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MALAYSIA VS ASEAN · SAFETY · 2023
How does Malaysia's intentional-homicide rate compare with ASEAN peers?
UNODC/World Bank intentional-homicide rates for the ten ASEAN members with a verified 2023 value.
SHOW ME THE DATA2023 · intentional homicides per 100,000 people
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2023
1Brunei Darussalam0intentional homicides per 100,000 people
2Indonesia0intentional homicides per 100,000 people
3Singapore0intentional homicides per 100,000 people
4Malaysia1intentional homicides per 100,000 people
5Cambodia2intentional homicides per 100,000 people
6Viet Nam2intentional homicides per 100,000 people
7Myanmar3intentional homicides per 100,000 people
8Philippines4intentional homicides per 100,000 people
9Timor-Leste4intentional homicides per 100,000 people
10Thailand5intentional homicides per 100,000 people
UVWUNODC via World Bankintentional homicides per 100,000 people
SourceUNODC via World Bank ↗2023 same-year subset · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Malaysia's published 2023 homicide rate is 1 per 100,000, below the world benchmark of 5.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita compares only published 2023 values for the World Bank/UNODC homicide indicator. Lao PDR is excluded because a same-year value was not verified. Lower values mean fewer intentional homicides per 100,000 people, but this single indicator is not a general crime or public-safety score.
- Malaysia's published 2023 value is 1 intentional homicide per 100,000 people.
- The World Bank world benchmark shown for 2023 is 5 per 100,000.
- Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Singapore are displayed as 0 after World Bank's published rounding; this should not be interpreted as literally zero incidents.
- Crime definitions, reporting systems and justice processes differ, so PulseKita does not turn this into an overall 'safest country' ranking.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Declared sourceIntentional homicides (per 100,000 people)
- 2TransformationPulseKita compares only published 2023 values for the World Bank/UNODC homicide indicator. Lao PDR is excluded because a same-year value was not verified. Lower values mean fewer intentional homicides per 100,000 people, but this single indicator is not a general crime or public-safety score.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2023
UNITintentional homicides per 100,000 people
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2023 same-year subset · checked 3 Oct 2026