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: crime drives away businesses and investors, reducing available human capital and creating an insecure environment, which, in turn, leads to more poverty. Organized crime, like gangs and drug trafficking, also contribute to high murder rates. It is particularly true in countries like Jamaica, Honduras, and El Salvador. Organized crime is also more likely to be participated in by young males who, consequently, are also more likely to be a victim of murder. Drug and alcohol use is also related to high murder and poverty rates. Intoxication increases the risk of being involved (either as the guilty party or the victim) in a murder. Countries that are experiencing political turmoil and violent conflict are also more likely to experience high murder rates, as is the case with El Salvador, which is still recovering from its civil war. Preventive Measures To Be Taken
To reduce these climbing murder rates, governments must focus on preventive measures. Given its connection to poverty and social issues, preventive crime policies need to focus on more than just punishments. Without including economic and social development strategies in local policy, violent crimes are likely to continue.