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This is a list of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers.
Location | Region | Killings | Population | Rate per 10 million people | Year listed | Notes | |||||
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![]() | Americas | 5,286 | 28,887,118 | 1829.9 | 2019 | [1] [2] | |||||
![]() | Americas | 1087 | 6,380,000 | 1703.8 | 2017 | [3] [4] | |||||
![]() | Asia | 1,497 | 18,270,000 | 819 | 2019 | In the context of the Syrian civil war | [5] | ||||
![]() | Asia | 6,069+ | 109,048,269 | 556.5 | 2016- | These are just the "Drug personalities who died in anti-drug operations" alone. Actual number is much higher. | [6] | ||||
![]() | Americas | 325+ | 6,218,000 | 522.7 | 2018 | Up to 535 | [7] | ||||
![]() | Americas | 137 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2,898,000 | 472.7 | 2018 | [8] | |
![]() | Americas | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,354,000 | 339.7 | 2014 | [9] | |
![]() | Americas | 5,804 | 210,147,125 | 276.2 | 2019 | [10] | |||||
![]() | Americas | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 399,285 | 275.7 | 2018 | [11] | |
![]() | Americas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110,211 | 181.8 | 2018 | [12] | |
![]() | Asia | 606 | 49 | 267 | 234 | 56 | 35,530,000 | 170.5 | 2018 | [13] | |
![]() | Americas | 12+ | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 787,076 | 152.5 | 2018 | [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] | |
![]() | Americas | 142 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10,770,000 | 131.8 | 2017 | [19] | |
![]() | Africa | 436 | 56,720,000 | 76.9 | 2017/8 | [20] | |||||
![]() | Africa | 30+ | 30+ | 4,659,000 | 64.4 | 2015/6 | 18 documented executions with credible information about 12 other cases | [21] | |||
![]() | Africa | 19 | 2,233,000 | 63.8 | 2017/8 | Data from 16 months, rate divided accordingly. | [22] | ||||
![]() | Africa | 116 | 19,190,000 | 60.4 | 2018/9 | From September 2018 to February 2019 | [23] | ||||
![]() | Americas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178,844 | 56.2 | 2019 | [24] | |
![]() | Africa | 389 | 81,340,000 | 47.8 | 2018 | [25] | |||||
![]() | Asia | 176+ | 39,309,783 | 45.1 | 2019 | [26] [27] | |||||
![]() | Africa | 841 | 190,900,000 | 44.0 | 2018 | [28] | |||||
![]() | Africa | 222 | 50,950,879 | 43.5 | 2018 | [29] | |||||
![]() | Americas | 37 | 9,158,345 | 40.4 | 2019 | [30] | |||||
![]() | Asia | 304+ | 83,372,584 | 36.6 | 2019 | Low estimate, real figure is likely to be higher | [31] | ||||
![]() | Africa | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10,860,000 | 35.9 | 2018 | Data from 8 months, rate multiplied accordingly. | [32] |
![]() | Americas | 67 | 3,469,551 | 35.1 | 2014- | Data for 66 months, rate adjusted accordingly. | [33] | ||||
![]() | Africa | 100+ | 28,810,000 | 34.7 | 2016 | Data from capital city only. | [34] | ||||
![]() | Americas | 169 | 97 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 49,070,000 | 34.1 | 2017 | [35] | |
![]() | 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] | |||
![]() | Africa | 60+ | 18,540,000 | 32.3 | 2018 | [37] | |||||
![]() | Africa | 138+ | 43,110,000 | 32.1 | 2019 | [38] | |||||
![]() | Africa | 37+ | 11,920,000 | 31.0 | 2016/7 | [39] | |||||
![]() | Americas | 371 | 145 | 170 | 0 | 56 | 124,041,731 | 30.0 | 2017 | [35] | |
![]() | Asia | 466 | 164,700,000 | 28.3 | 2018 | [40] | |||||
![]() | Asia | 495 | 197,000,000 | 25.2 | 2017 | [41] | |||||
![]() | Africa | 3+ | 1,357,161 | 22.1 | 2019 | [42] | |||||
![]() | Americas | 95 | 44,270,000 | 21.6 | 2019 | [43] | |||||
![]() | Africa | 212 | 97,550,000 | 21.2 | 2018 | Counted using graph | [44] | ||||
![]() | Europe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 493,559 | 20.0 | 2019 | [45] | |
![]() | Americas | 69 | 37,060,000 | 18.6 | 2022 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada | [46] | ||||
![]() | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 590,321 | 16.9 | 2018 | [47] | |
![]() | 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] | ||
![]() | Oceania | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24,600,000 | 6.5 | 2019- | [50] | |
![]() | Europe | 37 | 37 | 67,392,000 | 5.5 | 2021 | [51] | ||||
![]() | Europe | 5 | 5 | 11,589,623 | 4.3 | 2021 | [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] | ||||
![]() | Asia | 77+ | 264,000,000 | 2.9 | 2018 | As of August 17, 2018 | [62] | ||||
![]() | Europe | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,440,000 | 13.7 | 2022 | See database of deaths at the hands of the police: | [63] |
![]() | Oceania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,794,000 | 2.1 | 2018 | One additional death ruled inconclusive | [64] |
![]() | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,258,000 | 1.9 | 2016 | [65] | |
![]() | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,503,000 | 1.8 | 2018 | [66] | |
![]() | Asia | 5+ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,300,000 | 1.7 | 2019 | [67] | |
![]() | Europe | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82,887,000 | 1.3 | 2018 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany | [68] |
![]() | Asia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,392,000 | 1.3 | 2019 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in China | [69] |
![]() | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,290,000 | 1.0 | 2018 | [70] | |
![]() | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,327,589 | 1.0 | 2019 | [71] | |
![]() | Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23,580,000 | 0.8 | 2018 | [72] | |
![]() | 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] |
![]() | 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] |
![]() | Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127,185,332 | 0.2 | 2018 | [76] [77] | |
![]() | Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,873,420 | 0 | 2022 | [78] | |
![]() | Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 350,000 | 0 | 2016 | 2013 was the only year in which police killed anybody | [79] |
![]() | Europe | 0 | - | - | - | - | 8,420,000 | 0 | 2018 | [80] | |
![]() | Europe | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3,997,461 | 0 | 2022 | - | [81] |
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Country | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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![]() | 109 | 105 | 121 | 116 | 154 | 125 | 113 | 107 | 110 | 95 |
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![]() | 208 | 154 | 192 | 195 | 162 | 466 | 204 | |||
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![]() | 4,224 | 5,144 | 6,160 | 5,804 | ||||||
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![]() | 1,276 | 1,350 | 1,649 | 1,629 | 1,486 | 1,356 | 1,356 | 1,767 | 1,603 | 1,536 |
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![]() | 5,995 [88] | 4,998 [88] | 5,287 | 5,286 [1] | ||||||
Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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