This is a list of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers.
List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officersLocation | Region | Killings | Breakdown | Population | Rate per 10 million people | Year listed | Notes | rowspan=2 |
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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 | 2016-2021 | 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] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 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 | 2014-2019 | 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 | | |
| 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 | [35] |
| Africa | 60+ | | | | | 18,540,000 | 32.3 | 2018 | | [36] |
| Africa | 138+ | | | | | 43,110,000 | 32.1 | 2019 | | [37] |
| Africa | 37+ | | | | | 11,920,000 | 31.0 | 2016/7 | | [38] |
| Americas | 371 | 145 | 170 | 0 | 56 | 124,041,731 | 30.0 | 2017 | | [39] |
| Asia | 466 | | | | | 164,700,000 | 28.3 | 2018 | | [40] |
Pakistan | Asia | 495 | | | | | 197,000,000 | 25.2 | 2017 | | [41] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
Australia | Oceania | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24,600,000 | 6.5 | 2019-2020 | | [50] |
| Europe | 37 | 37 | | | | 67,392,000 | 5.5 | 2021 | | |
| Europe | 5 | 5 | | | | 11,589,623 | 4.3 | 2021 | | [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] |
| Asia | 77+ | | | | | 264,000,000 | 2.9 | 2018 | As of August 17, 2018 | [61] |
| Europe | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,440,000 | 13.7 | 2022 | See database of deaths at the hands of the police: | [62] |
| Oceania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,794,000 | 2.1 | 2018 | One additional death ruled inconclusive | [63] |
| Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,258,000 | 1.9 | 2016 | | [64] |
Finland | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,503,000 | 1.8 | 2018 | | [65] |
Nepal | Asia | 5+ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,300,000 | 1.7 | 2019 | | [66] |
| Europe | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82,887,000 | 1.3 | 2018 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany | [67] |
| Asia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,392,000 | 1.3 | 2019 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in China | [68] |
| Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,290,000 | 1.0 | 2018 | | [69] |
Sweden | Europe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,327,589 | 1.0 | 2019 | | [70] |
| Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23,580,000 | 0.8 | 2018 | | [71] |
| 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 | [72] |
| Europe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38,433,600 | 0.5 | 2020 | See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Poland | [73] [74] |
| Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127,185,332 | 0.2 | 2018 | | [75] [76] |
Denmark | Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,873,420 | 0 | 2022 | | [77] |
| Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 350,000 | 0 | 2016 | 2013 was the only year in which police killed anybody | [78] |
| Europe | 0 | - | - | - | - | 8,420,000 | 0 | 2018 | | [79] |
| Europe | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3,997,461 | 0 | 2022 | - | [80] | |