The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118076 Message #2555394
Posted By: pdq
02-Feb-09 - 01:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lucky to have Jimmy Carter
Subject: RE: BS: Lucky to have Jimmy Carter
World Top 10 - Countries With Highest Murder Rates
Country Murder Rates
Honduras 154.02 / 100,000 population
South Africa 121.91
Swaziland 93.32
Colombia 69.98
Lesotho 50.41
Rwanda 45.08
Jamaica 45.08
El. Salvador 36.88
Venezuela 33.20
Bolivia 31.98
{these numbers may date from 2002, not sure, but they do show somthing odd: Venezuela is the only one which qualifies as "oil rich"...the others are very poor}