, November 23, 1997.

Total homicide rate and firearm homicide rates are from FBI Uniform Crime Report(1999).
The United Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation reports Finland's gun ownership rate at 50% of households.
Total homicides and gun homicides: Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1997.

Population: 52.2 million in mid-1997, Office for National Statistics Monitor, press release.

Percent households with guns includes all army personnel.

Percent households with guns excludes East Germany.

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