Just How Violent IS the United States?

Here is a table of murder rates per capita. Note that Russia ranks 5th, Mexico 6th, and the US 24th. I know the data can be questioned, but they are informative nonetheless.

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Rank   Countries  Amount  # 1   Colombia: 0.617847 per 1,000 people  # 2   South Africa: 0.496008 per 1,000 people  # 3   Jamaica: 0.324196 per 1,000 people  # 4   Venezuela: 0.316138 per 1,000 people  # 5   Russia: 0.201534 per 1,000 people  # 6   Mexico: 0.130213 per 1,000 people  # 7   Estonia: 0.107277 per 1,000 people  # 8   Latvia: 0.10393 per 1,000 people  # 9   Lithuania: 0.102863 per 1,000 people  # 10   Belarus: 0.0983495 per 1,000 people  # 11   Ukraine: 0.094006 per 1,000 people  # 12   Papua New Guinea: 0.0838593 per 1,000 people  # 13   Kyrgyzstan: 0.0802565 per 1,000 people  # 14   Thailand: 0.0800798 per 1,000 people  # 15   Moldova: 0.0781145 per 1,000 people  # 16   Zimbabwe: 0.0749938 per 1,000 people  # 17   Seychelles: 0.0739025 per 1,000 people  # 18   Zambia: 0.070769 per 1,000 people  # 19   Costa Rica: 0.061006 per 1,000 people  # 20   Poland: 0.0562789 per 1,000 people  # 21   Georgia: 0.0511011 per 1,000 people  # 22   Uruguay: 0.045082 per 1,000 people  # 23   Bulgaria: 0.0445638 per 1,000 people  # 24   United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people  # 25   Armenia: 0.0425746 per 1,000 people  # 26   India: 0.0344083 per 1,000 people  # 27   Yemen: 0.0336276 per 1,000 people  # 28   Dominica: 0.0289733 per 1,000 people  # 29   Azerbaijan: 0.0285642 per 1,000 people  # 30   Finland: 0.0283362 per 1,000 people  # 31   Slovakia: 0.0263303 per 1,000 people  # 32   Romania: 0.0250784 per 1,000 people  # 33   Portugal: 0.0233769 per 1,000 people  # 34   Malaysia: 0.0230034 per 1,000 people  # 35   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 0.0229829 per 1,000 people  # 36   Mauritius: 0.021121 per 1,000 people  # 37   Hungary: 0.0204857 per 1,000 people  # 38   Korea, South: 0.0196336 per 1,000 people  # 39   Slovenia: 0.0179015 per 1,000 people  # 40   France: 0.0173272 per 1,000 people  # 41   Czech Republic: 0.0169905 per 1,000 people  # 42   Iceland: 0.0168499 per 1,000 people  # 43   Australia: 0.0150324 per 1,000 people  # 44   Canada: 0.0149063 per 1,000 people  # 45   Chile: 0.014705 per 1,000 people  # 46   United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people  # 47   Italy: 0.0128393 per 1,000 people  # 48   Spain: 0.0122456 per 1,000 people  # 49   Germany: 0.0116461 per 1,000 people  # 50   Tunisia: 0.0112159 per 1,000 people  # 51   Netherlands: 0.0111538 per 1,000 people  # 52   New Zealand: 0.0111524 per 1,000 people  # 53   Denmark: 0.0106775 per 1,000 people  # 54   Norway: 0.0106684 per 1,000 people  # 55   Ireland: 0.00946215 per 1,000 people  # 56   Switzerland: 0.00921351 per 1,000 people  # 57   Indonesia: 0.00910842 per 1,000 people  # 58   Greece: 0.0075928 per 1,000 people  # 59   Hong Kong: 0.00550804 per 1,000 people  # 60   Japan: 0.00499933 per 1,000 people  # 61   Saudi Arabia: 0.00397456 per 1,000 people  # 62   Qatar: 0.00115868 per 1,000 people