Armenia vs Sweden: Homicide rate from firearms
Armenia
0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Sweden
0.5023 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Armenia rank
41st
Sweden rank
39th
Homicide rate from firearms over time
- Armenia
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.5023 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population in Armenia, a difference of 0.1286 homicides per 100,000 population.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Armenia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Armenia ahead.
Armenia ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 39th of 82 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Armenia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4318 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2975 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1343 homicides per 100,000 population | Armenia |
| 2020s | 0.4144 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.4997 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.0852 homicides per 100,000 population | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate from firearms, Armenia or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.5023 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population in Armenia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in homicide rate from firearms between Armenia and Sweden?
- 0.1286 homicides per 100,000 population, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Sweden?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Armenia and Sweden rank globally for homicide rate from firearms?
- Armenia ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 39th of 82 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate from firearms. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population where the weapon was a firearm.