“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 | ||||||
| Canada | 3,896 | 4,301 | 3,780 | 3,637 | 3,231 | 3,290 | 3,555 |
| 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 | |||||
| El Salvador | 4 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
| Ecuador | 37 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 34 | 29 | |
| Tajikistan | 146 | 172 | |||||
| Uruguay | 19 | 20 | 9 | ||||
| Chile | 151 | 259 | 327 | 254 | 254 | 266 | 271 |
| Panama | 17 | 38 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 14 |
| Costa Rica | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| 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 | |||
| Brazil | 401 | 319 | 414 | 396 | |||
| 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 | |
| Cyprus | 16 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 21 | 24 |
| Japan | 277 | 186 | 153 | 190 | 185 | 198 | |
| Lebanon | 559 | 653 | 910 | 1,214 | 1,031 | 991 | |
| Thailand | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 304 |
| Turkey | 8,737 | 13,586 | 13,584 | 13,431 | |||
| Paraguay | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Nepal | 123 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| Yemen | 102 | ||||||
| Belarus | 36 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 31 | |
| Sri Lanka | 202 | 180 | 222 | 195 | |||
| Republic of Moldova | 16 | 38 | 51 | 92 | 116 | 88 | |
| Jordan | 28 | ||||||
| Bahrain | 12 | ||||||
| Russian Federation | 1,135 | 519 | 520 | 512 | 442 | 369 | 336 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 29 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Kuwait | 280 | ||||||
| Estonia | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 42 | ||||||
| Ireland | 74 | 134 | 109 | 101 | 124 | 124 | 153 |
| Lithuania | 70 | 69 | 48 | 65 | 46 | 44 | 49 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Maldives | 26 | 19 | 17 | 8 | |||
| Armenia | 22 | 39 | 34 | 38 | 49 | 44 | 58 |
| Poland | 22 | 26 | 11 | 27 | 445 | 292 | 246 |
| Ukraine | 178 | 292 | |||||
| Croatia | 20 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Israel | 418 | 267 | 265 | ||||
| Hungary | 7 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
| Portugal | 438 | 501 | 507 | 419 | 432 | 376 | 369 |
| Albania | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Finland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 368 | 351 | 356 | 341 | 325 | 297 | 287 |
| Germany | 1,727 | 4,897 | 4,922 | 5,183 | 4,964 | 5,011 | 4,789 |
| Andorra | 1 | ||||||
| Greece | 25 | 173 | 158 | 139 | 95 | 58 | 89 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Austria | 5 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Luxembourg | 27 | 47 | 57 | 48 | 52 | ||
| Switzerland | 245 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Spain | 208 | 127 | 111 | 118 | 121 | 99 | 93 |
| Serbia | 26 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| Belgium | 919 | 1,122 | 1,194 | 1,185 | 1,163 | 1,146 | 1,143 |
| Australia | 611 | 676 | 638 | 596 | 550 | 523 | |
| Jamaica | 31 | 11 | 21 | 14 | |||
| Belize | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Mexico | 325 | 1,284 | 1,344 | 1,512 | 1,888 | 1,621 | 1,160 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 99 | 91 | 104 | 104 | |||
| Guyana | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Macao Special Administrative Region of China | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Philippines | 44 | 21 | 11 | 29 | |||
| India | 22,832 | 38,440 | 44,664 | 47,592 | 65,461 | ||
| Georgia | 88 | 4 | |||||
| State of Palestine | 202 | 21 | 24 | 12 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 862 | 73 | 94 | 69 | 82 | ||
| Bulgaria | 190 | 118 | 77 | 75 | 87 | 95 | 74 |
| Romania | 280 | 321 | 307 | 391 | 310 | 290 | 295 |
| Latvia | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Montenegro | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 24 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 8 | |
| France | 2,012 | 2,092 | 2,234 | 2,117 | 2,266 | 2,956 | 3,985 |
| Netherlands | 910 | 645 | 560 | 585 | 510 | 405 | 415 |
| New Zealand | 289 | 229 | 278 | 235 | 198 | 235 | |
| 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 |