Countries in Oceania by homicide rate
Intentional homicides in a year for every 100,000 people, from police and health records collected by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Records are uneven, so figures up to seven years old are shown. 8 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2018
Median country
1.2
half above, half below| # | Country | Per 100,000 people | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Palau | 11.2 | 2018 | Micronesia |
| 2 |  Samoa | 6.3 | 2018 | Polynesia |
| 3 |  Fiji | 2.1 | 2023 | Melanesia |
| 4 |  New Zealand | 1.5 | 2022 | Australia and New Zealand |
| =5 |  Australia | 0.9 | 2023 | Australia and New Zealand |
| =5 |  Micronesia | 0.9 | 2019 | Micronesia |
| =5 |  Tonga | 0.9 | 2019 | Polynesia |
| 8 |  Vanuatu | 0.3 | 2020 | Melanesia |
No World Bank figure for 5 countries: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Territories and other places
Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.
| Place | Per 100,000 people | Status |
|---|---|---|
 American Samoa | 25.5 | Territory of United States of America |
 Guam | 4.3 | Territory of United States of America |
Questions
- Which country in Oceania has the highest homicide rate?
- Palau has the highest homicide rate in Oceania: 11.2 homicides per 100,000 people (2018). Next come Samoa (6.3 homicides per 100,000 people) and Fiji (2.1 homicides per 100,000 people).
- Which country in Oceania has the lowest homicide rate?
- Vanuatu, with 0.3 homicides per 100,000 people (2020).
- What is the typical homicide rate of a country in Oceania?
- The median of the 8 countries in Oceania is 1.2 homicides per 100,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
- Where do the figures come from?
- Intentional homicides in a year for every 100,000 people, from police and health records collected by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Records are uneven, so figures up to seven years old are shown. Source: World Bank, mostly 2018. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.
Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 7 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.