What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Bulgaria and Malta?

0.0287 deaths per 100,000 people, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Malta?

57 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – 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.

Bulgaria vs Malta: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Bulgaria

0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Malta

0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Bulgaria rank

70th

Malta rank

69th

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Bulgaria
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0287 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 70th and Malta ranks 69th of 111 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.24 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1568 deaths per 100,000 people	2.08 deaths per 100,000 people	Bulgaria
1970s	2.44 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3241 deaths per 100,000 people	2.12 deaths per 100,000 people	Bulgaria
1980s	2.88 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9309 deaths per 100,000 people	1.95 deaths per 100,000 people	Bulgaria
1990s	4.3 deaths per 100,000 people	1.24 deaths per 100,000 people	3.05 deaths per 100,000 people	Bulgaria
2000s	2.5 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9266 deaths per 100,000 people	1.57 deaths per 100,000 people	Bulgaria
2010s	1.29 deaths per 100,000 people	1.12 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1613 deaths per 100,000 people	Bulgaria
2020s	0.8983 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8311 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0672 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 Malta?: Malta, at 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.9126 deaths per 100,000 people in Bulgaria as of 2022.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Bulgaria and Malta?: 0.0287 deaths per 100,000 people, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Malta?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
How do Bulgaria and Malta rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Bulgaria ranks 70th and Malta ranks 69th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – 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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Indicator: Homicide rate by age of the victim
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 4,803 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Annual number of deaths from homicides, per 100,000 people within the same age-group.