Based on a comparison of 80 countries in 2012, Brazil ranked the highest in homicides with 50,108 persons followed by India and Nigeria. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1.00 persons, Luxembourg with 3.00 persons and Singapore with 11.0 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Homicide (Victims of Crime) indicator page.
| Homicide (Victims of Crime) | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Brazil | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44,625 | 45,885 | 44,518 | 43,272 | ||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17,973 | 16,119 | 14,811 | 14,667 | 13,410 | ... | ... | ||||
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | 16,119 | 15,423 | 14,911 | 15,454 | 15,013 | |||||||||||||
| India | persons | ... | ... | ... | 41,426 | 41,521 | 41,899 | 41,542 | 42,299 | |||||||||||||
| Iran | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,452 | 8,867 | 14,006 | 19,803 | 25,757 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Pakistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,048 | 10,556 | 12,059 | 12,491 | 13,208 | ||||||||
| Philippines | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,196 | 5,739 | 5,820 | 6,368 | 8,897 | ||||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | 16,617 | 15,954 | 14,574 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | persons | ... | ... | 19,202 | 18,487 | 18,148 | 16,834 | 15,940 | ||||||||||||||
| Thailand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,687 | 4,435 | 3,974 | 3,703 | 3,654 | ... | |||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | 17,309 | 17,128 | 16,465 | 15,399 | 14,722 | |||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,257 | 13,156 | 14,589 | 13,985 | 13,080 | ||||||||||
| Vietnam | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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