This is a list of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers.
List
| 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 | ||||||
| El Salvador | Americas | 1087 | 6,380,000 | 1703.8 | 2017 | ||||||
| Syria | Asia | 1,497 | 18,270,000 | 819 | 2019 | In the context of the Syrian civil war | |||||
| Philippines | 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. | |||||
| Nicaragua | Americas | 325+ | 6,218,000 | 522.7 | 2018 | Up to 535 | |||||
| Jamaica | Americas | 137 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2,898,000 | 472.7 | 2018 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Americas | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,354,000 | 339.7 | 2014 | ||
| Brazil | Americas | 5,804 | 210,147,125 | 276.2 | 2019 | ||||||
| Bahamas | Americas | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 399,285 | 275.7 | 2018 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Americas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110,211 | 181.8 | 2018 | ||
| Afghanistan | Asia | 606 | 49 | 267 | 234 | 56 | 35,530,000 | 170.5 | 2018 | ||
| Guyana | Americas | 12+ | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 787,076 | 152.5 | 2018 | ||
| Dominican Republic | Americas | 142 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10,770,000 | 131.8 | 2017 | ||
| South Africa | Africa | 436 | 56,720,000 | 76.9 | 2017/8 | ||||||
| Central African Republic | Africa | 30+ | 30+ | 4,659,000 | 64.4 | 2015/6 | 18 documented executions with credible information about 12 other cases | ||||
| Lesotho | Africa | 19 | 2,233,000 | 63.8 | 2017/8 | Data from 16 months, rate divided accordingly. | |||||
| Burkina Faso | Africa | 116 | 19,190,000 | 60.4 | 2018/9 | From September 2018 to February 2019 | |||||
| Saint Lucia | Americas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178,844 | 56.2 | 2019 | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa | 389 | 81,340,000 | 47.8 | 2018 | ||||||
| Iraq | Asia | 176+ | 39,309,783 | 45.1 | 2019 | ||||||
| Nigeria | Africa | 841 | 190,900,000 | 44.0 | 2018 | ||||||
| Kenya | Africa | 222 | 50,950,879 | 43.5 | 2018 | ||||||
| Honduras | Americas | 37 | 9,158,345 | 40.4 | 2019 | ||||||
| Iran | Asia | 304+ | 83,372,584 | 36.6 | 2019 | Low estimate, real figure is likely to be higher | |||||
| Burundi | Africa | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10,860,000 | 35.9 | 2018 | Data from 8 months, rate multiplied accordingly. | |
| Uruguay | Americas | 67 | 3,469,551 | 35.1 | 2014- | Data for 66 months, rate adjusted accordingly. | |||||
| Angola | Africa | 100+ | 28,810,000 | 34.7 | 2016 | Data from capital city only. | |||||
| Colombia | Americas | 169 | 97 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 49,070,000 | 34.1 | 2017 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Mali | Africa | 60+ | 18,540,000 | 32.3 | 2018 | ||||||
| Sudan | Africa | 138+ | 43,110,000 | 32.1 | 2019 | ||||||
| Rwanda | Africa | 37+ | 11,920,000 | 31.0 | 2016/7 | ||||||
| Mexico | Americas | 371 | 145 | 170 | 0 | 56 | 124,041,731 | 30.0 | 2017 | ||
| Bangladesh | Asia | 466 | 164,700,000 | 28.3 | 2018 | ||||||
| Pakistan | Asia | 495 | 197,000,000 | 25.2 | 2017 | ||||||
| Eswatini | Africa | 3+ | 1,357,161 | 22.1 | 2019 | ||||||
| Argentina | Americas | 95 | 44,270,000 | 21.6 | 2019 | ||||||
| Egypt | Africa | 212 | 97,550,000 | 21.2 | 2018 | Counted using graph | |||||
| Malta | Europe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 493,559 | 20.0 | 2019 | ||
| Canada | Americas | 69 | 37,060,000 | 18.6 | 2022 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada | |||||
| Luxembourg | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 590,321 | 16.9 | 2018 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Morocco | Africa | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 37,493,183 | 0.8 | 2025 | - | |
| Australia | Oceania | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24,600,000 | 6.5 | 2019- | ||
| France | Europe | 37 | 37 | 67,392,000 | 5.5 | 2021 | |||||
| Belgium | Europe | 5 | 5 | 11,589,623 | 4.3 | 2021 | |||||
| Indonesia | Asia | 77+ | 264,000,000 | 2.9 | 2018 | As of August 17, 2018 | |||||
| Netherlands | Europe | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,440,000 | 7.8 | 2016-2024 | Controle Alt Delete (CAD) investigates how many people die under the responsibility of law enforcement since 2016. In 2016 CAD registered 10 victims, also 10 in 2017, 9 in 2018, 12 in 2019, 18 in 2020, 13 in 2021, 23 victims in 2022, 8 victims in 2023 and 17 victims in 2024. On average there were 14 fatal incidents per year in the period 2016-2024. | |
| New Zealand | Oceania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,794,000 | 2.1 | 2018 | One additional death ruled inconclusive | |
| Norway | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,258,000 | 1.9 | 2016 | ||
| Finland | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,503,000 | 1.8 | 2018 | ||
| Nepal | Asia | 5+ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,300,000 | 1.7 | 2019 | ||
| Germany | Europe | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82,887,000 | 1.3 | 2018 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany | |
| 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 | |
| Portugal | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,290,000 | 1.0 | 2018 | ||
| Sweden | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,327,589 | 1.0 | 2019 | ||
| Czechia | Europe | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 10,538,275 | 1.0 | 2014 | ||
| Taiwan | Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23,580,000 | 0.8 | 2018 | ||
| 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 | |
| Poland | Europe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38,433,600 | 0.5 | 2020 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Poland | |
| Japan | Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127,185,332 | 0.2 | 2018 | ||
| Denmark | Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,873,420 | 0 | 2022 | ||
| Iceland | Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 350,000 | 0 | 2016 | 2013 was the only year in which police killed anybody | |
| Switzerland | Europe | 0 | - | - | - | - | 8,420,000 | 0 | 2018 | ||
| Croatia | Europe | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3,997,461 | 0 | 2022 | - |
Historical data
2020s
| Country | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | ||||||
| Australia | 16 | |||||
| Bangladesh | ||||||
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Brazil | ||||||
| Burundi | ||||||
| Canada | 52 | 57 | 69 | |||
| Colombia | ||||||
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dominican Republic | ||||||
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| France | 32 | 37 | ||||
| Germany | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Iceland | ||||||
| Jamaica | ||||||
| Japan | 1 (as of 13 January) | |||||
| Kenya | ||||||
| Netherlands | 18 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 17 | |
| New Zealand | ||||||
| Norway | ||||||
| Poland | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Portugal | ||||||
| South Africa | ||||||
| Sweden | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2 | ||||
| United States | 1,021 | 1,055 | 1,096 | 1,232+ | ||
| Uruguay | ||||||
| Venezuela | ||||||
| Morocco | 3 |
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 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 34 |
| Colombia | 236 | 163 | 169 | |||||||
| Czechia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 244 | 269 | 209 | 193 | 168 | 142 | ||||
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France | 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 | 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 | 4,998 | 5,287 | 5,286 |
2000s
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Finland | 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
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