Canada vs Uruguay: Homicides by firearm

Canada

289 homicides

in 2023

Uruguay

240 homicides

in 2023

Canada rank

21st

Uruguay rank

23rd

Homicides by firearm over time

Canada currently reports 289 homicides against 240 homicides in Uruguay, a difference of 49 homicides.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 21st and Uruguay ranks 23rd 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.