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

0.0408 deaths per 100,000 people, with Malaysia ahead.

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

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.

Malaysia vs Singapore: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Malaysia

0.139 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2020

Singapore

0.0982 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Malaysia rank

107th

Singapore rank

109th

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Malaysia
Singapore

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.139 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0982 deaths per 100,000 people in Singapore, a difference of 0.0408 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.4 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Singapore ahead.

Malaysia ranks 107th and Singapore ranks 109th of 111 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Singapore	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.8804 deaths per 100,000 people	0.6176 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2628 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia
2010s	0.4082 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2966 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1116 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia
2020s	0.139 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1236 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0154 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Malaysia or Singapore?: Malaysia, at 0.139 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0982 deaths per 100,000 people in Singapore as of 2020.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Malaysia and Singapore?: 0.0408 deaths per 100,000 people, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Singapore?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do Malaysia and Singapore rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Malaysia ranks 107th and Singapore ranks 109th 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.