Murder by country... homocide

[Blackking]

The top 20 most murderous nations are in EAST AFRICA


I was thinking the US would be higher than #91 and not lower than Canada.



Am I reading this chart incorrectly ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...e#cite_note-UNODC_Homicide_Chart_by_Country-9


Polynesia area of Oceania seems to be the safest place

 

[THE MACHINE]

The top 20 most murderous nations are in EAST AFRICA


I was thinking the US would be higher than #91 and not lower than Canada.



Am I reading this chart incorrectly ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...e#cite_note-UNODC_Homicide_Chart_by_Country-9


Polynesia area of Oceania seems to be the safest place

I think you are reading that wrong breh. You have to sort by rate in descending order. Honduras and Venezuala lead the way.

 

[2stainz]

^^ yeah what @THE MACHINE said. By rate its Honduras & Venezuala. By count its Brazil & India.


Top Ten By Count

Brazil 50,108

India 43,355

Nigeria 33,817

Mexico 26,037

Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,586

South Africa 16,259

Venezuela 16,072

United States 14,827

Colombia 14,670

Pakistan13,846

Top Ten By Rate

Honduras 90.4

Venezuela 53.7

United States Virgin Islands (US) 52.6

Belize 44.7

El Salvador 41.2

Guatemala 39.9

Jamaica 39.3

Lesotho 38.0

Swaziland 33.8

Saint Kitts and Nevis 33.6

 

[Sk3ptical]

jamaica land of the bleachers

 

[Blackking]

I think you are reading that wrong breh. You have to sort by rate in descending order. Honduras and Venezuala lead the way.

lol,

I knew some of it was off. I didn't hit the arrows

So Central America is the most hot

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

Whats the leading cause of the majority of these murders?

anger, hate, political reasons?


Women?

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

Whats the leading cause of the majority of these murders?

anger, hate, political reasons?


Women?

poverty. capitalism.

 

[Primetime21]

Brazil be dropping bodies

 

[acri1]

If I'm not mistaken, the US has the highest murder rate out of the developed (ie. rich) countries.

Doesn't compare to what goes on in poor countries tho.


The thing to keep in mind about the US is that it's a really big country, both geographically and in terms of population, and murders tend to be concentrated in urban areas. If you compared high crime urban areas, some of them are comparable to higher-ranked countries.

For example, Phoenix has a comparable murder rate to Mexico. Washington D.C has a slightly higher murder rate than Brazil overall, but doesn't compare to urban areas in Brazil.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Damn nikkas get bodied in the Virgin Islands like that

 

[Labadi_Mantse]

Whats the leading cause of the majority of these murders?

anger, hate, political reasons?


Women?

Most of these countries have incredible wealth disparities. I remember watching a documentary on this Indian billionaire. Dude lives in a 26 story house that costs a mill a month to maintain. One of the largest slums in the world is directly behind his house. Smh

 

[2stainz]

If I'm not mistaken, the US has the highest murder rate out of the developed (ie. rich) countries.

yup. U.S. in the top 10 with civil war era Congo & drug cartel plagued Mexico

 

[Labadi_Mantse]

Brazil be dropping bodies

That cocaine game ain't nun to play with

 

[unit321]

If I'm not mistaken, the US has the highest murder rate out of the developed (ie. rich) countries.

Doesn't compare to what goes on in poor countries tho.

The thing to keep in mind about the US is that it's a really big country, both geographically and in terms of population, and murders tend to be concentrated in urban areas. If you compared high crime urban areas, some of them are comparable to higher-ranked countries.

For example, Phoenix has a comparable murder rate to Mexico. Washington D.C has a slightly higher murder rate than Brazil overall, but doesn't compare to urban areas in Brazil.

The interesting thing to note is that if you tracked on a map where a higher percentage of the murders are taking place, you would see a higher number of murders occurring in areas where there is poverty and third-world country conditions.
Since the US is so huge, the only way to really see this is too look at all the major city's crime maps.

 

[unit321]

Most of these countries have incredible wealth disparities. I remember watching a documentary on this Indian billionaire. Dude lives in a 26 story house that costs a mill a month to maintain. One of the largest slums in the world is directly behind his house. Smh

That's just like Manhattan.