Japan vs Spain: Homicides

Japan

226.32 deaths

in 2021

Spain

244.78 deaths

in 2021

Japan rank

106th

Spain rank

104th

Homicides over time

Spain currently reports 244.78 deaths against 226.32 deaths in Japan, a difference of 18.46 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 106th and Spain ranks 104th of 194 countries.

Indicator: Homicides
Unit: deaths
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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