Homicide statistics by gender

Homicide statistics by gender

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Homicide Victims by Gender, by Country

Total	Male	Female

Country	Homicides	Homicide Rate	% of victims male	Homicides	Homicide Rate	% of victims female	Homicides	Homicide Rate	Year of Male/Female Ratio Data

Afghanistan	1,948	6.5	87.0%	1,695	5.7	13.0%	253	0.8	2010

Albania	157	5.0	83.4%	131	4.2	16.6%	26	0.8	2009

Algeria	280	0.7	84.0%	235	0.6	16.0%	45	0.1	2012

Angola	2,079	10.0	81.2%	1,688	8.1	18.8%	391	1.9	2010

Anguilla	1	7.5	100.0%	1	7.5	0.0%	0	0.0	2010

Antigua and Barbuda	10	11.2	67.9%	7	7.6	32.1%	3	3.6	2011

Argentina	2,237	5.5	83.6%	1,870	4.6	16.4%	367	0.9	2011

Armenia	54	1.8	64.8%	35	1.2	35.2%	19	0.6	2011

Aruba	4	3.9	100.0%	4	3.9	0.0%	0	0.0	2010

Australia	254	1.1	67.3%	171	0.7	32.7%	83	0.4	2010

Austria	77	0.9	59.8%	46	0.5	40.2%	31	0.4	2010

Azerbaijan	194	2.1	69.9%	136	1.5	30.1%	58	0.6	2012

Bahamas	111	29.8	87.4%	97	26.0	12.6%	14	3.8	2011

Bahrain	7	0.5	85.6%	6	0.4	14.4%	1	0.1	2011

Bangladesh	4,169	2.7	63.2%	2,635	1.7	36.8%	1,534	1.0	2010

Barbados	21	7.4	67.7%	14	5.0	32.3%	7	2.4	2010

Belarus	486	5.1	67.7%	329	3.5	32.3%	157	1.6	2012

Belgium	182	1.6	56.6%	103	0.9	43.4%	79	0.7	2012

Belize	145	44.7	90.3%	131	40.4	9.7%	14	4.3	2011

Benin	848	8.4	71.1%	603	6.0	28.9%	245	2.4	2011

Bhutan	12	1.7	61.2%	7	1.0	38.8%	5	0.7	2010

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1,270	12.1	77.3%	982	9.4	22.7%	288	2.7	2012

