Country rankings
Countries with the Most Serial Killers
United States has the highest Serial Killers (Wiki) (771), followed by Russia (167) and France (79). Iceland has the lowest (1).
Crime & Safety95 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Nov 29, 2024Original page
11 sources
- Radford/FGCU Annual Report on Serial Killer Statistics: 2023 (pages 23 and 24)
- Serial Killers by Country - Serial Killers Info
- Countries That Have Produced the Most Serial Killers - World Atlas
- Which country has the most serial killers? - Crime and Investigation
- Top 10 Countries with Most Serial Killers in the World - Basic Planet
- List of Serial Killers by Country - Wiki
- List of Serial Killers in the United States - Wiki
- List of Serial Killers - Britannica
- List of Russian Serial Killers - Wiki
- List of German Serial Killers - Wiki
- List of French Serial Killers - Wiki
94 of 235 countries
Serial Killers (Wiki)
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 94 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
3
Middle half 2 – 12
Average
20.64
94 countries
Highest
771
United States
Lowest
1
Iceland
Data
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95 countries · # = rank by Serial Killers (Wiki)
What correlates with Serial Killers (Wiki)?
Pearson r against 1,722 other country metrics sharing at least 57 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Serial Killers (Wiki)?
- United States has the highest Serial Killers (Wiki), at 771, followed by Russia (167) and France (79).
- Which country has the lowest Serial Killers (Wiki)?
- Iceland has the lowest Serial Killers (Wiki), at 1.
- What is the median Serial Killers (Wiki) across countries?
- The median is 3 across the 94 countries with data.
- Where does this countries with the most serial killers data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Radford/FGCU Annual Report on Serial Killer Statistics: 2023 (pages 23 and 24); Serial Killers by Country - Serial Killers Info; Countries That Have Produced the Most Serial Killers - World Atlas; Which country has the most serial killers? - Crime and Investigation.