Australia vs Malta: Homicide rate by age of the victim
Australia
0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Malta
0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Australia rank
71st
Malta rank
69th
Homicide rate by age of the victim over time
- Australia
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people in Australia, a difference of 0.0591 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 71st and Malta ranks 69th of 111 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Malta in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1568 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3241 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.49 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9309 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5363 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9745 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.299 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0411 deaths per 100,000 people | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.9168 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8311 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0857 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Australia or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people in Australia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Australia and Malta?
- 0.0591 deaths per 100,000 people, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malta?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Malta rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?
- Australia ranks 71st and Malta ranks 69th 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.