Colombia vs Philippines: Homicides

Colombia

14,457 deaths

in 2021

Philippines

8,831 deaths

in 2019

Colombia rank

4th

Philippines rank

6th

Homicides over time

Colombia currently reports 14,457 deaths against 8,831 deaths in Philippines, a difference of 5,626 deaths.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.6 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 4th and Philippines ranks 6th of 113 countries.

Indicator: Homicides
Unit: deaths
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual number of homicides.