SGI 2020 | Sustainable Policies | Social Policies | Safe Living

Per 100,000 of the total population, what is the national homicide rate?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Homicides per 100,000 Inhabitants
Year:	2020
Unit:	per 100,000
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	UNODC
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	ISR (2019), NZL (2019), GBR (2018)
Annotation:	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Dataset: Victims of intentional homicide; indicator: Victims of intentional homicides, rate per 100,000 population. URL: https://dataunodc.un.org/dp-… extracted June 27th, 2022
Source 2:	World Bank, World Development Indicators
Data for:	BEL
Exceptions:	BEL (2017)
Annotation:	World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) [VC.IHR.PSRC.P5] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted June 27th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	3.80875
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Homicides

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Luxembourg

9.6

0.16

Japan

9.4

0.25

Upper middle group

Italy

8.9

0.47

Slovenia

8.7

0.53

Switzerland

8.7

0.54

Norway

8.7

0.57

South Korea

8.6

0.60

Netherlands

8.5

0.62

Spain

8.5

0.64

Ireland

8.4

0.69

Poland

8.3

0.70

Austria

8.3

0.72

Czechia

8.3

0.72

Greece

8.2

0.75

Hungary

8.0

0.83

Australia

7.9

0.87

Portugal

7.8

0.91

Germany

7.8

0.93

Denmark

7.8

0.95

Croatia

7.7

0.97

Bulgaria

7.7

0.99

7.4

1.12

Slovakia

7.3

1.15

Sweden

7.1

1.23

Cyprus

7.1

1.24

France

6.8

1.35

Romania

6.6

1.46

Iceland

6.5

1.47

Israel

6.5

1.47

Malta

6.2

1.59

Finland

6.1

1.64

Belgium

6.0

1.69

Lower middle group

Canada

5.3

1.97

Turkey

4.1

2.48

New Zealand

3.8

2.63

Bottom group

Estonia

2.5

3.17

Latvia

1.2

3.71

Lithuania

1.2

3.71

Chile

1.0

4.84

USA

1.0

6.52

Mexico

1.0

28.37