Bosnia and Herzegovina	51	1.3	68.6%	35	0.9	31.4%	16	0.4	2008

Botswana	368	18.4	76.0%	280	14.0	24.0%	88	4.4	2010

Brazil	50,108	25.2	89.8%	44,997	22.6	10.2%	5,111	2.6	2010

British Virgin Islands	2	8.4	50.0%	1	4.2	50.0%	1	4.2	2010

Brunei Darussalam	8	2.0	54.1%	4	1.1	45.9%	4	0.9	2010

Bulgaria	141	1.9	82.3%	116	1.6	17.7%	25	0.3	2011

Burkina Faso	1,311	8.0	67.2%	881	5.4	32.8%	430	2.6	2012

Burundi	790	8.0	70.4%	556	5.6	29.6%	234	2.4	2010

Cambodia	964	6.5	75.3%	726	4.9	24.7%	238	1.6	2010

Cameroon	1,654	7.6	75.5%	1,249	5.7	24.5%	405	1.9	2012

Canada	543	1.6	69.8%	379	1.1	30.2%	164	0.5	2010

Cape Verde	51	10.3	74.5%	38	7.7	25.5%	13	2.6	2010

Cayman Islands	8	14.7	87.5%	7	12.9	12.5%	1	1.8	2010

Central African Republic	532	11.8	85.6%	455	10.1	14.4%	77	1.7	2010

Chad	907	7.3	71.2%	646	5.2	28.8%	261	2.1	2010

Chile	550	3.1	81.9%	450	2.5	18.1%	100	0.6	2010

China	13,410	1.0	78.1%	10,473	0.8	21.9%	2,937	0.2	2012

China, Hong Kong SAR	27	0.4	47.1%	13	0.2	52.9%	14	0.2	2011

China, Macao SAR	4	0.7	60.0%	2	0.4	40.0%	2	0.3	2010

Colombia	14,670	30.8	91.6%	13,438	28.2	8.4%	1,232	2.6	2012

Comoros	72	10.0	70.6%	51	7.1	29.4%	21	2.9	2010

Congo	541	12.5	83.9%	454	10.5	16.1%	87	2.0	2011

Costa Rica	407	8.5	87.7%	357	7.5	12.3%	50	1.0	2011

Côte d'Ivoire	2,691	13.6	76.0%	2,045	10.3	24.0%	646	3.3	2010

Croatia	51	1.2	64.7%	33	0.8	35.3%	18	0.4	2010

Cuba	477	4.2	75.0%	358	3.2	25.0%	119	1.1	2012

Cyprus	23	2.0	77.3%	18	1.5	22.7%	5	0.5	2012

Czech Republic	105	1.0	54.3%	57	0.5	45.7%	48	0.5	2011

Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1,293	5.2	77.1%	997	4.0	22.9%	296	1.2	2010

Democratic Republic of the Congo	18,586	28.3	80.8%	15,017	22.9	19.2%	3,569	5.4	2010

Denmark	47	0.8	66.0%	31	0.5	34.0%	16	0.3	2010

Djibouti	87	10.1	72.3%	63	7.3	27.7%	24	2.8	2012

Dominica	15	21.1	87.5%	13	18.5	12.5%	2	2.6	2012

Dominican Republic	2,268	22.1	91.1%	2,066	20.1	8.9%	202	2.0	2010

Ecuador	1,924	12.4	91.8%	1,766	11.4	8.2%	158	1.0	2010

Egypt	2,703	3.4	87.8%	2,373	3.0	12.2%	330	0.4	2006

El Salvador	2,594	41.2	89.0%	2,309	36.7	11.0%	285	4.5	2010

Equatorial Guinea	142	19.3	82.5%	117	15.9	17.5%	25	3.4	2010

Eritrea	437	7.1	74.4%	325	5.3	25.6%	112	1.8	2012

Estonia	65	5.0	76.6%	50	3.8	23.4%	15	1.2	2010

Ethiopia	11,048	12.0	77.2%	8,529	9.3	22.8%	2,519	2.7	2010

Fiji	35	4.0	61.3%	21	2.5	38.7%	14	1.5	2005

Finland	89	1.6	53.9%	48	0.9	46.1%	41	0.7	2010

France	665	1.0	62.1%	413	0.6	37.9%	252	0.4	2011

French Guiana	30	13.3	81.8%	25	10.9	18.2%	5	2.4	2012

Gabon	148	9.1	83.9%	124	7.6	16.1%	24	1.5	2010

Gambia	182	10.2	68.9%	125	7.0	31.1%	57	3.2	2010

Georgia	187	4.3	75.7%	142	3.3	24.3%	45	1.0	2010

Germany	662	0.8	52.7%	349	0.4	47.3%	313	0.4	2011

Ghana	1,537	6.1	63.8%	981	3.9	36.2%	556	2.2	2011

Greece	184	1.7	93.4%	172	1.6	6.6%	12	0.1	2010

Grenada	14	13.3	64.3%	9	8.6	35.7%	5	4.7	2010

Guadeloupe	36	7.9	84.2%	30	6.7	15.8%	6	1.2	2010

Guatemala	6,025	39.9	88.9%	5,356	35.5	11.1%	669	4.4	2010

Guinea	1,018	8.9	69.4%	706	6.2	30.6%	312	2.7	2010

Guinea-Bissau	140	8.4	70.6%	99	5.9	29.4%	41	2.5	2012

Guyana	135	17.0	60.0%	81	10.2	40.0%	54	6.8	2008

Haiti	1,033	10.2	78.4%	810	8.0	21.6%	223	2.2	2012

Honduras	7,172	90.4	93.2%	6,684	84.3	6.8%	488	6.1	2010

Hungary	132	1.3	58.3%	77	0.8	41.7%	55	0.5	2010

Iceland	1	0.3	0.0%	0	0.0	100.0%	1	0.3	2010

India	43,355	3.5	59.2%	25,666	2.1	40.8%	17,689	1.4	2012

Indonesia	1,456	0.6	80.3%	1,169	0.5	19.7%	287	0.1	2010

Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3,126	4.1	81.9%	2,560	3.4	18.1%	566	0.7	2010

