List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers

This is a list of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers.

List

List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers. With breakdown by police, etc..

Location	Region	Killings	Police	Military	Intel agencies	Other	Population	Rate per 10 million	Year listed	Notes	Source
Venezuela	Americas	5,286					28,887,118	1829.9	2019		[1][2]
El Salvador	Americas	1087					6,380,000	1703.8	2017		[3][4]
Syria	Asia	1,497					18,270,000	819	2019	In the context of the Syrian civil war	[5]
Philippines	Asia	6,069+					109,048,269	556.5	2016-2021	These are just the "Drug personalities who died in anti-drug operations" alone. Actual number is much higher.	[6]
Nicaragua	Americas	325+					6,218,000	522.7	2018	Up to 535	[7]
Jamaica	Americas	137	133	4	0	0	2,898,000	472.7	2018		[8]
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	46	46	0	0	0	1,354,000	339.7	2014		[9]
Brazil	Americas	5,804					210,147,125	276.2	2019		[10]
Bahamas	Americas	11	11	0	0	0	399,285	275.7	2018		[11]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	2	2	0	0	0	110,211	181.8	2018		[12]
Afghanistan	Asia	606	49	267	234	56	35,530,000	170.5	2018		[13]
Guyana	Americas	12+	12	0	0	0	787,076	152.5	2018		[14][15][16][17][18]
Dominican Republic	Americas	142	134	5	0	3	10,770,000	131.8	2017		[19]
South Africa	Africa	436					56,720,000	76.9	2017/8		[20]
Central African Republic	Africa	30+	30+				4,659,000	64.4	2015/6	18 documented executions with credible information about 12 other cases	[21]
Lesotho	Africa	19					2,233,000	63.8	2017/8	Data from 16 months, rate divided accordingly.	[22]
Burkina Faso	Africa	116					19,190,000	60.4	2018/9	From September 2018 to February 2019	[23]
Saint Lucia	Americas	1	1	0	0	0	178,844	56.2	2019		[24]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	389					81,340,000	47.8	2018		[25]
Iraq	Asia	176+					39,309,783	45.1	2019		[26][27]
Nigeria	Africa	841					190,900,000	44.0	2018		[28]
Kenya	Africa	222					50,950,879	43.5	2018		[29]
Honduras	Americas	37					9,158,345	40.4	2019		[30]
Iran	Asia	304+					83,372,584	36.6	2019	Low estimate, real figure is likely to be higher	[31]
Burundi	Africa	39	10	1	2	26	10,860,000	35.9	2018	Data from 8 months, rate multiplied accordingly.	[32]
Uruguay	Americas	67					3,469,551	35.1	2014-2019	Data for 66 months, rate adjusted accordingly.	[33]
Angola	Africa	100+					28,810,000	34.7	2016	Data from capital city only.	[34]
Colombia	Americas	169	97	72	0	0	49,070,000	34.1	2017		[35]
United States	Americas	1,096	1,096				331,449,281	33.1	2022	Data compiled by The Washington Post. See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States	[36]
Mali	Africa	60+					18,540,000	32.3	2018		[37]
Sudan	Africa	138+					43,110,000	32.1	2019		[38]
Rwanda	Africa	37+					11,920,000	31.0	2016/7		[39]
Mexico	Americas	371	145	170	0	56	124,041,731	30.0	2017		[35]
Bangladesh	Asia	466					164,700,000	28.3	2018		[40]
Pakistan	Asia	495					197,000,000	25.2	2017		[41]
Eswatini	Africa	3+					1,357,161	22.1	2019		[42]
Argentina	Americas	95					44,270,000	21.6	2019		[43]
Egypt	Africa	212					97,550,000	21.2	2018	Counted using graph	[44]
Malta	Europe	1	0	1	0	0	493,559	20.0	2019		[45]
Canada	Americas	69					37,060,000	18.6	2022	See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada	[46]
Luxembourg	Europe	1	1	0	0	0	590,321	16.9	2018		[47]
India	Asia	1,731	125			1606	1,380,000,000	12.54	2019	"Other" lists killings while in judicial custody. Official numbers are considerably lower. Official 2018 statistics show only 46 deaths in police custody and 24 deaths of people in police/judicial remand and an additional 21 civilian killed during police operations for a total of 91 nationally. See Table 16A and 16B.4 of Official Govt. of India publication: Crime in India 2018	[48][49]
Australia	Oceania	16	0	0	0	0	24,600,000	6.5	2019-2020		[50]
France	Europe	37	37				67,392,000	5.5	2021		[51]
Belgium	Europe	5	5				11,589,623	4.3	2021		[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]
Indonesia	Asia	77+					264,000,000	2.9	2018	As of August 17, 2018	[62]
Netherlands	Europe	7	7	0	0	0	17,440,000	13.7	2023	3 deaths in incidents in which police used violence	[63]
New Zealand	Oceania	1	1	0	0	0	4,794,000	2.1	2018	One additional death ruled inconclusive	[64]
Norway	Europe	1	1	0	0	0	5,258,000	1.9	2016		[65]
Finland	Europe	1	1	0	0	0	5,503,000	1.8	2018		[66]
Nepal	Asia	5+	5	0	0	0	29,300,000	1.7	2019		[67]
Germany	Europe	11	11	0	0	0	82,887,000	1.3	2018	See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany	[68]
Hong Kong	Asia	1	1	0	0	0	7,392,000	1.3	2019	See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in China	[69]
Portugal	Europe	1	1	0	0	0	10,290,000	1.0	2018		[70]
Sweden	Europe	1	1	0	0	0	10,327,589	1.0	2019		[71]
Taiwan	Asia	2	2	0	0	0	23,580,000	0.8	2018		[72]
United Kingdom	Europe	3	3	0	0	0	66,040,229	0.5	2019	Fatal shootings. See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United Kingdom	[73]
Poland	Europe	2	2	0	0	0	38,433,600	0.5	2020	See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Poland	[74][75]
Japan	Asia	2	2	0	0	0	127,185,332	0.2	2018		[76][77]
Denmark	Europe	0	0	0	0	0	5,873,420	0	2022		[78]
Iceland	Europe	0	0	0	0	0	350,000	0	2016	2013 was the only year in which police killed anybody	[79]
Switzerland	Europe	0	-	-	-	-	8,420,000	0	2018		[80]
Croatia	Europe	0	-	-	-	-	3,997,461	0	2022	-	[81]

