The U.S. ranks 43rd in homicide rates

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in 2010 the United States had a homicide rate of 4.8 per 100,000 people, enough to make the United States rank forty-third out of eighty-seven countries ranked in that category. Honduras ranks first, with a homicide rate of 82.1 per 100,000 people.

The U.S. ranks 29th in negative emotions

According to Gallup, the U.S. has a “negative experience index score” of 32, which makes the United States tied for twenty-ninth (with Nicaragua, Cyprus, Romania, Montenegro, Honduras, and Guatemala) out of one hundred forty-eight countries ranked in that category. Iraq ranks first, with a score of 59. The country with the lowest “negative experience index score” is the Somaliland region, with a score of 11.

The U.S. ranks 52nd in homicides

According to the most recent data made available to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, the United States has a homicide rate of 5.2 per 100,000 people, which makes the United States tied for fifty-second with Argentina out of one hundred thirty-eight ranked countries. Honduras ranks first, with a homicide rate of 60.9 per 100,000.