The world's most dangerous countries for young people: homicide rates for under 20-year-olds mapped

A fifth of homicide victims globally are children and adolescents under the age of 20, according to a new report by Unicef on the prevalence of violence against children. About 95,000 homicide deaths were recorded among this age group in 2012.

The three countries with the highest homicide rates in the world among children and adolescents (aged 0-19 years old) are all in Latin America; El Salvador, Guatemala and Venezuela. The map below shows the rate per 100,000 population for all countries where data was available.