Bulgaria vs Greece: Homicide rate by age of the victim
Bulgaria
0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Greece
0.8048 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
70th
Greece rank
73rd
Homicide rate by age of the victim over time
- Bulgaria
- Greece
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8048 deaths per 100,000 people in Greece, a difference of 0.1078 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 70th and Greece ranks 73rd of 111 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8473 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 2.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6477 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.79 deaths per 100,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 2.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8888 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.99 deaths per 100,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 4.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2.99 deaths per 100,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.41 deaths per 100,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1185 deaths per 100,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 0.8983 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8262 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0721 deaths per 100,000 people | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Bulgaria or Greece?
- Bulgaria, at 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8048 deaths per 100,000 people in Greece as of 2022.
- What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Bulgaria and Greece?
- 0.1078 deaths per 100,000 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Greece?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Greece rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?
- Bulgaria ranks 70th and Greece ranks 73rd 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.