Homicides in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Homicides was 713 homicides in 2010. ▲ Rising
Homicides in Papua New Guinea, 1998–2010
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.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 713 homicides for homicides in 2010. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 53.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicides in Papua New Guinea peaked at 713 homicides in 2010 and was at its lowest, 436 homicides, in 2001.
Papua New Guinea ranks 47th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Homicides in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | homicides | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 502 homicides | — |
| 1999 | 450 homicides | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 465 homicides | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 436 homicides | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 470 homicides | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 609 homicides | +29.6% |
| 2005 | 603 homicides | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 610 homicides | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 520 homicides | -14.8% |
| 2008 | 603 homicides | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 697 homicides | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 713 homicides | +2.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 713 homicides is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 635 homicides, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 713 homicides is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 75 homicides, 9.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 476 homicides | 450 homicides | 502 homicides | 2 |
| 2000s | 557 homicides | 436 homicides | 697 homicides | 9 |
| 2010s | 713 homicides | 713 homicides | 713 homicides | 1 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More social development data for Papua New Guinea
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 7,727 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 644 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 644 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicides in Papua New Guinea?
- Homicides in Papua New Guinea was 713 homicides in 2010, 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 homicides recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 713 homicides in 2010.
- What is the lowest homicides recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 436 homicides in 2001.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for homicides?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 47th out of 179 countries with data for 2010.
- Is homicides rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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 Homicides. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of intentional homicides.