On a [per capita basis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate), the US has a homicide rate of 5.35 - so, 2.58 times more than Hungary, 2.9 times higher than Belgium, 3.18 times more than Canada, 3.7 times more than Finland, 4.45 times higher than the UK, nearly 5 times higher than Sweden, 5 times higher than New Zealand and Australia, 6 times higher than Taiwan, 8 times higher than Italy, 10 times more than Switzerland, 14 times more than Hong Kong and a massive 19 times more than Japan.

It's also higher than the third world countries of Zambia, Sudan, Cuba, Kenya, Angola, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, Lebanon, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Cameroon, Timor Leste, Solomon Islands, Belarus, Chile, Mozambique, Thailand, Liberia, India, Moldova, Samoa, Palau, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Albania, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Egypt, Libya, Bangladesh, Iran, Myanmar, Fiji, Syria, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Cambodia, Kuwait, Malawi, Ghana, Tajikistan, Kosovo, Jordan, Serbia and Bosnia.

Why is that? Crime? Gangs? Mental health? Poverty? No, the third world has much bigger problems than the US on all those fronts.

Diversity? Zambia, Sudan, Kenya, Angola, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, Lebanon, Cameroon, Chile, Mozambique, Liberia, India, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Iran, Fiji, Syria, Malaysia, Kuwait, Malawi, Ghana, Tajikistan, Jordan and Bosnia are also [more culturally and ethnically diverse than the US](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level) according to Fearon's analysis.

Population density? Cuba, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Turkey, Cameroon, Timor Leste, Belarus, Mozambique, Thailand, Liberia, India, Moldova, Samoa, Palau, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Albania, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Egypt, Bangladesh, Iran, Myanmar, Fiji, Syria, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Cambodia, Kuwait, Malawi, Ghana, Tajikistan, Kosovo, Jordan, Serbia and Bosnia [have higher population density than the US](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density). 

A few bad egg cities? The third world also has cities that are worse than others, such as Indore, Bhopal and Jaipur in India. That said, there's an argument that third world countries don't report all the homicides, which is reasonable, so removing the bad eggs from the US should rebalance that problem.

The [thirty most murderous US cities](https://bismarcktribune.com/news/national/the-cities-with-the-highest-murder-rates-in-the-us/collection_5a789407-4d43-5403-ad56-7c47880bda8e.html#30) are St Louis, Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit, Birmingham, Jackson, Baton Rouge, Hartford, Salinas, Milwaukee, Washington DC, Kansas City, Savannah, Cincinnati, West Palm Beach, Memphis, Oakland, San Bernardino, Atlanta, Richmond, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Philadelphia, Chicago, North Charleston, Miami, Indianapolis, South Bend and Waco. 

Removing *all thirty cities* - a full 20% of US homicides - from the statistics gives us 13,886 homicides among an adjusted US population of 312 million, for a homicide rate of 4.45 per 100,000 people. That's still worse than Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cambodia, Chile, East Timor, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Rwanda, Pakistan, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand and Uzbekistan.