World Population Review recently published a list of 136 countries in the world with highest crime rates in 2023.

According to the list, the top 10 countries with highest crimes rates in 2023 are: Venezuela (83.76), Papua New Guinea (80.79), South Africa (76.86), Afghanistan (76.31), Honduras (74.54), Trinidad and Tobago (71.63), Guyana (68.74), El Salvador (67.79), Brazil (67.49) and Jamaica (67.42).

Bangladesh stood 17th on the list, according to wordpoplulationreview.com.

The overall crime rate is calculated by dividing the total number of recorded crimes of any sort by the entire population and multiplying the result by 100,000 (crime rate is typically reported as X number of crimes per 100,000 people).

Crime rates vary widely between countries and are impacted by a variety of variables, it said.

High levels of poverty and unemployment, for example, tend to exaggerate a country’s crime rate. There is also a substantial association between age and crime, with most crimes, particularly serious crimes, perpetrated by those aged 20 to 30.

The 10 countries with the least crime rates in 2023 are: Qatar (12.13), United Arab Emirates (15.23) Taiwan (15.46), Isle of Man (19.25), Oman (20.34), Switzerland (21.62), Hong Kong (22), Japan (22.19), Slovenia (22.28) and Armenia (22.79).