Homicide rate in Malta
Malta: Homicide rate was 0.5629 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Malta, 1990–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.
Analysis
In 2023, homicide rate in Malta stood at 0.5629 homicides per 100,000 population.
That represents a change of down 62.8% on the previous year and down 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Malta peaked at 2.81 homicides per 100,000 population in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2006.
Malta ranks 160th of 179 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.42 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7865 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.52 homicides per 100,000 population | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.11 homicides per 100,000 population | 0 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.4 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7065 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.81 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9524 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.3814 homicides per 100,000 population | 1.51 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 157 Switzerland 0.5975 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 158 Italy 0.5681 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 159 Slovenia 0.5665 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 161 Macao 0.5603 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 162 China 0.5019 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 163 Brunei 0.4864 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Malta
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 8,306 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 11 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.902 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.915 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.621 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.529 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.915 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Malta?
- Homicide rate in Malta was 0.5629 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 2.81 homicides per 100,000 population in 2012.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 homicides per 100,000 population in 2006.
- How does Malta rank for homicide rate?
- Malta ranks 160th out of 179 regions with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.