What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Japan and Malaysia?

0.0364 deaths per 100,000 people, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?

21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.

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.

Japan vs Malaysia: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Japan

0.1754 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Malaysia

0.139 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2020

Japan rank

105th

Malaysia rank

107th

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Japan
Malaysia

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.1754 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.139 deaths per 100,000 people in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0364 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 105th and Malaysia ranks 107th of 111 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.5019 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8804 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3785 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia
2010s	0.2724 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4082 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1358 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia
2020s	0.2042 deaths per 100,000 people	0.139 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0652 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Japan or Malaysia?: Japan, at 0.1754 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.139 deaths per 100,000 people in Malaysia as of 2022.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Japan and Malaysia?: 0.0364 deaths per 100,000 people, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do Japan and Malaysia rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Japan ranks 105th and Malaysia ranks 107th 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.