Canada vs Uganda: Homicides by firearm

Canada

289 homicides

in 2023

Uganda

303 homicides

in 2021

Canada rank

21st

Uganda rank

19th

Homicides by firearm over time

Uganda currently reports 303 homicides against 289 homicides in Canada, a difference of 14 homicides.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Uganda ahead.

Canada ranks 21st and Uganda ranks 19th of 82 countries.

Indicator: Homicides by firearm
Unit: homicides
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 82 places, 1,019 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of intentional homicides where the weapon was a firearm.