Jamaica’s homicide rate is at an alarming level, with murders being recorded on the island at nearly eight times the global average.

For the purpose of statistics, the murder rate is the number of murders per 100,000 people within a country.

According to data compiled by World Population review, Jamaica has experienced a decline in its murder rate over the last three years. In 2017, Jamaica’s homicide rate was 56 per 100,000. In 2018, the homicide rate dropped to 47 per 100,000, but remained three times higher than the average for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Since then the murder rate has dropped to 46.2, which though a continued decline, remains an unhealthy figure on the global stage.

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