- Jamaica 52.2 per 1,000
- USA 4.2 per 1,000
- United Kingdom 1.2 per 1,000
My personal belief is that we have a mental health problem in the United States.
The United States of America is not that violent when compared with other nations of the world. Jamaica is the 4th most murderous country in the world. The US Virgin Islands is 7th. Puerto Rico is the 20th. Greenland is ranked 35th. Mexico is ranted 42nd. The United States is ranked 104th.
There are charts available that show that the more guns in a country the more murders are committed These charts are misleading because they do not include murders that are done in other ways. There are many ways to kill someone without using a gun. People that believe that gun control will solve the violence problem in the United States have never seen the movie "Hotel Rwanda". I believe is is a must see for all adults. It is not fit for children's viewing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Intentional Homicide by country
| UNODC murder rates most recent year (full table here) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Rate | Count | Region | Subregion |
 Honduras | 91.6 | 7,104 | Americas | Central America |
 El Salvador | 69.2 | 4,308 | Americas | Central America |
 Côte d'Ivoire | 56.9 | 10,801 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Jamaica | 52.2 | 1,430 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Venezuela | 45.1 | 13,080 | Americas | South America |
 Belize | 41.4 | 129 | Americas | Central America |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | 39.2 | 43 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Guatemala | 38.5 | 5,681 | Americas | Central America |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 38.2 | 20 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Zambia | 38.0 | 4,710 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Uganda | 36.3 | 11,373 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Malawi | 36.0 | 5,039 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Lesotho | 35.2 | 764 | Africa | Southern Africa |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 35.2 | 472 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Colombia | 33.4 | 15,459+ | Americas | South America |
 South Africa | 31.8 | 15,940 | Africa | Southern Africa |
 Congo | 30.8 | 1,180 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Central African Republic | 29.3 | 1,240 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Bahamas | 27.4 | 94 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Puerto Rico | 26.2 | 983 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Saint Lucia | 25.2 | 44 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Dominican Republic | 25.0 | 2,513 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Tanzania | 24.5 | 10,357 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Sudan | 24.2 | 10,028++ | Africa | Northern Africa |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.9 | 25 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Ethiopia | 22.5 | 20,239 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Guinea | 22.5 | 2,152 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Dominica | 22.1 | 15 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Burundi | 21.7 | 1,726 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21.7 | 13,558 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Panama | 21.6 | 759 | Americas | Central America |
 Brazil | 21.0 | 40,974 | Americas | South America |
 Equatorial Guinea | 20.7 | 137 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Guinea-Bissau | 20.2 | 294 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Kenya | 20.1 | 7,733 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Kyrgyzstan | 20.1 | 1,072 | Asia | Central Asia |
 Cameroon | 19.7 | 3,700 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Montserrat | 19.7 | 1 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Greenland | 19.2 | 11 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Angola | 19.0 | 3,426 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Guyana | 18.6 | 140 | Americas | South America |
 Burkina Faso | 18.0 | 2,876 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Eritrea | 17.8 | 879 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Namibia | 17.2 | 352 | Africa | Southern Africa |
 Rwanda | 17.1 | 1,708 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Mexico | 16.9 | 25,757+ | Americas | Northern America |
 Chad | 15.8 | 1,686 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Ghana | 15.7 | 3,646 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Ecuador | 15.2 | 2,638 | Americas | South America |
 North Korea | 15.2 | 3,658 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 Benin | 15.1 | 1,262 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Sierra Leone | 14.9 | 837 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Mauritania | 14.7 | 485 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Botswana | 14.5 | 287 | Africa | Southern Africa |
 Zimbabwe | 14.3 | 1,775 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Gabon | 13.8 | 200 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Nicaragua | 13.6 | 785 | Americas | Central America |
 French Guiana | 13.3 | 30 | Americas | South America |
 Papua New Guinea | 13.0 | 854 | Oceania | Melanesia |
 Swaziland | 12.9 | 141 | Africa | Southern Africa |
 Bermuda | 12.3 | 8 | Americas | Northern America |
 Comoros | 12.2 | 85 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Nigeria | 12.2 | 18,422 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Cape Verde | 11.6 | 56 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Grenada | 11.5 | 12 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Paraguay | 11.5 | 741 | Americas | South America |
 Barbados | 11.3 | 31 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Togo | 10.9 | 627 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Gambia | 10.8 | 106 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Peru | 10.3 | 2,969 | Americas | South America |
 Myanmar | 10.2 | 4,800 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Russia | 10.2 | 14,574 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Liberia | 10.1 | 371 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Costa Rica | 10.0 | 474 | Americas | Central America |
 Nauru | 9.8 | 1 | Oceania | Micronesia |
 Bolivia | 8.9 | 884 | Americas | South America |
 Mozambique | 8.8 | 1,925 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Kazakhstan | 8.8 | 1,418 | Asia | Central Asia |
 Senegal | 8.7 | 1,027 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.7 | 3 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Mongolia | 8.7 | 239 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 British Virgin Islands | 8.6 | 2 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Cayman Islands | 8.4 | 5 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Seychelles | 8.3 | 7 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Madagascar | 8.1 | 1,588 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Indonesia | 8.1 | 18,963 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Mali | 8.0 | 1,157 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Pakistan | 7.8 | 13,860+ | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Moldova | 7.5 | 267 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Kiribati | 7.3 | 7 | Oceania | Micronesia |
