From the World Health Organization, the latest Murder Statistics for the world: (2014)
Murders per 100,000 citizens per year.
Honduras 91.6 (WOW!!)
El Salvador 69.2
Cote d’lvoire 56.9
Jamaica 52.2
Venezuela 45.1
Belize 41.4
US Virgin Islands 39.2
Guatemala 38.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38.2
Zambia 38.0
Uganda 36.3
Malawi 36.0
Lesotho 35.2
Trinidad and Tobago 35.2
Colombia 33.4
South Africa 31.8
Congo 30.8
Central African Republic 29.3
Bahamas 27.4
Puerto Rico 26.2
Saint Lucia 25.2
Dominican Republic 25.0
Tanzania 24.5
Sudan 24.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.9
Ethiopia 22.5
Guinea 22.5
Dominica 22.1
Burundi 21.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 21.7
Panama 21.6
Brazil 21.0
Equatorial Guinea 20.7
Guinea-Bissau 20.2
Kenya 20.1
Kyrgyzstan 20.1
Cameroon 19.7
Montserrat 19.7
Greenland 19.2
Angola 19.0
Guy ana 18.6
Burkina Faso 18.0
Eritrea 17.8
Namibia 17.2
Rwanda 17.1
Mexico 16.9
Chad 15.8
Ghana 15.7
Ecuador 15.2
North Korea 15.2
Benin 15.1
Sierra Leone 14.9
Mauritania 14.7
Botswana 14.5
Zimbabwe 14.3
Gabon 13.8
Nicaragua 13.6
French Guiana 13.3
Papua New Guinea 13.0
Swaziland 12.9
Bermuda 12.3
Comoros 12.2
Nigeria 12.2
Cape Verde 11.6
Grenada 11.5
Paraguay 11.5
Barbados 11.3
Togo 10.9
Gambia 10.8
Peru 10.8
Myanmar 10.2
Russia 10.2
Liberia 10.1
Costa Rica 10.0
Nauru 9.8
Bolivia 8.9
Mozambique 8.8
Kazakhstan 8.8
Senegal 8.7
Turks and Caicos Islands 8.7
Mongolia 8.7
British Virgin Islands 8.6
Cayman Islands 8.4
Seychelles 8.3
Madagascar 8.1
Indonesia 8.1
Mali 8.0
Pakistan 7.8
Moldova 7.5
Kiribati 7.3
Guadeloupe 7.0
Haiti 6.9
Timor-Leste 6.9
Anguilla 6.8
Antigua and Barbuda 6.8
Lithuania 6.6
Uruguay 5.9
Philippines 5.4
Ukraine 5.2
Estonia 5.2
Cuba 5.0
Belarus 4.9
Thailand 4.8
Suriname 4.6
Laos 4.6
Georgia 4.3
Martinique 4.2
And ………
The United States 4.2 !!!!!
ALL (109) of the countries above America, HAVE 100% gun bans!
It might be of interest to note that SWITZERLAND is not shown on this list, because it has…NO MURDER OCCURRENCE!
However, SWITZERLAND ‘S law requires that EVERYONE:
1. Own a gun.
2. Maintain Marksman qualifications … regularly.
(Switzerland provides every citizen with 250 rounds of ammo yearly. 100 of that is used in yearly government MANDATORY Marksman qualifying, for EVERYONE over the age of 10.)
Is there something to be learned from this?? I think the message is – loud and clear…
GUN bans and restrictions…DO NOT WORK !!!
Uruguay does not have a 100% gun ban. That is a wholesale lie. You can own what you want there. There is a licensing scheme, but you can fully automatic weapons there if you are willing to submit to the red tape.
Ironic that this list is from the World Health Organization which is a specialized agency of the UN. The same UN that is pushing for the U.S. to ban guns. When the hell are Americans going to wake up and demand we get out of the UN and kick them out of the U.S. ?
switzerland has the highest suicide rate
Not even close @77th per the List by the World Health Organization (2012) list
Having been to a couple of these places in the Caribbean I think it is fair to say the following:
US Virgin Islands: killed by falling out of a Hobie Cat and getting cut up on coral, bleeding to death…
St. Kitts: getting gunned down by angry locals waiting for a ferry to Nevis when they change the ferry schedule daily and don’t tell anyone about it…
Antigua: US tourists driving on the left side of the road in cars with steering wheels on the right side in the middle of the capital, St. Johns
Turk and Caicos: scuba diving on a 7,000 foot wall 1 1/2 off shore and running out of two-tank air prematurely…or getting run over by a wild donkey…
Bahamas: getting throw overboard on a cruise ship ferry to an island owned by a cruise line…or getting run over by a speeding taxi in Nassau…
Mexico is the only place on the list I’ve been to.
Have to agree.