Australia vs Canada: Homicide rate by age of the victim
Australia
0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Canada
0.7971 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Australia rank
71st
Canada rank
74th
Homicide rate by age of the victim over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.7971 deaths per 100,000 people in Canada, a difference of 0.0851 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 71st and Canada ranks 74th of 111 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Canada in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2851 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1960s | 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0168 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6063 deaths per 100,000 people | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2304 deaths per 100,000 people | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0047 deaths per 100,000 people | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2809 deaths per 100,000 people | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2555 deaths per 100,000 people | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.9168 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Australia or Canada?
- Australia, at 0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.7971 deaths per 100,000 people in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Australia and Canada?
- 0.0851 deaths per 100,000 people, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?
- Australia ranks 71st and Canada ranks 74th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO Mortality Database (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate by age of the victim. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual number of deaths from homicides, per 100,000 people within the same age-group.