Countries with the Lowest Murder Rate 2023

Source: World Bank

Countries with the Lowest Murder Rate 2023

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Key Findings

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Singapore records the lowest in Homicides (per 100,000 People) at 0.07 in 2023.

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Average Homicides (per 100,000 People) in 2023: 0.57 · median: 0.625.

About This Dataset

Countries with the Lowest Murder Rate 2023

The twenty countries with the lowest homicides (per 100,000 people) in 2023, from World Bank figures for the 83 countries that reported that year. Singapore records the lowest figure at 0.07, with Oman (0.14) and Japan (0.23) next. Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, taken from criminal justice or public health records. Countries count differently - some record every death investigated as a homicide, others only convictions - and several of the worst-affected countries report late or not at all.

Analysis

Singapore (0.07), Oman (0.14) and Japan (0.23) record the three lowest figures. Across the twenty shown, values run from 0.07 up to 0.80, a spread of 0.73. Oman, the next country up, records 2.00 times the figure for Singapore. 2 of the 20 sit within double the lowest figure, 0.14 or less. The chart shows the twenty lowest of 83 reporting countries, so it describes the bottom of the distribution rather than the world average. Countries recorded as zero are left out: the World Bank writes zero where a country did not report.

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20 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

0.07

Singapore

Homicides (per 100,000 People) · 2023

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Homicides (per 100,000 People)

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2023

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Methodology & source

Data source: World Bank
Coverage: 20 entities · 2023 · 20 observations
Measure: Homicides (per 100,000 People)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked lowest-first, because on this measure a lower number is the better result.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Homicides (per 100,000 People) · ranked by 2023

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#	Category	2023
🥇	Singapore	0.07
🥈	Oman	0.14
🥉	Japan	0.23
4	Hong Kong	0.38
5	South Korea	0.48
6	Macau	0.56
7	Malta	0.56
8	Slovenia	0.57
9	Italy	0.57
10	Switzerland	0.60
11	Ireland	0.65
12	Croatia	0.67
13	Spain	0.69
14	Netherlands	0.69
15	Hungary	0.72
16	Norway	0.72
17	Malaysia	0.73
18	Czech Republic	0.77
19	Montenegro	0.79
20	Poland	0.80

Data Sources & References

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1 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 Visit ↗

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