Morocco vs Papua New Guinea: Homicides

Morocco
635 homicides
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
713 homicides
in 2010
Morocco rank
48th
Papua New Guinea rank
47th

Homicides over time

  • Morocco
  • Papua New Guinea
02004006008001.0k199020072024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 713 homicides against 635 homicides in Morocco, a difference of 78 homicides.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 48th and Papua New Guinea ranks 47th of 179 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 548 homicides 476 homicides 72 homicides Morocco
2000s 479.78 homicides 557 homicides 77.22 homicides Papua New Guinea
2010s 451 homicides 713 homicides 262 homicides Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicides, Morocco or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 713 homicides against 635 homicides in Morocco as of 2010.
What is the difference in homicides between Morocco and Papua New Guinea?
78 homicides, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Papua New Guinea?
12 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2010.
How do Morocco and Papua New Guinea rank globally for homicides?
Morocco ranks 48th and Papua New Guinea ranks 47th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicides. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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
Last refreshed

Number of intentional homicides.