G7: murder rate by country

Homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants of the G7 countries from 2000 to 2023, by country

Characteristic	Canada	France	Germany	Italy*	Japan	United Kingdom	United States**
2023	1.98	1.34	0.91	0.57	0.23	-	5.76
2022	2.27	1.24	0.82	0.54	0.23	-	6.51
2021	2.08	1.11	0.83	0.51	0.23	1.15	6.78
2020	2	1.05	0.94	0.48	0.25	0.93	6.35
2019	1.82	1.15	0.75	0.53	0.25	1.14	4.93
2018	1.78	1.06	0.95	0.6	0.26	1.08	4.89
2017	1.81	1.09	0.98	0.62	0.24	1.19	5.21
2016	1.69	1.2	1.16	0.67	0.28	1.18	5.29
2015	1.7	1.56	0.83	0.77	0.29	0.93	4.87
2014	1.47	1.22	0.88	0.78	0.31	0.88	4.38
2013	1.44	1.21	0.84	0.83	0.29	0.91	4.47
2012	1.57	1.22	0.81	0.88	0.34	0.96	4.68
2011	1.76	1.34	0.91	0.91	0.35	0.93	4.67
2010	1.63	1.26	0.98	0.88	0.36	1.14	4.73
2009	1.8	1.3	0.99	0.98	0.39	1.07	5
2008	1.84	1.63	1.02	1.03	0.51	1.16	5.4
2007	1.8	1.59	1.09	1.07	0.45	1.34	5.67
2006	1.86	1.42	1.21	1.06	0.48	1.32	5.79
2005	2.05	1.58	1.27	1.04	0.5	1.32	-
2004	1.95	1.62	1.35	-	0.55	1.46	-
2003	1.72	1.62	1.34	-	0.55	1.47	-
2002	1.85	1.85	1.43	1.12	0.52	1.79	5.65
2001	1.77	1.75	1.44	1.24	0.55	1.51	6.7
2000	1.77	1.77	1.67	1.34	0.53	1.46	5.54

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May 2024

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Worldwide, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

Supplementary notes

The source collects data from the national authorities via the annual Untied Nations Crime Trends Survey (UN-CTS). Additional data is collected from other reliable sources.

* Numbers unavailable for 2003 and 2004. ** Numbers unavailable for 2003, 2004, and 2005.

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The United States had, by far, the highest homicide rate of the G7 countries between 2000 and 2023. In 2023, it reached 5.76 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, a decrease from 6.78 in 2021. By comparison, Canada, the G7 nation with the second-highest homicide rate, had 1.98 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. Out of each G7 nation, Japan had the lowest rate with 0.23 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.