Bolivia vs Sri Lanka: Homicide rate from firearms
Bolivia
0.0572 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.0714 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2019
Bolivia rank
70th
Sri Lanka rank
67th
Homicide rate from firearms over time
- Bolivia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0714 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.0572 homicides per 100,000 population in Bolivia, a difference of 0.0142 homicides per 100,000 population.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Bolivia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Bolivia ranks 70th and Sri Lanka ranks 67th of 82 countries.
Bolivia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher homicide rate from firearms, Bolivia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.0714 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.0572 homicides per 100,000 population in Bolivia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in homicide rate from firearms between Bolivia and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0142 homicides per 100,000 population, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Sri Lanka?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Bolivia and Sri Lanka rank globally for homicide rate from firearms?
- Bolivia ranks 70th and Sri Lanka ranks 67th 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.