How many kidnapping cases actually get resolved successfully?

There's simply no way to tell. If you were to ask law enforcement, kidnappings are usually solved and the victim is usually returned to their families alive or deceased,alive being the usual operative state of being. read more

In case of the sexual predators, the victims are often killed afterward to prevent easy detection and arrest. In the case of non-custodial parents, the victim may taken from the country or put into hiding and may not be found for years,if ever. read more

I suspect there's some fundamental difference in how the United States defines kidnapping compared to other nations. 258,115 kidnappings out of 311.6 million people would give the United States a score on that chart of 82.8 per 100,000 -- more than the top 11 nations on that list combined. read more