“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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 24 | 49 | 49 | 58 | 79 | ||
| Kenya | 152 | 79 | 55 | 75 | 59 | 33 | 110 |
| Mauritius | 35 | 50 | |||||
| Uganda | 150 | 167 | 132 | 333 | 223 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 43 | ||||||
| Rwanda | 12 | 12 | 10 | 21 | |||
| Algeria | 101 | 177 | 168 | 106 | 223 | 336 | 517 |
| Botswana | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Egypt | 18 | 93 | 273 | ||||
| Morocco | 295 | 556 | 974 | ||||
| Barbados | 23 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| Cape Verde | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 5 | |
| Nigeria | 738 | 600 | 574 | ||||
| Guinea | 16 | ||||||
| Bahamas | 24 | 18 | 26 | 28 | |||
| Dominican Republic | 20 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 58 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Guatemala | 52 | 133 | 124 | 83 | 51 | 46 | |
| Honduras | 37 | 79 | 51 | 42 | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Ecuador | 37 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 34 | 29 | |
| Chile | 151 | 259 | 327 | 254 | 254 | 266 | 271 |
| Panama | 17 | 38 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 14 |
| Colombia | 800 | 282 | 305 | 305 | 299 | 288 | 213 |
| Nicaragua | 11 | 7 | |||||
| Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Republic of Korea | 222 | 256 | 195 | 188 | 198 | ||
| Peru | 497 | 476 | 471 | 446 | 430 | 347 | 205 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Bangladesh | 1,303 | ||||||
| Indonesia | 398 | 454 | 395 | 361 | 336 | 380 | |
| Lebanon | 559 | 653 | 910 | 1,214 | 1,031 | 991 | |
| Thailand | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 304 |
| Nepal | 123 | ||||||
| Yemen | 102 | ||||||
| Belarus | 36 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 31 | |
| Sri Lanka | 202 | 180 | 222 | 195 | |||
| Jordan | 28 | ||||||
| Bahrain | 12 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 29 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Kuwait | 280 | ||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 42 | ||||||
| Maldives | 26 | 19 | 17 | 8 | |||
| Jamaica | 31 | 11 | 21 | 14 | |||
| Belize | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 99 | 91 | 104 | 104 | |||
| Guyana | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Philippines | 44 | 21 | 11 | 29 | |||
| India | 22,832 | 38,440 | 44,664 | 47,592 | 65,461 | ||
| State of Palestine | 202 | 21 | 24 | 12 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 862 | 73 | 94 | 69 | 82 | ||
| Cameroon | 460 | 378 | 532 | 880 | 755 | 985 | |
| Iraq (Central Iraq) | 1,389 | 1,020 | 820 | 783 | 1,119 | ||
| Myanmar | 39 | 37 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Senegal | 2 | ||||||
| Madagascar | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 11 |