What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Malta and Syrian Arab Republic?

0.0558 deaths per 100,000 people, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Syrian Arab Republic?

13 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2010.

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.

Malta vs Syrian Arab Republic: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Malta

0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Syrian Arab Republic

0.9971 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2010

Malta rank

69th

Syrian Arab Republic rank

66th

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Malta
Syrian Arab Republic

How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 0.9971 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people in Malta, a difference of 0.0558 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Syrian Arab Republic's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 69th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 66th of 111 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Syrian Arab Republic in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Syrian Arab Republic	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.11 deaths per 100,000 people	1.53 deaths per 100,000 people	0.5798 deaths per 100,000 people	Malta
2000s	0.9266 deaths per 100,000 people	1.24 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3138 deaths per 100,000 people	Syrian Arab Republic
2010s	0.9649 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9971 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0322 deaths per 100,000 people	Syrian Arab Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Malta or Syrian Arab Republic?: Syrian Arab Republic, at 0.9971 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.9413 deaths per 100,000 people in Malta as of 2010.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Malta and Syrian Arab Republic?: 0.0558 deaths per 100,000 people, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Syrian Arab Republic?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2010.
How do Malta and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Malta ranks 69th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 66th 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.