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[No_hite_pls]

#1 Colombia: 0.617847 per 1,000 people
#2 South Africa: 0.496008 per 1,000 people
#3 Jamaica: 0.324196 per 1,000 people
#4 Venezuela: 0.316138 per 1,000 people
#5 Russia: 0.201534 per 1,000 people
#6 Mexico: 0.130213 per 1,000 people
#7 Estonia: 0.107277 per 1,000 people
#8 Latvia: 0.10393 per 1,000 people
#9 Lithuania: 0.102863 per 1,000 people
#10 Belarus: 0.0983495 per 1,000 people
#11 Ukraine: 0.094006 per 1,000 people
#12 Papua New Guinea: 0.0838593 per 1,000 people
#13 Kyrgyzstan: 0.0802565 per 1,000 people
#14 Thailand: 0.0800798 per 1,000 people
#15 Moldova: 0.0781145 per 1,000 people
#16 Zimbabwe: 0.0749938 per 1,000 people
#17 Seychelles: 0.0739025 per 1,000 people
#18 Zambia: 0.070769 per 1,000 people
#19 Costa Rica: 0.061006 per 1,000 people
#20 Poland: 0.0562789 per 1,000 people
#21 Georgia: 0.0511011 per 1,000 people
#22 Uruguay: 0.045082 per 1,000 people
#23 Bulgaria: 0.0445638 per 1,000 people
#24 United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people
#25 Armenia: 0.0425746 per 1,000 people
#26 India: 0.0344083 per 1,000 people
#27 Yemen: 0.0336276 per 1,000 people
#28 Dominica: 0.0289733 per 1,000 people
#29 Azerbaijan: 0.0285642 per 1,000 people
#30 Finland: 0.0283362 per 1,000 people
#31 Slovakia: 0.0263303 per 1,000 people
#32 Romania: 0.0250784 per 1,000 people
#33 Portugal: 0.0233769 per 1,000 people
#34 Malaysia: 0.0230034 per 1,000 people
#35 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 0.0229829 per 1,000 people
#36 Mauritius: 0.021121 per 1,000 people
#37 Hungary: 0.0204857 per 1,000 people
#38 Korea, South: 0.0196336 per 1,000 people
#39 Slovenia: 0.0179015 per 1,000 people
#40 France: 0.0173272 per 1,000 people
#41 Czech Republic: 0.0169905 per 1,000 people
#42 Iceland: 0.0168499 per 1,000 people
#43 Australia: 0.0150324 per 1,000 people
#44 Canada: 0.0149063 per 1,000 people
#45 Chile: 0.014705 per 1,000 people
#46 United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
#47 Italy: 0.0128393 per 1,000 people
#48 Spain: 0.0122456 per 1,000 people
#49 Germany: 0.0116461 per 1,000 people
#50 Tunisia: 0.0112159 per 1,000 people
#51 Netherlands: 0.0111538 per 1,000 people
#52 New Zealand: 0.0111524 per 1,000 people
#53 Denmark: 0.0106775 per 1,000 people
#54 Norway: 0.0106684 per 1,000 people
#55 Ireland: 0.00946215 per 1,000 people
#56 Switzerland: 0.00921351 per 1,000 people
#57 Indonesia: 0.00910842 per 1,000 people
#58 Greece: 0.0075928 per 1,000 people
#59 Hong Kong: 0.00550804 per 1,000 people
#60 Japan: 0.00499933 per 1,000 people

[No_hite_pls]

Source

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

[On the other hand]

Those stats have been surprising me for a few years now.

Does anyone know if the definition of murder is exactly the same in both countries? For example, are there things that would be classified as manslaughter in one place, but get classified as murder in another?

[VanIslander]

[Kuros]

[ManintheMiddle]

No hite pls:

Were you drinking Hite Beer, though, when you wrote "less" instead of "fewer?"

Take out the minority murders (re: Blacks and Hispanics) for the U.S. and you'd be looking at a different tally.

[richardlang]

Yea! Thanks for playing.

We'll do it LIVE!!!!!

[Underwaterbob]

[JBomb]

Surrey area right now is sure making a go at bumping up that stat

[blade]

Intentional Homicides Per 100,000 People, 2000-2004
Ranked Lowest to Highest

Rank Country/Region Rate
------- ---------------------------- ----------
1 Myanmar 0.2
2 Sudan 0.3
3 Egypt 0.4
4 Japan 0.5
5 Singapore 0.5
6 Botswana 0.5
7 Morocco 0.5
8 Madagascar 0.5
9 Hong Kong 0.6
10 United Arab Emirates 0.6
11 Oman 0.6
12 Vanuatu 0.7
13 Norway 0.8
14 Denmark 0.8
15 Austria 0.8
16 Greece 0.8
17 Qatar 0.8
18 Ireland 0.9
19 Luxembourg 0.9
20 Saudi Arabia 0.9
21 Jordan 0.9
22 Iceland 1
23 Netherlands 1
24 Germany 1
25 Kuwait 1
26 Bahrain 1
27 Indonesia 1.1
28 Syria 1.1
29 Spain 1.2
30 Italy 1.2
31 Tunisia 1.2
32 Australia 1.3
33 New Zealand 1.3
34 Maldives 1.3
35 Brunei 1.4
36 Algeria 1.4
37 Belgium 1.5
38 Slovenia 1.5
39 Nigeria 1.5
40 France 1.6
41 Poland 1.6
42 Cyprus 1.7
43 Chile 1.7
44 Fiji 1.7
45 Portugal 1.8
46 Malta 1.8
47 Croatia 1.8
48 Canada 1.9
49 Tonga 2
50 United Kingdom 2.1
51 Hungary 2.1
52 China 2.1
53 Korea South 2.2
54 Czech Republic 2.2
55 Slovakia 2.3
56 F.Y.R.O.Macedonia 2.3
57 Sweden 2.4
58 Romania 2.4
59 Malaysia 2.4
60 Azerbaijan 2.4
61 Mauritius 2.5
62 Armenia 2.5
63 Israel 2.6
64 Finland 2.8
65 Dominica 2.8
66 Bolivia 2.8
67 Switzerland 2.9
68 Iran 2.9
69 Bulgaria 3.1
70 Nepal 3.4
71 India 3.7
72 Turkey 3.8
73 Yemen 4
74 Palestinian Territories 4
75 Philippines 4.3
76 Sant Kitts andNevis 4.8
77 Peru 5.5
78 United States 5.6
http://www.photius.com/rankings/murder_rate_of_countries_2000-2004.html

[On the other hand]

[On the other hand]

So much for poverty=crime(or, black=crime, depending on your ideological outlook). According to this survey, Sudan, Madagascar and Botswana have fewer murders than Iceland.

Even Nigeria, while not quite reaching Sudan's heavenly heights of peace and tranquility, still manages to have fewer murders than Sweden and Finland.

[llj2kll]

Wow, surprised that Japan is at the bottom, wonder why

[Ya-ta Boy]

Not to dis the Canadians, but if a Canadian woke up in the mood to murder someone they'd have to go hunting for someone to kill in a country with 3/5's the population spread out in a country that is like 100's bigger.

Given that Koreans live in a crowded country, I think they're pretty laid back. I get stressed sometimes when the crowds get to me and feel like taking a machine gun to anyone in sight. Remarkable restraint on Koreans' part, I'd say.

[Thunndarr]

Unless you know the methodology used to measure these stats, they are largely meaningless. I mean, I'm sorry, but I really doubt that many of these countries have well developed justice systems and that their figures are as accurate as more developed countries.

Edit: from the comments section of the link