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Crime > Rape rate: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Number of rape incidents per 100,000 citizens in different countries. Figures do not take into account rape incidents that go unreported to the police.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 South Africa 132.4 2010
2 Botswana 92.9 2010
3 Lesotho 82.7 2009
4 Swaziland 77.5 2004
5 Bermuda 67.3 2004
6 Sweden 63.5 2010
7 Suriname 45.2 2004
8 Costa Rica 36.7 2009
9 Nicaragua 31.6 2010
10 Grenada 30.6 2010
=11 Australia 28.6 2010
=11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.6 2010
13 Belgium 27.9 2010
14 United States 27.3 2010
15 Bolivia 26.1 2010
16 New Zealand 25.8 2010
=17 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.6 2010
=17 Zimbabwe 25.6 2008
19 Barbados 24.9 2009
20 Iceland 24.7 2009
21 Jamaica 24.4 2010
22 Peru 23.5 2009
23 The Bahamas 22.7 2010
24 Norway 19.2 2010
25 Trinidad and Tobago 18.5 2009
26 Israel 17.6 2009
27 France 16.2 2009
28 Guyana 15.5 2010
29 Finland 15.2 2010
30 South Korea 13.5 2004
31 Chile 13.3 2009
32 Mexico 13.2 2010
33 Mongolia 12.4 2010
34 Luxembourg 11.9 2009
=35 El Salvador 11 2010
=35 Solomon Islands 11 2009
37 Ecuador 10.9 2006
38 Ireland 10.7 2010
39 Austria 10.4 2010
40 Moldova 10.3 2010
European Union average (profile) 10.19 2009
41 Bangladesh 9.82 2006
42 Uruguay 9.8 2004
43 Germany 9.4 2010
44 Netherlands 9.2 2010
45 Argentina 8.5 2008
46 Kazakhstan 8.4 2009
=47 Italy 7.6 2006
=47 Brunei 7.6 2006
49 Sri Lanka 7.3 2004
50 Colombia 6.8 2010
=51 Belize 6.7 2010
=51 Thailand 6.7 2010
53 Oman 6.6 2009
54 Denmark 6.4 2009
=55 Lithuania 6.3 2010
=55 Philippines 6.3 2009
=57 Estonia 6 2010
=57 Paraguay 6 2006
59 Kyrgyzstan 5.9 2010
60 Monaco 5.7 2006
61 Senegal 5.6 2010
62 Republic of Macedonia 5 2006
63 Morocco 4.8 2009
=64 Malta 4.7 2009
=64 Romania 4.7 2009
=66 Bahrain 4.6 2009
=66 Czech Republic 4.6 2009
68 Kuwait 4.5 2009
69 Poland 4.1 2010
70 Portugal 4 2010
71 Mauritius 3.9 2010
72 Latvia 3.5 2010
=73 Spain 3.4 2010
=73 Russia 3.4 2010
75 Croatia 3.2 2010
76 Slovenia 3.1 2010
=77 Maldives 3 2009
=77 Palestine 3 2005
=79 Sudan 2.9 2009
=79 Guatemala 2.9 2009
81 Bulgaria 2.8 2010
82 Singapore 2.7 2006
83 Slovakia 2.6 2009
=84 Hungary 2.5 2010
=84 Cyprus 2.5 2009
=86 Cameroon 2.4 2008
=86 Algeria 2.4 2008
88 Belarus 2.3 2009
=89 Uganda 2.1 2010
=89 Kenya 2.1 2009
91 Jordan 2 2006
=92 Greece 1.9 2010
=92 Georgia 1.9 2010
=94 India 1.8 2010
=94 Montenegro 1.8 2006
=94 Qatar 1.8 2004
97 Canada 1.7 2010
98 Hong Kong 1.6 2010
=99 Turkey 1.5 2008
=99 United Arab Emirates 1.5 2006
=101 Ukraine 1.4 2010
=101 Sierra Leone 1.4 2009
=103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2 2010
=103 Andorra 1.2 2010
=105 Japan 1 2010
=105 Guinea 1 2008
=107 Yemen 0.8 2009
=107 Syria 0.8 2008
=107 Nepal 0.8 2006
=110 Albania 0.7 2010
=110 Serbia 0.7 2010
112 Turkmenistan 0.6 2006
=113 Tajikistan 0.5 2009
=113 Lebanon 0.5 2006
115 Armenia 0.4 2010
=116 Azerbaijan 0.2 2010
=116 Mozambique 0.2 2009
118 Egypt 0.1 2009
119 Liechtenstein 0.0 2010

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Crime > Rape rate: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Crime > Rape rate

  • South Africa has had the highest rape rate since 2004.
  • Sweden ranked first for rape rate amongst European Union in 2010.
  • All of the top 3 countries by rape rate are Sub-Saharan African.
  • Belgium ranked first for rape rate amongst NATO countries in 2010.
  • Australia ranked second for rape rate amongst High income OECD countries in 2010.
  • All of the top 6 countries by rape rate are Christian.
  • United States ranked third for rape rate amongst Cold countries in 2010.
  • France ranked second for rape rate amongst Eurozone in 2009.
  • Iceland ranked third for rape rate amongst Europe in 2009.
  • Moldova ranked first for rape rate amongst Eastern Europe in 2010.
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