“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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Nepal | 0.5 | ||||||
| Thailand | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
| Kuwait | 12.4 | ||||||
| Bhutan | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | |||
| Lebanon | 12.9 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 23.0 | 18.4 | 16.9 | |
| Bahrain | 1.4 | ||||||
| Belarus | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2 | ||||||
| Nigeria | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||
| Bahamas | 7.3 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 7.5 | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.8 | 5.7 | |||||
| Nicaragua | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||
| Maldives | 7.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 2.3 | |||
| Yemen | 0.5 | ||||||
| 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 |