What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Estonia and Lithuania?

0.12 deaths per 100,000 people, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Lithuania?

40 years are reported by both, from 1981 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.

Estonia vs Lithuania: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Estonia

1.59 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Lithuania

1.71 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Estonia rank

47th

Lithuania rank

45th

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Estonia
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people in Estonia, a difference of 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 47th and Lithuania ranks 45th of 111 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 4 and Lithuania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Estonia	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1980s	6.98 deaths per 100,000 people	5.49 deaths per 100,000 people	1.49 deaths per 100,000 people	Estonia
1990s	19.29 deaths per 100,000 people	10.15 deaths per 100,000 people	9.14 deaths per 100,000 people	Estonia
2000s	9.52 deaths per 100,000 people	8.45 deaths per 100,000 people	1.07 deaths per 100,000 people	Estonia
2010s	3.35 deaths per 100,000 people	3.92 deaths per 100,000 people	0.569 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
2020s	2.26 deaths per 100,000 people	2.03 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2357 deaths per 100,000 people	Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Estonia or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people in Estonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Estonia and Lithuania?: 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Lithuania?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2022.
How do Estonia and Lithuania rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Estonia ranks 47th and Lithuania ranks 45th 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.