Murder rates per capita.

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

 

 Top 25 countries with highest murder rates per capita.

#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

 

 

 

 

^America is the highest ranked Western world country in the 4 murders per 100 000 people. America is ranked at 24th. America has 5% of the world's population has around one quarter of the world's prisoners.

BTW: Columbia is on top of the list with a staggering 62 murders per 100 000 people. Multiply the number by 100.