Maldives: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

Key figures

Since 1990 it is up 38.25% from 0.44 in 1990 (1.12% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 16 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Maldives in the 2019 ranking

• Georgia — 5th of 8: 2.03
• Tonga — 6th of 8: 0.95
• Saudi Arabia — 7th of 8: 0.94

What this measures

An intentional homicide is defined as an unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury.

Limitations: Statistics reported to the United Nations in the context of its various surveys on crime levels and criminal justice trends are incidents of victimization that have been reported to the authorities in any given country. That means that this data is subject to the problems of accuracy of all official crime data. The survey results provide an overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the criminal justice system to promote informed decision-making in administration, nationally and internationally. The degree to which different societies apportion the level of culpability to acts resulting in death is also subject to variation.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a aggregate values are computed by unodc. for additional information, please see the unodc website: https://dataunodc.un.org/sites/dataunodc.un.org/files/metadata_intentional_homicide.pdf.

All 14 values

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 2.34 (2018)
• Bhutan — 2.47 (2020)
• India — 2.82 (2022)
• Nepal — 2.13 (2020)
• Sri Lanka — 3.31 (2019)

More public sector data for Maldives

• Grants and other revenue (current LCU) — 5.92 billion (2021)
• Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) — 27.37% (2021)
• Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) — 20.01 billion (2021)
• Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) — 24.78% (2021)
• Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) — 9.14 billion (2021)
• Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) — 42.27% (2021)
• Customs and other import duties (current LCU) — 2.84 billion (2021)
• Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) — 18.06% (2021)
• Taxes on international trade (current LCU) — 3.83 billion (2021)

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Questions people ask

What is Maldives's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)?

0.62 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 38.25% from 0.44 in 1990 (1.12% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.74 in 2002 and the lowest 0.44 in 1990.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNODC Research - Data Portal – Intentional Homicide, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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