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2.1 Violent Crimes | Acts causing harm or intending to cause harm to the person
2.1.2.x Kidnapping (rate)
RATE of victims of Kidnapping, at the national level.

RATES are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants, by dividing the number of reported kidnapping crimes by the total population; the result is then multiplied by 100,000. Some countries with less than 100,000 inhabitants have their rates presented for comparison purpose.

[Sources: Population data are obtained from the: 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Web: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/; https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/
Data on victims of kidnapping are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]



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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda20203.23 
Argentina20210.25 
Bahamas20210.00 
Barbados20211.42 
Belize20211.00 
Bolivia20200.21 
Brazil20202.06 
Canada20219.37 
Chile20211.81 
Colombia20210.62 
Costa Rica20210.27 
Dominica20218.33 
Dominican Republic20200.93 
Ecuador20214.51 
El Salvador20210.16 
Grenada20210.00 
Guatemala20201.00 
Guyana20210.00 
Haiti------ 
Honduras20210.33 
Jamaica20210.57 
Mexico20210.62 
Nicaragua20190.05 
Panama20210.05 
Paraguay20210.21 
Peru20213.18 
Saint Kitts and Nevis20214.26 
Saint Lucia20215.56 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20209.52 
Suriname------ 
Trinidad and Tobago20181.33 
United States202116.81 
Uruguay20210.44 
Venezuela20180.66 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20120.00 
02. Caribbean20200.00 
03. Central America20200.00 
04. North America20200.00 
05. South America20200.00 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).