Homicide rate by age of the victim by country

Countries reporting
111
Highest
46.38
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Lowest
0
Brunei Darussalam
Median
1.21
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
4,803

What the numbers show

Homicide rate by age of the victim is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 46.38 in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; the lowest is 0 in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.21, and the mean is 5.18.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 470.7%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 96.4%).

Homicide rate by age of the victim: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 46.38 2016 up 41.2% volatile
1 Mayotte 1.62 2016 volatile
2 El Salvador 39.75 2018 down 13.2% rising
3 Belize 32.75 2022 down 13.5% volatile
4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.27 2022 up 94.4% volatile
5 Colombia 28.2 2021 down 22.8% rising
6 Trinidad and Tobago 28.01 2020 down 23.3% volatile
7 Ecuador 24.57 2022 up 122.9% rising
8 Mexico 24.24 2022 up 15.0% falling
9 Saint Lucia 23.42 2020 up 1.9% volatile
10 Brazil 21.76 2021 down 17.7% rising
11 Puerto Rico 20.67 2022 down 23.4% rising
12 Guyana 17.42 2020 up 16.5% volatile
13 Guatemala 15.09 2022 down 39.7% volatile
14 Dominican Republic 14.08 2018 up 118.6% volatile
15 Costa Rica 12.02 2022 up 55.7% rising
16 Uruguay 11.53 2022 up 74.7% rising
17 Panama 9.85 2022 down 47.8% volatile
18 South Africa 9.56 2020 down 3.2% rising
19 Antigua and Barbuda 9.12 2021 volatile
20 Philippines 8.23 2019 down 37.9% rising
21 Grenada 7.9 2023 up 22.1% volatile
22 United States of America 7.42 2022 up 39.7% rising
23 Paraguay 7.37 2021 down 15.6% falling
24 Suriname 6.33 2014 up 346.1% rising
25 Mongolia 5.74 2023 down 10.0% falling
26 Cuba 5.01 2021 up 5.4% rising
27 Russian Federation 4.98 2019 down 67.0% falling
28 Chile 4.19 2022 up 6.2% rising
29 French Guiana 4.11 2016 down 64.1% volatile
30 Nicaragua 3.42 2022 down 51.3% falling
31 Peru 3.41 2022 up 31.4% rising
32 Ukraine 3.38 2019 down 49.8% falling
33 Belarus 3.22 2018 down 51.9% falling
34 Bahamas 3.18 2016 down 82.2% rising
35 Republic of Moldova 3.13 2023 down 52.8% falling
36 Argentina 3.08 2022 down 38.7% falling
37 Seychelles 3.02 2021 down 67.0% volatile
38 Latvia 2.56 2023 down 57.1% volatile
39 Kazakhstan 2.53 2023 down 60.1% falling
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.42 2017 rising
41 Albania 2.3 2010 down 45.3% volatile
42 Martinique 2.12 2016 down 63.3% volatile
43 Mauritius 1.98 2023 down 43.9% rising
44 Georgia 1.72 2023 up 71.8% volatile
45 Lithuania 1.71 2023 down 65.0% falling
46 Estonia 1.59 2022 down 67.5% volatile
47 Israel 1.52 2022 down 11.8% volatile
48 Guadeloupe 1.5 2016 down 45.2% flat
49 Serbia 1.39 2023 down 34.5% falling
50 Fiji 1.39 2012 down 82.6% volatile
51 Réunion 1.38 2016 down 21.1% falling
52 New Zealand 1.35 2018 up 8.5% rising
53 Thailand 1.3 2023 down 72.2% volatile
54 Montenegro 1.29 2019 down 42.0% volatile
55 Romania 1.21 2022 down 44.3% falling
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2 2014 volatile
57 Sri Lanka 1.18 2019 down 60.7% falling
58 Turkmenistan 1.13 2015 down 51.5% falling
59 Finland 1.12 2022 down 17.2% falling
60 North Macedonia 1.09 2023 up 25.5% volatile
61 Sweden 1.08 2023 up 29.8% rising
62 Iceland 1.08 2022 up 246.7% volatile
63 Luxembourg 1.05 2023 up 470.7% volatile
64 Jamaica 1.04 2014 up 184.3% volatile
65 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9971 2010 down 14.3% volatile
66 Türkiye 0.9692 2023 down 43.3% falling
67 Portugal 0.9664 2022 down 16.0% falling
68 Malta 0.9413 2022 down 34.2% volatile
69 Bulgaria 0.9126 2022 down 39.4% falling
70 Australia 0.8822 2023 down 17.8% falling
71 Slovenia 0.8185 2023 down 19.7% falling
72 Greece 0.8048 2022 down 48.4% rising
73 Canada 0.7971 2022 down 43.5% flat
74 Croatia 0.7734 2021 down 31.9% volatile
75 Hungary 0.7715 2023 down 39.4% falling
76 Cyprus 0.7603 2022 down 65.4% rising
77 France 0.7247 2022 up 15.7% falling
78 Slovakia 0.7187 2023 down 41.9% falling
79 Denmark 0.6684 2022 up 107.5% rising
80 Belgium 0.656 2021 down 50.6% rising
81 Spain 0.6535 2023 down 3.3% rising
82 Republic of Korea 0.6243 2022 down 42.0% falling
83 Austria 0.6167 2023 up 41.3% falling
84 Norway 0.6111 2016 down 36.7% rising
85 Czechia 0.5883 2023 down 32.8% falling
86 Netherlands 0.5874 2023 down 21.7% rising
87 Armenia 0.5735 2023 down 49.0% volatile
88 Jordan 0.5519 2018 down 70.8% falling
89 Kyrgyzstan 0.5422 2023 down 85.7% volatile
90 Bahrain 0.5325 2014 volatile
91 Poland 0.508 2022 down 48.2% flat
92 Switzerland 0.4757 2023 down 14.5% falling
93 Uzbekistan 0.4614 2023 down 71.9% volatile
94 Germany 0.4461 2020 down 24.3% falling
95 Italy 0.4148 2022 down 46.8% falling
96 Tajikistan 0.3917 2022 down 55.9% volatile
97 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3783 2021 up 23.8% falling
98 Maldives 0.3679 2021 volatile
99 Kuwait 0.3524 2023 down 23.8% volatile
100 Barbados 0.3517 2013 down 96.0% volatile
101 Azerbaijan 0.2214 2007 down 96.4% volatile
102 Hong Kong, China 0.1894 2017 down 43.0% volatile
103 Oman 0.1767 2021 up 79.1% volatile
104 Japan 0.1754 2022 down 42.5% volatile
105 Qatar 0.1651 2023 down 57.1% volatile
106 Malaysia 0.139 2020 down 78.6% falling
107 Ireland 0.135 2022 down 84.9% volatile
108 Singapore 0.0982 2022 down 58.3% volatile
109 Egypt 0.0956 2019 down 4.2% volatile
110 Brunei Darussalam 0 2019 volatile

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Indicator
Homicide rate by age of the victim
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 4,803 data points, 1950–2023
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