Armenia has the lowest rate of youth homicides.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the majority of cases of violent deaths are registered in Russia, Albania and certain countries of the Eastern Europe.

The WHO statistics shows that 40 % of the 15,000 annual youth homicides are perpetrated with knifes and sharp weapons. Other means include firearms and strangulation, about 40 young people aged from 10-29 are killed daily as a result of violence. Overall 80% of the victims are men.

Austria, Armenia and Germany had the lowest youth murder rate among the 53 European nations covered by the survey.