What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Romania and Sri Lanka?

0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Sri Lanka?

20 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2019.

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.

Romania vs Sri Lanka: Homicide rate by age of the victim

Romania

1.21 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Sri Lanka

1.18 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2019

Romania rank

56th

Sri Lanka rank

58th

Homicide rate by age of the victim over time

Romania
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Romania currently reports 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.18 deaths per 100,000 people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Romania ranks 56th and Sri Lanka ranks 58th of 111 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Romania	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3.63 deaths per 100,000 people	5.15 deaths per 100,000 people	1.52 deaths per 100,000 people	Sri Lanka
2000s	3.02 deaths per 100,000 people	3.94 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9173 deaths per 100,000 people	Sri Lanka
2010s	1.88 deaths per 100,000 people	1.75 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1347 deaths per 100,000 people	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate by age of the victim, Romania or Sri Lanka?: Romania, at 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.18 deaths per 100,000 people in Sri Lanka as of 2022.
What is the difference in homicide rate by age of the victim between Romania and Sri Lanka?: 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Sri Lanka?: 20 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2019.
How do Romania and Sri Lanka rank globally for homicide rate by age of the victim?: Romania ranks 56th and Sri Lanka ranks 58th 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.