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Crime Stats: compare key data on Somalia & United States

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STAT Somalia United States HISTORY
Drugs > Annual cannabis use 2.5%
Ranked 4th.
13.7%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Somalia
Drugs > Opiates use 0.2%
Ranked 15th.
0.57%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Somalia
International Court of Justice > Current composition > Term End 2018 2015
Justice system > Punishment > Capital punishment (last execution year) 2,014
Ranked 1st. The same as United States
2,014
Ranked 1st.
Murders > WHO 3.3
Ranked 105th.
5.6
Ranked 88th. 70% more than Somalia
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence Sodomy, adultery, crimes against humanity Varies by state
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence Murder, rape, robbery Varies by state
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 Yes Yes ( de jure )
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence None None
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole Never 15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state)
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 9.1
Ranked 64th.
88.8
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Somalia
Violent crime > Murder rate 138
Ranked 115th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 94 times more than Somalia

Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 15.1
Ranked 138th.
42.01
Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Somalia

Violent crime > Murders 138
Ranked 115th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 94 times more than Somalia

Violent crime > Murders per million people 15.1
Ranked 138th.
42.01
Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Somalia

Punishment > Has life imprisonment Yes Yes
Executions 5 executions
Ranked 24th.
42 executions
Ranked 7th. 8 times more than Somalia
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence No Yes
Executions per million 0.561 executions
Ranked 17th. 4 times more than United States
0.139 executions
Ranked 28th.

SOURCES: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; Wikipedia: List of countries by prevalence of opiates use ("World Drug Report 2011" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2011. "World Drug Report 2006" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2006. http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2009/WDR2009_eng_web.pdf); Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's: International Court of Justice; Wikipedia: Capital punishment in Europe (Abolition); World Health Organisation.; Wikipedia: Life imprisonment (Summary by country); Annexe I of the Small Arms Survey 2007 ; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Amnesty International; Amnesty International. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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