Statizoid

Paraguay vs Uruguay: Homicides by firearm

Paraguay
253 homicides
in 2023
Uruguay
240 homicides
in 2023
Paraguay rank
22nd
Uruguay rank
23rd

Homicides by firearm over time

  • Paraguay
  • Uruguay
100200300400201120172023

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 253 homicides against 240 homicides in Uruguay, a difference of 13 homicides.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Paraguay ahead.

Paraguay ranks 22nd and Uruguay ranks 23rd of 82 countries.

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About this data

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
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Number of intentional homicides where the weapon was a firearm.