Title: Murder Rate By Country - WorldAtlas
Headings: Murder Rate By Country
Murder Rate By Country
Countries With The Highest Murder Rates
1. El Salvador (61.8 per 100,000)
2. Jamaica (57 per 100,000)
3. Venezuela (56.3 per 100,000)
4. Honduras (41.7 per 100,000)
5. Lesotho (41.2 per 100,000)
Countries With The Lowest Murder Rates
Factors Affecting High Murder Rates
Preventive Measures To Be Taken
Murder Rates By Country 2020

Content: Additionally, these policies must target the most at-risk populations. As this article has discussed, murder rates are highest among young males and in urban areas. Successful initiatives would focus on urban-living youth and involve other community members to break the vicious cycle of poverty and violence. Many scholars also point to the availability of firearms as a significant contributing factor to homicide rates, saying that restricting gun access would help reduce murders. The majority of murders throughout the Americas are committed with guns. However, this point is heavily disputed. Gun restriction proponents point to the case in Brazil, where gun access was restricted, and the murder rate dropped. Proponents for gun ownership point to the situation in Venezuela, where gun access was denied, guns were taken away, and the murder rate increased. In countries recovering from internal conflict and political instability, it is essential to reduce violence in general. It involves restoring law and order and stabilizing the country.