Iraq	2,628	8.0	68.3%	1,795	5.5	31.7%	833	2.5	2010

Ireland	54	1.2	86.7%	47	1.0	13.3%	7	0.2	2012

Israel	134	1.8	72.8%	98	1.3	27.2%	36	0.5	2010

Italy	530	0.9	69.9%	370	0.6	30.1%	160	0.3	2011

Jamaica	1,087	39.3	89.5%	973	35.2	10.5%	114	4.1	2010

Japan	442	0.3	47.1%	208	0.1	52.9%	234	0.2	2012

Jordan	133	2.0	76.6%	102	1.5	23.4%	31	0.5	2010

Kazakhstan	1,263	7.8	82.1%	1,037	6.4	17.9%	226	1.4	2010

Kenya	2,761	6.4	76.6%	2,115	4.9	23.4%	646	1.5	2010

Kiribati	8	8.2	69.4%	6	5.7	30.6%	2	2.5	2012

Kuwait	12	0.4	83.6%	10	0.3	16.4%	2	0.1	2010

Kyrgyzstan	494	9.1	68.7%	339	6.3	31.3%	155	2.8	2012

Lao People's Democratic Republic	392	5.9	79.4%	311	4.7	20.6%	81	1.2	2011

Latvia	97	4.7	49.0%	48	2.3	51.0%	49	2.4	2010

Lebanon	95	2.2	79.5%	76	1.7	20.5%	19	0.5	2012

Lesotho	764	38.0	74.0%	565	28.1	26.0%	199	9.9	2010

Liberia	135	3.2	70.1%	95	2.2	29.9%	40	1.0	2009

Libya	103	1.7	76.8%	79	1.3	23.2%	24	0.4	2010

Lithuania	202	6.7	73.8%	149	4.9	26.2%	53	1.8	2010

Luxembourg	4	0.8	100.0%	4	0.8	0.0%	0	0.0	2011

Macedonia	30	1.4	86.7%	26	1.2	13.3%	4	0.2	2010

Madagascar	2,465	11.1	71.6%	1,765	7.9	28.4%	700	3.2	2010

Malawi	279	1.8	87.5%	244	1.6	12.5%	35	0.2	2010

Malaysia	652	2.3	72.6%	473	1.7	27.4%	179	0.6	2009

Maldives	13	3.9	63.3%	8	2.5	36.7%	5	1.4	2010

Mali	1,119	7.5	65.0%	727	4.9	35.0%	392	2.6	2012

Malta	12	2.8	75.0%	9	2.1	25.0%	3	0.7	2011

Marshall Islands	2	4.7	81.3%	2	3.8	18.7%	0	0.9	2012

Martinique	11	2.7	72.7%	8	2.0	27.3%	3	0.7	2010

Mauritania	191	5.0	68.9%	132	3.4	31.1%	59	1.6	2010

Mauritius	34	2.8	76.5%	26	2.1	23.5%	8	0.7	2010

Mexico	26,037	21.5	89.3%	23,251	19.2	10.7%	2,786	2.3	2012

Micronesia (Federated States of)	5	4.6	74.2%	4	3.4	25.8%	1	1.2	2008

Mongolia	266	9.7	77.4%	206	7.5	22.6%	60	2.2	2010

Montenegro	17	2.7	82.4%	14	2.2	17.6%	3	0.5	2012

