Malawi vs Malaysia: Homicides

Malawi

279 homicides

in 2012

Malaysia

258 homicides

in 2023

Malawi rank

72nd

Malaysia rank

75th

Homicides over time

Malawi currently reports 279 homicides against 258 homicides in Malaysia, a difference of 21 homicides.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 72nd and Malaysia ranks 75th of 179 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of intentional homicides.