Statement:
The chance to be killed is lower in Japan than in Malta

In the Homicide rate rating Japan holds position #198 2019 out of 201 and Malta is #165 out of 201 2019.
Position of Japan is better than position of Malta.

Referencies:

  1. Homicide rate 2019 by ourworldindata.org
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Homiside rate' in descending order.
    Japan 'Homiside rate' value is 0.47
    Malta 'Homiside rate' value is 1.08