Jamaica is the top country by homicides by firearm rate in the world. As of 2022, homicides by firearm rate in Jamaica was 44.7 cases per 100,000 population. The top 5 countries also includes Saint Lucia, Bahamas, Ecuador, and Belize.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.“Homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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| Liechtenstein | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Jordan | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Slovakia | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Uruguay | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 6.8 | ||
| Honduras | 63.4 | 72.0 | 68.0 | 62.5 | 53.4 | 42.3 | 41.9 | 29.2 | 27.1 | 30.2 | 27.0 | 28.7 | |||
| Chile | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Bahamas | 10.4 | 18.5 | 24.9 | 22.8 | 27.8 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 23.7 | 26.8 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 25.5 | 28.5 | |
| Georgia | 0.8 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||
| France | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Argentina | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||||||||
| Barbados | 4.0 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 11.7 | ||
| Sweden | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||||
| Belarus | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||||||
| Grenada | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Czechia | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Bahrain | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| Iceland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |||
| Mexico | 4.7 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 17.8 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 17.5 | |
| Suriname | 2.6 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||||||||
| Uganda | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |||||||
| Belize | 25.1 | 25.8 | 29.6 | 16.6 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 25.1 | 23.4 | 20.0 | 22.7 | 22.5 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 18.0 | 24.8 | 27.9 | 24.5 | 22.5 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 18.4 | |||||||
| Namibia | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||
| Estonia | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 32.4 | 40.1 | 42.4 | 48.1 | |||||||||||
| Slovenia | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Luxembourg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
| Latvia | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 21.1 | 25.2 | 17.6 | 20.4 | 22.2 | 21.0 | 23.3 | 25.5 | 27.6 | 28.5 | 20.6 | ||||
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Morocco | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Armenia | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | ||||
| Montenegro | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | ||||
| Singapore | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 34.4 | 31.5 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 26.3 | 33.4 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||||
| Japan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| El Salvador | 52.2 | 47.8 | 49.6 | 26.0 | 27.1 | 48.4 | 88.8 | 68.1 | 48.0 | 41.4 | 27.9 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 4.8 | |
| Israel | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Saint Lucia | 15.9 | 18.0 | 12.1 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 18.1 | 12.4 | 17.4 | 22.3 | 26.2 | 30.6 | ||||
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Cabo Verde | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | |||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||
| Mauritius | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Austria | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| United States of America | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | |||
| Italy | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Ecuador | 10.1 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 22.6 | ||
| Republic of Korea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| State of Palestine | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |||||||||||
| Nicaragua | 7.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Albania | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | ||
| Andorra | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Cyprus | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |||
| Panama | 6.5 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.2 | |||
| Dominica | 6.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 1.4 | |||||
| Canada | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
| Lithuania | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Croatia | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Malta | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Germany | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |||
| Finland | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.5 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 27.4 | 22.7 | 20.9 | 9.5 | 17.2 | 20.1 | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Mongolia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Hungary | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jamaica | 40.1 | 28.8 | 28.2 | 31.9 | 25.7 | 34.9 | 39.2 | 47.9 | 36.1 | 39.8 | 39.6 | 44.2 | 44.7 | ||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||
| Brazil | 16.4 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 15.9 | |||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Cuba | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Denmark | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Poland | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| China, Macao Special Administrative Region | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Australia | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Thailand | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Portugal | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 16.6 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 6.7 | ||||
| Greece | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Netherlands | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Philippines | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | |||||||||
| Eswatini | 0.5 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||
| Norway | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
| Peru | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | |||||
| Egypt | 0.5 | 2.1 | |||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||
| Qatar | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | ||||
| India | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Guyana | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | |||||
| Paraguay | 6.7 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | |||
| Colombia | 35.0 | 28.0 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 25.8 | 21.1 | 19.7 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 18.3 | 18.1 | |
| Romania | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Algeria | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Costa Rica | 5.0 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 | ||
| Republic of Moldova | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Republic of North Macedonia | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Serbia | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Oceania | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1 | 4.4 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 8.5 | |||||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 60.7 | 39.8 | 33.5 | 18.9 | 12.6 | 25.2 | |||||||||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Tajikistan | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||
| Oman | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Monaco | 0.0 | 0.0 |