Montserrat	1	20.4	100.0%	1	20.4	0.0%	0	0.0	2010

Morocco	704	2.2	87.8%	618	1.9	12.2%	86	0.3	2010

Mozambique	3,133	12.4	75.8%	2,375	9.4	24.2%	758	3.0	2010

Myanmar	8,044	15.2	61.5%	4,947	9.3	38.5%	3,097	5.9	2010

Namibia	388	17.2	76.3%	296	13.1	23.7%	92	4.1	2008

Nepal	786	2.9	77.3%	608	2.2	22.7%	178	0.7	2010

Netherlands	145	0.9	65.0%	94	0.6	35.0%	51	0.3	2012

New Zealand	41	0.9	48.8%	20	0.4	51.2%	21	0.5	2010

Nicaragua	675	11.3	92.6%	625	10.5	7.4%	50	0.8	2010

Niger	803	4.7	66.1%	531	3.1	33.9%	272	1.6	2010

Nigeria	33,817	20.0	68.2%	23,063	13.6	31.8%	10,754	6.4	2010

Norway	111	2.2	53.2%	59	1.2	46.8%	52	1.0	2010

Oman	34	1.1	73.3%	25	0.8	26.7%	9	0.3	2010

Pakistan	13,846	7.7	76.7%	10,620	5.9	23.3%	3,226	1.8	2010

Panama	654	17.2	94.6%	619	16.3	5.4%	35	0.9	2009

Papua New Guinea	713	10.4	73.7%	525	7.7	26.3%	188	2.7	2010

Paraguay	649	9.7	88.8%	576	8.6	11.2%	73	1.1	2009

Peru	2,865	9.6	78.1%	2,238	7.5	21.9%	627	2.1	2010

Philippines	8,484	8.8	88.0%	7,466	7.7	12.0%	1,018	1.1	2011

Poland	449	1.2	73.2%	329	0.9	26.8%	120	0.3	2010

Portugal	122	1.2	70.2%	86	0.8	29.8%	36	0.4	2011

Puerto Rico	978	26.5	94.1%	920	24.9	5.9%	58	1.6	2010

Qatar	23	1.1	81.9%	19	0.9	18.1%	4	0.2	2010

Republic of Korea	427	0.9	47.5%	203	0.4	52.5%	224	0.5	2010

Republic of Moldova	229	6.5	72.5%	166	4.7	27.5%	63	1.8	2011

Réunion	15	1.8	75.0%	11	1.4	25.0%	4	0.5	2010

Romania	378	1.7	62.5%	236	1.1	37.5%	142	0.6	2010

Russian Federation	13,120	9.2	75.5%	9,906	6.9	24.5%	3,214	2.3	2012

Rwanda	2,648	23.1	70.9%	1,877	16.4	29.1%	771	6.7	2012

Saint Kitts and Nevis	18	33.6	90.5%	16	30.4	9.5%	2	3.2	2011

Saint Lucia	39	21.6	79.7%	31	17.2	20.3%	8	4.4	2008

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28	25.6	88.0%	25	22.5	12.0%	3	3.1	2010