Historical data

2020s

Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Argentina
Australia	16
Bangladesh
Belgium		5	3
Brazil
Burundi
Canada[82]	52	57	69[46]
Colombia
Denmark	2	0	0
Dominican Republic
Finland[83]	0	1	0	0	1	1
France[84]	32[85]	37[51]
Germany	9	1
Iceland
Jamaica
Japan				1 (as of 13 January)[86]
Kenya
Netherlands[87]	18	13	23
New Zealand
Norway
Poland	3	1
Portugal
South Africa
Sweden
United Kingdom	5	2
United States[36]	1,021	1,055	1,096	1,232+ [88]
Uruguay
Venezuela

2010s

Country	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Argentina	109	105	121	116	154	125	113	107	110	95
Australia	3	6	4	1	3	10	5	4	8	9
Bangladesh				208	154	192	195	162	466	204
Belgium	3	1	2	2	7	2	2	2	3	2
Brazil							4,224	5,144	6,160	5,804
Burundi							265	59	39
Canada[82][89]	29	29	23	24	24	36	40	34	32	34
Colombia							236	163	169
Denmark	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	244	269			209	193	168	142
Finland[83]	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1
France[90]	10	20	21	15	24	27	24	36	28	28
Germany	8	6	8	8	7	10	11	14	11	17
Iceland	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jamaica	357	210	219	258	115	101	111	168	137
Kenya						143	205	256	222	58
Netherlands[91]	2	2	5	5	12	6	10	10	9	13
New Zealand	0	2	0	2	0	3	3	3	1
Norway	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Poland	2	1	0	0	2	1	3	3	2	2
Portugal	5	1	3	2	0	0	4	2	1
South Africa						423	400	394	436
Sweden	0	1	0	4	3	2	3	1	6	1
United Kingdom	1	2	1	0	1	3	4	6	1	3
United States	1,276	1,350	1,649	1,629	1,486	1,356	1,356	1,767	1,603	1,536
Uruguay									17	22
Venezuela							5,995[92]	4,998[92]	5,287	5,286[1]

2000s

Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Belgium	2	14	13	23	20	22	22	0	2	2
Finland[83]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1990s

Country	1996	1997	1998	1999
Belgium	2	1	2	2

See also

• Crime statistics
• Lists of killings by law enforcement officers
• Police brutality
• Police firearm use by country
• Police use of deadly force in the United States