Australia vs Portugal: Homicide rate by age of the victim
Australia
0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
0.9664 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Australia rank
71st
Portugal rank
68th
Homicide rate by age of the victim over time
- Australia
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.9664 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people in Australia, a difference of 0.0842 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 71st and Portugal ranks 68th of 111 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 7 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2045 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1960s | 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3768 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4907 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5511 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3273 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0507 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9478 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1351 deaths per 100,000 people | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.9075 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9664 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0589 deaths per 100,000 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Australia or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.9664 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 Portugal?
- 0.0842 deaths per 100,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Portugal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Portugal rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?
- Australia ranks 71st and Portugal ranks 68th 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.