“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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Burundi | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||
| Rwanda | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
| Mauritius | 2.8 | 4.0 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 0.3 | ||||||
| Algeria | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Uganda | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||
| Botswana | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
| Egypt | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||
| Guinea | 0.2 | ||||||
| Morocco | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | ||||
| Cape Verde | 1.2 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
| Dominican Republic | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Canada | 12.1 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| Barbados | 8.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| Jamaica | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Belize | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | |||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Honduras | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |||
| Mexico | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 3.7 | |||
| Guatemala | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Guyana | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||
| Ecuador | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Uruguay | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||
| Tajikistan | 1.9 | 2.2 | |||||
| El Salvador | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Philippines | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Colombia | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Republic of Korea | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||
| Panama | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Macao Special Administrative Region of China | 0.4 | 0.2 | |||||
| Nepal | 0.5 | ||||||
| Thailand | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| India | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 | ||
| Bangladesh | 0.9 | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Chile | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Georgia | 2.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| Indonesia | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Mongolia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||||
| Jordan | 0.5 | ||||||
| State of Palestine | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 19.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| Peru | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |||
| Hungary | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Bulgaria | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Kuwait | 12.4 | ||||||
| Bhutan | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |||
| Cyprus | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Slovakia | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Japan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Lebanon | 12.9 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 23.0 | 18.4 | 16.9 | |
| Bahrain | 1.4 | ||||||
| Turkey | 12.9 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 17.9 | |||
| Finland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Romania | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Belarus | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2 | ||||||
| Ukraine | 0.4 | 0.6 | |||||
| Republic of Moldova | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | |
| Latvia | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Ireland | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| Greece | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Poland | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Serbia | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Andorra | 1.4 | ||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Italy | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Spain | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Slovenia | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Belgium | 8.7 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
| Albania | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Australia | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
| Austria | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Montenegro | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||||
| Luxembourg | 5.3 | 9.0 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 9.3 | ||
| France | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
| Netherlands | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| New Zealand | 7.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 | |
| Nigeria | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||
| Bahamas | 7.3 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 7.5 | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.8 | 5.7 | |||||
| Costa Rica | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Nicaragua | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||
| Brazil | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Paraguay | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Maldives | 7.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 2.3 | |||
| Armenia | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Israel | 6.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||||
| Yemen | 0.5 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Russian Federation | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Estonia | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
| Lithuania | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Croatia | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Portugal | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Germany | 2.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| Switzerland | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Cameroon | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |
| Myanmar | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Senegal | 0.0 | ||||||
| Iraq (Central Iraq) | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |