“Kidnapping” means unlawfully detaining a person or persons against their will (including through the use of force; threat; fraud or enticement) for the purpose of demanding for their liberation an illicit gain or any other economic gain or other material benefit; or in order to oblige someone to do or not to do something. “Kidnapping” excludes disputes over child custody. (UN-CTS M5.5)
| 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tajikistan | 146 | 172 | |||||
| Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Republic of Korea | 222 | 256 | 195 | 188 | 198 | ||
| Bhutan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 92 | 127 | 201 | 81 | 115 | 76 | 79 |
| Bangladesh | 1,303 | ||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 24 | 84 | 66 | 60 | 41 | 51 | 54 |
| Indonesia | 398 | 454 | 395 | 361 | 336 | 380 | |
| Japan | 277 | 186 | 153 | 190 | 185 | 198 | |
| Thailand | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 304 |
| Nepal | 123 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 202 | 180 | 222 | 195 | |||
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 29 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Maldives | 26 | 19 | 17 | 8 | |||
| Armenia | 22 | 39 | 34 | 38 | 49 | 44 | 58 |
| Australia | 611 | 676 | 638 | 596 | 550 | 523 | |
| Philippines | 44 | 21 | 11 | 29 | |||
| India | 22,832 | 38,440 | 44,664 | 47,592 | 65,461 | ||
| Georgia | 88 | 4 | |||||
| New Zealand | 289 | 229 | 278 | 235 | 198 | 235 | |
| Myanmar | 39 | 37 | 3 | 2 |