Kuwait vs Oman: Homicide rate

Kuwait
0.25 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2020
Oman
0.1386 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Kuwait rank
167th
Oman rank
170th

Homicide rate over time

  • Kuwait
  • Oman
012345199620092023

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.25 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.1386 homicides per 100,000 population in Oman, a difference of 0.1114 homicides per 100,000 population.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.8 times Oman's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Oman ahead.

Kuwait ranks 167th and Oman ranks 170th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicide rate
Unit
homicides per 100,000 population
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,154 data points, 1990–2024
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