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Global Study On Homicide Blows Up Belize
posted (April 11, 2014)
The United Nations Global Study on Homicide was launched yesterday in London, and, using 2012 figures, it shows Belize with the third highest murder rate in the world. As regions, Southern Africa and Central America have the highest murder rates per hundred thousand, and Belize with the 2012 rate of 44.7 murders per hundred thousand Belize was third highest in the world behind Honduras and Venezuela.

Belize's figures for 2013 showed a sharp decline in the murder rate to 29.8 murders per hundred thousand citizens. Still that is high because, globally, the average homicide rate is 6.2 per 100,000 people, but Central America has rates four times higher, more than 24 victims per 100,000.

Interestingly the statistics also show that Belize City was among the most dangerous cities on earth with a murder rate of 105.1 murders per hundred thousand citizens. Under the heading for each country's most populous city's murder rate, only Guatemala City at 116, Caracas Venezuela at 122 and Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis at 131 were higher. Juarez Mexico and San Pedro Sula which have the highest city murder rates in the world, were not listed in that category because they are not the most populous cities in their countries.

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