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Violence-Crime

Intentional homicides
2018
5.78 per 100,000 people
Source: UNODC
Intentional homicides (highest)
2018
52.0 per 100,000 people (El Salvador)
Source: UNODC
Corruption Perceptions Index (Best)
2020
88.0 (Denmark, New Zealand)
Source: Transparency International (0: highly corrupt - 100: very clean)
Corruption Perceptions Index (Worst)
2020
12.0 (South sudan)
Source: Transparency International (0: highly corrupt - 100: very clean)

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Publications

UNODC publishes survey reports carried out by UNODC in collaboration with national governments in the field of illicit drug cultivation and production, drug use, victimization and corruption. It also publishes comparative regional and international analysis of data related to crime and drugs together with standards and recommendations in the field of drug and crime statistics.

Databases

UNODC regularly provides global statistical series on crime, criminal justice, drug trafficking and prices, drug production, and drug use.

Producers

  • UNODC
    The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism. Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC operates in all regions of the world through an extensive network of field offices. UNODC relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from Governments, for 90 per cent of its budget.
  • SASS
    The Statistics and Survey Section (SASS) aims at producing and disseminating accurate drugs and crime statistics at the international level. UNODC also works to strengthen national capacity to produce, disseminate and use drugs and crime statistics within the framework of official statistics.