What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Fiji and New Zealand?

0.04 deaths per 100,000 people, with Fiji ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and New Zealand?

12 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2012.

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.

Fiji vs New Zealand: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Fiji

1.39 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2012

New Zealand

1.35 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2018

Fiji rank

51st

New Zealand rank

53rd

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Fiji
New Zealand

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people in New Zealand, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1978 it was New Zealand ahead.

Fiji ranks 51st and New Zealand ranks 53rd of 111 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.8205 deaths per 100,000 people	1.85 deaths per 100,000 people	1.03 deaths per 100,000 people	New Zealand
2000s	1.83 deaths per 100,000 people	1.51 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3128 deaths per 100,000 people	Fiji
2010s	1.16 deaths per 100,000 people	1.26 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0991 deaths per 100,000 people	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Fiji or New Zealand?: Fiji, at 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people in New Zealand as of 2012.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Fiji and New Zealand?: 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and New Zealand?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2012.
How do Fiji and New Zealand rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Fiji ranks 51st and New Zealand ranks 53rd 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.