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Crime > Murders committed by youths per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Homicide rate per 100,000 population aged 10–29 years.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Colombia 84.4 2002
2 El Salvador 50.2 2002
3 Puerto Rico 41.8 2002
4 Brazil 32.5 2002
5 Albania 28.2 2002
6 Venezuela 25 2002
7 Russia 18 2002
8 Ecuador 15.9 2002
9 Mexico 15.3 2002
10 Panama 14.4 2002
11 Philippines 12.2 2002
12 Kazakhstan 11.5 2002
13 Trinidad and Tobago 11.4 2002
14 United States 11 2002
15 Paraguay 10.4 2002
16 Cuba 9.6 2002
17 Belarus 8.8 2002
18 Ukraine 8.7 2002
19 Latvia 7.8 2002
=20 Moldova 7.7 2002
=20 Estonia 7.7 2002
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 7.41 2002
22 Nicaragua 7.3 2002
23 Turkmenistan 6.9 2002
24 Azerbaijan 6.7 2002
25 Thailand 6.2 2002
=26 Costa Rica 5.5 2002
=26 Tajikistan 5.5 2002
28 Lithuania 5.4 2002
29 Argentina 5.2 2002
30 Kyrgyzstan 4.6 2002
31 Uruguay 3.6 2002
NATO countries average (profile) 3.35 2002
32 Scotland 3.1 2002
33 Chile 3 2002
34 Uzbekistan 2.6 2002
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 2.4 2002
35 Romania 2.3 2002
36 Bulgaria 2.2 2002
37 Armenia 1.9 2002
38 New Zealand 1.8 2002
=39 Canada 1.7 2002
=39 South Korea 1.7 2002
=41 Australia 1.6 2002
=41 Croatia 1.6 2002
=41 Poland 1.6 2002
=44 Denmark 1.5 2002
=44 Netherlands 1.5 2002
=44 Slovakia 1.5 2002
=47 Italy 1.4 2002
=47 Belgium 1.4 2002
=47 Hungary 1.4 2002
50 Portugal 1.3 2002
51 Czech Republic 1.2 2002
=52 United Kingdom 0.9 2002
=52 Greece 0.9 2002
=54 Germany 0.8 2002
=54 Spain 0.8 2002
56 France 0.6 2002
57 Japan 0.4 2002

Citation

Crime > Murders committed by youths per capita: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Crime > Murders committed by youths per capita

  • All of the top 2 countries by murders committed by youths per capita are Hot countries.
  • United States ranked first for murders committed by youths per capita amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
  • Russia ranked first for murders committed by youths per capita amongst Former Soviet republics in 2002.
  • Albania ranked first for murders committed by youths per capita amongst NATO countries in 2002.
  • 13 of the bottom 14 countries by murders committed by youths per capita are European Union.
  • Colombia ranked first for murders committed by youths per capita amongst Emerging markets in 2002.
  • 15 of the bottom 16 countries by murders committed by youths per capita are High income OECD.
  • 13 of the bottom 14 countries by murders committed by youths per capita are European.
  • All of the top 4 countries by murders committed by youths per capita are Christian.
  • All of the top 2 countries by murders committed by youths per capita are Latin American and Caribbean.
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