“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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenia | 152 | 79 | 55 | 75 | 59 | 33 | 110 | 38 | 11 | |
| Mauricio | 35 | 50 | ||||||||
| Uganda | 150 | 167 | 132 | 333 | 223 | 938 | ||||
| Ruanda | 12 | 12 | 10 | 21 | ||||||
| Botswana | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Barbados | 23 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | |
| Nigeria | 738 | 600 | 574 | |||||||
| Canadá | 3.896 | 4.301 | 3.780 | 3.637 | 3.231 | 3.290 | 3.593 | 3.775 | 3.778 | |
| Bahamas | 24 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 9 | |
| Trinidad y Tobago | 58 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| San Vicente y las Granadinas | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Saint Kitts y Nevis | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Bangladés | 1.303 | |||||||||
| Chipre | 16 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 202 | 180 | 222 | 195 | 323 | 246 | 297 | 251 | 260 | |
| Singapur | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | 611 | 676 | 638 | 594 | 550 | 532 | 537 | 482 | 441 | |
| Jamaica | 31 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Belice | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 5 | ||||
| Guyana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| India | 22.832 | 38.440 | 44.664 | 47.592 | 65.461 | |||||
| Nueva Zelandia | 289 | 229 | 278 | 235 | 198 | 235 | 336 | 392 | 379 | 451 |
| Camerún | 460 | 378 | 532 | 880 | 429 | 985 | 572 | 859 | ||
| Granada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| República Unida de Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pakistán | 18.693 | 20.029 | 20.610 | 19.551 | 19.111 | 18.164 | 18.057 | 18.363 | 20.060 | |
| Sudáfrica | 4.692 | 5.013 | 4.991 | 5.455 | ||||||
| Antigua y Barbuda | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| Dominica | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |