Where did you see that? According to the sources I looked at Belgium has a rate about 20% that of the US. The US's peers in murder rate seem to be Turkmenistan,

Where did you see that? According to the sources I looked at Belgium has a rate about 20% that of the US. The US's peers in murder rate seem to be Turkmenistan, Albania, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Yemen: http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violent-crime/Murder-rate-per-million-people#-amount http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violent... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate#By_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...