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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 Barbuda20231.08 
Argentina20230.24 
Bahamas20221.76 
Barbados20230.36 
Belize20221.24 
Bolivia20230.38 
Brazil20222.84 
Canada202310.12 
Chile20233.31 
Colombia20231.22 
Costa Rica20230.27 
Dominica20234.48 
Dominican Republic20200.93 
Ecuador202315.15 
El Salvador20220.05 
Grenada20232.56 
Guatemala20230.83 
Guyana20230.00 
Haiti------ 
Honduras20230.41 
Jamaica20231.02 
Mexico20230.48 
Nicaragua20190.05 
Panama20230.20 
Paraguay20230.32 
Peru20223.67 
Saint Kitts and Nevis20230.00 
Saint Lucia20233.33 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20234.90 
Suriname------ 
Trinidad and Tobago20216.52 
United States202215.30 
Uruguay20230.71 
Venezuela20180.66 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20120.00 
02. Caribbean20200.70 
03. Central America20200.49 
04. North America20200.00 
05. South America20201.61 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).