Tonga: Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

Key figures

Since 1995 it is down 52.58% from 2 in 1995 (3.06% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2019, Tonga's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) fell 8.53 on 2018 (from 9.47 to 0.95).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2018), the average change was −0.00373 and a typical year strayed about 3.57 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.84 in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.53 in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Tonga in the 2019 ranking

• Sri Lanka — 3rd of 8: 3.31
• Belarus — 4th of 8: 2.38
• Georgia — 5th of 8: 2.03
• Saudi Arabia — 7th of 8: 0.94
• Maldives — 8th of 8: 0.62

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 18 values

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

• American Samoa — 25.54 (2018)
• Australia — 0.85 (2023)
• China — 0.5 (2020)
• Fiji — 2.06 (2023)
• Guam — 4.33 (2019)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.38 (2023)
• Japan — 0.23 (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 0.48 (2023)
• Macao SAR, China — 0.56 (2023)
• Malaysia — 0.73 (2023)

More public sector data for Tonga

• CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) — 3.33 (2025)
• CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3.5 (2025)
• CPIA financial sector rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3.5 (2025)
• CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3.5 (2025)
• CPIA gender equality rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3 (2025)
• CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high)

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Questions people ask

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

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

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 52.58% from 2 in 1995 (3.06% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 9.47 in 2018 and the lowest 0.93 in 2012.

Is the latest change in intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) unusual for Tonga?

In 2019, Tonga's intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) fell 8.53 on 2018 (from 9.47 to 0.95). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2018), the average change was −0.00373 and a typical year strayed about 3.57 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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