10 countries with the highest homicide rates
How do Canada and the U.S. compare to the world’s homicide hot spots?
Handguns seized by police lie, zip-tied into bundles, on the floor of the police armory, in Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. Roughly 2,000 seized guns were transported from the police armory to a cement factory and melted down by police and UN officials. (AP Photo/ David McFadden)
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Murders per 100,000 population:
1. Honduras 82.1
2. El Salvador 66
3. Ivory Coast 56.9
4. Jamaica 52.1
5. Venezuela 49
6. Belize 41.7
7. Guatemala 41.4
8. St. Kitts and Nevis 38.2
9. Zambia 38
10. Uganda 36.3
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103. United States of America 5
150. Canada 1.8
Note: Top 10 excludes dependencies and territories
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(2010 data or latest year available, released in 2011)
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