Netherlands vs Sweden: Homicides

Netherlands
105 deaths
in 2023
Sweden
114 deaths
in 2023
Netherlands rank
49th
Sweden rank
48th

Homicides over time

  • Netherlands
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 114 deaths against 105 deaths in Netherlands, a difference of 9 deaths.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Sweden ahead.

Netherlands ranks 49th and Sweden ranks 48th of 113 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Homicides
Unit
deaths
Source
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
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Annual number of homicides.