Statizoid

Japan vs Namibia: Homicides

Japan
285 homicides
in 2023
Namibia
315 homicides
in 2021
Japan rank
70th
Namibia rank
68th

Homicides over time

  • Japan
  • Namibia
0200400600800199020062023

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 315 homicides against 285 homicides in Japan, a difference of 30 homicides.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 70th and Namibia ranks 68th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicides
Unit
homicides
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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