Murder Rate by Country

The murder rate in the United States is too high, but lower then many countries. 

Crime Statistics > Murders (per capita) (most recent) by country

VIEW DATA:  Totals Per capita	Definition     Source      Printable version
Bar Graph Map

Showing latest available data.

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 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
# 26	India:	0.0344083 per 1,000 people
# 27	Yemen:	0.0336276 per 1,000 people
# 28	Dominica:	0.0289733 per 1,000 people
# 29	Azerbaijan:	0.0285642 per 1,000 people
# 30	Finland:	0.0283362 per 1,000 people
# 31	Slovakia:	0.0263303 per 1,000 people
# 32	Romania:	0.0250784 per 1,000 people
# 33	Portugal:	0.0233769 per 1,000 people
# 34	Malaysia:	0.0230034 per 1,000 people
# 35	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	0.0229829 per 1,000 people
# 36	Mauritius:	0.021121 per 1,000 people
# 37	Hungary:	0.0204857 per 1,000 people
# 38	Korea, South:	0.0196336 per 1,000 people
# 39	Slovenia:	0.0179015 per 1,000 people
# 40	France:	0.0173272 per 1,000 people
# 41	Czech Republic:	0.0169905 per 1,000 people
# 42	Iceland:	0.0168499 per 1,000 people
# 43	Australia:	0.0150324 per 1,000 people
# 44	Canada:	0.0149063 per 1,000 people
# 45	Chile:	0.014705 per 1,000 people
# 46	United Kingdom:	0.0140633 per 1,000 people
# 47	Italy:	0.0128393 per 1,000 people
# 48	Spain:	0.0122456 per 1,000 people
# 49	Germany:	0.0116461 per 1,000 people
# 50	Tunisia:	0.0112159 per 1,000 people
# 51	Netherlands:	0.0111538 per 1,000 people
# 52	New Zealand:	0.0111524 per 1,000 people
# 53	Denmark:	0.0106775 per 1,000 people
# 54	Norway:	0.0106684 per 1,000 people
# 55	Ireland:	0.00946215 per 1,000 people
# 56	Switzerland:	0.00921351 per 1,000 people
# 57	Indonesia:	0.00910842 per 1,000 people
# 58	Greece:	0.0075928 per 1,000 people
# 59	Hong Kong:	0.00550804 per 1,000 people
# 60	Japan:	0.00499933 per 1,000 people
# 61	Saudi Arabia:	0.00397456 per 1,000 people
# 62	Qatar:	0.00115868 per 1,000 people
	Weighted average:	0.1 per 1,000 people

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