Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in Brunei
Brunei: Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population was 0.8229 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in Brunei, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Brunei recorded 0.8229 for estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in 2021.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in Brunei peaked at 1.59 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5815, in 2010.
Brunei ranks 165th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.59 | — |
| 2001 | 1.29 | -18.9% |
| 2002 | 1.05 | -18.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9681 | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8863 | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9816 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 1.16 | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 1.05 | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 0.7083 | -32.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6673 | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5815 | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9813 | +68.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9118 | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9163 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8009 | -12.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9891 | +23.5% |
| 2016 | 1.18 | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 1.08 | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7818 | -27.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6796 | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8429 | +24.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8229 | -2.4% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 0.8229 is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.06, 77% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 0.8229 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.96, 28% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in Brunei changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +68.8% | 0.5815 | 0.9813 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.04 | 0.6673 | 1.59 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8905 | 0.5815 | 1.18 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8329 | 0.8229 | 0.8429 | 2 |
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More social development data for Brunei
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5 (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre 0.0011 units per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in Brunei?
- Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population in Brunei was 0.8229 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 1.59 in 2000.
- What is the lowest estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5815 in 2010.
- How does Brunei rank for estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population?
- Brunei ranks 165th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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