Safety and Crime Around the World
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Puerto Rico (PRI)

Tracking world statistics on Safety and Crime

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Intentional homicides14.591682023
Road traffic deaths2019
Suicide mortality rate5.42702021
Military spending (% of GDP)2024
Control of corruption55.9702024

What each indicator means

Intentional homicides
Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 people.
Suicide mortality rate
Deaths by suicide per 100,000 people. Reporting practices differ between countries.
Control of corruption
An estimate from 0 to 100 of how far public power is kept from being used for private gain. Higher means corruption is better contained.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 206 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Intentional homicides14.59 per 100,000168 / 1962.63 per 100,000Turks & Caicos Islands 76.34
Suicide mortality rate5.42 per 100,00070 / 1857.39 per 100,000St. Vincent & Grenadines 0.41Lesotho 28.66
Control of corruption55.9 score 0-10070 / 20643.14 score 0-100Denmark 94.16South Sudan 6.06

Countries ranked next to it: South Sudan, Eritrea, Ghana, Uganda, St. Lucia, Marshall Islands