List of countries by homicide rate

List of countries by homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants.

The reliability of underlying national homicide rate data may vary.

Homicide demographics are affected by the improvement of trauma care, leading to reduced lethality of violent assaults—thus the homicide rate may also not necessarily indicate the overall level of societal violence.

1990s

 * 1995/1997
 * 1998/2000

2000s

 * 1998/2000
 * 2001/2002
 * 2003/2004