New Zealand vs Sweden: Child homicide rate
New Zealand
0.7911 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2018
Sweden
0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
New Zealand rank
33rd
Sweden rank
32nd
Child homicide rate over time
- New Zealand
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.7911 deaths per 100,000 people in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0326 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Sweden ahead.
New Zealand ranks 33rd and Sweden ranks 32nd of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.6745 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7996 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1251 deaths per 100,000 people | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.9716 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6636 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.308 deaths per 100,000 people | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6605 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4598 deaths per 100,000 people | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5724 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4391 deaths per 100,000 people | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5366 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7092 deaths per 100,000 people | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4172 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6913 deaths per 100,000 people | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.6754 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4421 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2333 deaths per 100,000 people | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child homicide rate, New Zealand or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.7911 deaths per 100,000 people in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in child homicide rate between New Zealand and Sweden?
- 0.0326 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sweden?
- 68 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2018.
- How do New Zealand and Sweden rank globally for child homicide rate?
- New Zealand ranks 33rd and Sweden ranks 32nd of 113 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Child homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.