Australia vs Tanzania: Homicide rate from firearms
Australia
0.0945 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Tanzania
0.1038 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2015
Australia rank
66th
Tanzania rank
64th
Homicide rate from firearms over time
- Australia
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.1038 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.0945 homicides per 100,000 population in Australia, a difference of 0.0093 homicides per 100,000 population.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 66th and Tanzania ranks 64th of 82 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate from firearms, Australia or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.1038 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.0945 homicides per 100,000 population in Australia as of 2015.
- What is the difference in homicide rate from firearms between Australia and Tanzania?
- 0.0093 homicides per 100,000 population, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Tanzania?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2015.
- How do Australia and Tanzania rank globally for homicide rate from firearms?
- Australia ranks 66th and Tanzania ranks 64th of 82 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) β 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.