| Guadeloupe | 7.0 | 32 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Haiti | 6.9 | 689 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Timor-Leste | 6.9 | 75 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Anguilla | 6.8 | 1 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 6.8 | 6 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Lithuania | 6.6 | 219 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Uruguay | 5.9 | 199 | Americas | South America |
 Philippines | 5.4 | 4,947 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Ukraine | 5.2 | 2,356 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Estonia | 5.2 | 70 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Cuba | 5.0 | 563 | Americas | Caribbean |
 Belarus | 4.9 | 473 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Thailand | 4.8 | 3,307 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Suriname | 4.6 | 24 | Americas | South America |
 Laos | 4.6 | 279 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Georgia | 4.3 | 187 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| Martinique | 4.2 | 17 | Americas | Caribbean |
 United States | 4.2 | 12,996 | Americas | Northern America |
 Turkmenistan | 4.2 | 203 | Asia | Central Asia |
 Yemen | 4.2 | 990+ | Asia | Western Asia |
 Palestine | 4.1 | 145+ | Asia | Western Asia |
 Albania | 4.0 | 127 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Niger | 3.8 | 552 | Africa | Western Africa |
 Solomon Islands | 3.7 | 19 | Oceania | Melanesia |
 Sri Lanka | 3.6 | 745 | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Montenegro | 3.5 | 22 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Djibouti | 3.4 | 29 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Argentina | 3.4 | 1,360 | Americas | South America |
 Cambodia | 3.4 | 448 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 India | 3.4 | 40,752+ | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Turkey | 3.3 | 2,320 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Chile | 3.2 | 541 | Americas | South America |
 Taiwan | 3.2 | 743 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 Uzbekistan | 3.1 | 831 | Asia | Central Asia |
 Latvia | 3.1 | 70 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Iran | 3.0 | 2,215 | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Libya | 2.9 | 176+ | Africa | Northern Africa |
 Nepal | 2.8 | 818 | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Liechtenstein | 2.8 | 1 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Fiji | 2.8 | 23 | Oceania | Melanesia |
 Bangladesh | 2.7 | 3,988 | Asia | Southern Asia |
 South Korea | 2.6 | 1,251 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 Mauritius | 2.5 | 33 | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Luxembourg | 2.5 | 12 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Afghanistan | 2.4 | 712+ | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Malaysia | 2.3 | 604 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Syria | 2.3 | 463+ | Asia | Western Asia |
 Azerbaijan | 2.2 | 206 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Kuwait | 2.2 | 59 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Lebanon | 2.2 | 95 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Finland | 2.2 | 118 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Tajikistan | 2.1 | 143 | Asia | Central Asia |
 Israel | 2.1 | 159+ | Asia | Western Asia |
 Iraq | 2.0 | 608+ | Asia | Western Asia |
 Bulgaria | 2.0 | 147 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Romania | 2.0 | 421 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | 1.9 | 3 | Africa | Middle Africa |
 Macedonia | 1.9 | 40 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Jordan | 1.8 | 100 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Cyprus | 1.7 | 19 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Czech Republic | 1.7 | 181 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Belgium | 1.7 | 180 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Canada | 1.6 | 554 | Americas | Northern America |
 Vietnam | 1.6 | 1,346 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Maldives | 1.6 | 5 | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Somalia | 1.5 | 138+ | Africa | Eastern Africa |
 Algeria | 1.5 | 516 | Africa | Northern Africa |
 Slovakia | 1.5 | 84 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5 | 56 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Greece | 1.5 | 176 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Morocco | 1.4 | 447 | Africa | Northern Africa |
 Armenia | 1.4 | 44 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Croatia | 1.4 | 62 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Hungary | 1.3 | 133 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
 Andorra | 1.3 | 1 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Egypt | 1.2 | 992 | Africa | Northern Africa |
 Ireland | 1.2 | 54 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 United Kingdom | 1.2 | 722 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Portugal | 1.2 | 124 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Serbia | 1.2 | 123 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Tunisia | 1.1 | 117 | Africa | Northern Africa |
 Poland | 1.1 | 436 | Europe | Eastern Europe |
| France | 1.1 | 682 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Netherlands | 1.1 | 179 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Samoa | 1.1 | 2 | Oceania | Polynesia |
 China | 1.0 | 13,410 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 Bhutan | 1.0 | 7 | Asia | Southern Asia |
 Saudi Arabia | 1.0 | 265+ | Asia | Western Asia |
 Sweden | 1.0 | 91 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Malta | 1.0 | 4 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Australia | 1.0 | 229 | Oceania | Australasia |
 Tonga | 1.0 | 1 | Oceania | Polynesia |
 Qatar | 0.9 | 13 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Denmark | 0.9 | 47 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Italy | 0.9 | 529 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 New Zealand | 0.9 | 39 | Oceania | Australasia |
 Vanuatu | 0.9 | 2 | Oceania | Melanesia |
 Federated States of Micronesia | 0.9 | 1 | Oceania | Micronesia |
 United Arab Emirates | 0.8 | 39 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Spain | 0.8 | 390 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Germany | 0.8 | 690 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Macau | 0.7 | 4 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 Oman | 0.7 | 18 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Slovenia | 0.7 | 15 | Europe | Southern Europe |
 Switzerland | 0.7 | 52 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Bahrain | 0.6 | 6 | Asia | Western Asia |
 Norway | 0.6 | 29 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Austria | 0.6 | 56 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Guam | 0.6 | 1 | Oceania | Micronesia |
 Brunei | 0.5 | 2 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 French Polynesia | 0.4 | 1 | Oceania | Polynesia |
 Japan | 0.3 | 442 [8] | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 Singapore | 0.3 | 16 | Asia | South-Eastern Asia |
 Iceland | 0.3 | 1 | Europe | Northern Europe |
 Hong Kong | 0.2 | 17 | Asia | Eastern Asia |
 Monaco | 0.0 | 0 | Europe | Western Europe |
 Palau | 0.0 | 0 | Oceania | Micronesia |