Samoa	7	3.6	81.2%	6	2.9	18.8%	1	0.7	2010

São Tomé and Príncipe	6	3.3	74.6%	4	2.5	25.4%	2	0.8	2010

Saudi Arabia	234	0.8	66.7%	156	0.5	33.3%	78	0.3	2011

Senegal	379	2.8	74.8%	283	2.1	25.2%	96	0.7	2010

Serbia	111	1.2	64.9%	72	0.8	35.1%	39	0.4	2010

Seychelles	9	9.5	79.3%	7	7.5	20.7%	2	2.0	2010

Sierra Leone	113	1.9	76.8%	87	1.5	23.2%	26	0.4	2012

Singapore	11	0.2	62.5%	7	0.1	37.5%	4	0.1	2010

Slovakia	75	1.4	68.0%	51	1.0	32.0%	24	0.4	2011

Slovenia	14	0.7	57.1%	8	0.4	42.9%	6	0.3	2010

Solomon Islands	24	4.3	74.8%	18	3.2	25.2%	6	1.1	2010

Somalia	819	8.0	73.9%	605	5.9	26.1%	214	2.1	2012

South Africa	16,259	31.0	84.6%	13,755	26.2	15.4%	2,504	4.8	2009

South Sudan	1,504	13.9	82.5%	1,241	11.5	17.5%	263	2.4	1994

Spain	364	0.8	65.7%	239	0.5	34.3%	125	0.3	2009

Sri Lanka	707	3.4	84.8%	600	2.9	15.2%	107	0.5	2012

State of Palestine	312	7.4	87.6%	273	6.5	12.4%	39	0.9	2010

Sudan	4,159	11.2	85.3%	3,548	9.6	14.7%	611	1.6	2011

Suriname	33	6.1	75.3%	25	4.6	24.7%	8	1.5	2010

Swaziland	416	33.8	77.9%	324	26.3	22.1%	92	7.5	2011

Sweden	68	0.7	68.1%	46	0.5	31.9%	22	0.2	2010

Switzerland	46	0.6	50.0%	23	0.3	50.0%	23	0.3	2010

Syrian Arab Republic	463	2.2	84.0%	389	1.8	16.0%	74	0.4	2010

Taiwan	686	3.0	86.6%	594	2.6	13.4%	92	0.4	2009

Tajikistan	126	1.6	86.5%	109	1.4	13.5%	17	0.2	2010

Thailand	3,307	5.0	87.7%	2,900	4.4	12.3%	407	0.6	2007

Timor-Leste	39	3.6	73.1%	29	2.6	26.9%	10	1.0	2010

Togo	684	10.3	71.5%	489	7.4	28.5%	195	2.9	2010

Tonga	1	1.0	0.0%	0	0.0	100.0%	1	1.0	2010

Trinidad and Tobago	379	28.3	91.7%	348	26.0	8.3%	31	2.3	2010

Tunisia	235	2.2	77.0%	181	1.7	23.0%	54	0.5	2010

Turkey	1,866	2.6	79.5%	1,483	2.1	20.5%	383	0.5	2011

Turkmenistan	660	12.8	83.8%	553	10.7	16.2%	107	2.1	2010

Turks and Caicos Islands	2	6.6	100.0%	2	6.6	0.0%	0	0.0	2010

Uganda	3,753	10.7	86.2%	3,235	9.2	13.8%	518	1.5	2010

Ukraine	1,988	4.3	68.6%	1,364	2.9	31.4%	624	1.4	2009

United Arab Emirates	235	2.6	86.8%	204	2.3	13.2%	31	0.3	2012

United Kingdom	653	1.0	70.3%	459	0.7	29.7%	194	0.3	2012

United Republic of Tanzania (the)	6,071	12.7	73.0%	4,432	9.3	27.0%	1,639	3.4	2010

United States of America	14,827	4.7	77.8%	11,535	3.7	22.2%	3,292	1.0	2010

United States Virgin Islands	56	52.6	87.5%	49	46.0	12.5%	7	6.6	2010

Uruguay	267	7.9	79.4%	212	6.3	20.6%	55	1.6	2010

Uzbekistan	1,060	3.7	82.4%	873	3.0	17.6%	187	0.7	2010

Vanuatu	7	2.9	72.0%	5	2.1	28.0%	2	0.8	2011

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	16,072	53.7	91.9%	14,770	49.4	8.1%	1,302	4.3	2010

Viet Nam	3,037	3.3	71.5%	2,171	2.4	28.5%	866	0.9	2011

Yemen	1,099	4.8	79.5%	874	3.8	20.5%	225	1.0	2012

Zambia	1,501	10.7	77.8%	1,168	8.3	22.2%	333	2.4	2011

Zimbabwe	1,450	10.6	71.8%	1,041	7.6	28.2%	409	3.0	2010

Worldwide	436,621	78.7%	343,582	21.3%	93,033

Sentence(s)

78.7% of homicide victims worldwide are male.

final_sentence: 78.7% of homicide victims worldwide are male.