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Ranking of the most dangerous countries in the world in 2025, by murder rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

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March 2026

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2025**

Supplementary notes

*Data for these countries is either unreliable, incomplete, or measures homicides in a way that it is not possible to compare homicide rates with other countries. Data for Venezuela is from 2024.

**Data for countries outside Latin America & the Caribbean is from 2024.

Numbers for countries outside Latin America & the Caribbean taken from .

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Haiti saw a murder rate of ** per 100,000 inhabitants, making it the most dangerous country for this kind of crime worldwide as of 2025. Interestingly, El Salvador, which long had the highest global homicide rates, has dropped out of the top 29 after a high number of gang members have been incarcerated. Meanwhile, Colima in Mexico was the most dangerous city.

Violent conflicts worldwide

Notably, these figures do not include deaths that resulted from war or a violent conflict. While there is a persistent number of conflicts worldwide, resulting casualties are not considered murders. Partially due to this reason, homicide rates in Latin America are higher than those in Afghanistan or Syria. A different definition of murder in these circumstances could change the rate significantly in some countries.

Causes of death

Also, noteworthy is that murders are usually not random events. In the United States, the circumstances of murders are most commonly arguments, followed by narcotics incidents and robberies. Additionally, murders are not a leading cause of death. Heart diseases, strokes and cancer pose a greater threat to life than violent crime.