What is child homicide rate in Sweden?

Child homicide rate in Sweden was 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Sweden?

The highest recorded value was 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people in 1956.

What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Sweden?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1806 deaths per 100,000 people in 1978.

How does Sweden rank for child homicide rate?

Sweden ranks 32nd out of 113 countries with data for 2023.

Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Sweden?

Over the last ten years it is up 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Sweden data come from?

The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Child homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child homicide rate in Sweden

Name: Child homicide rate in Sweden
Creator: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Sweden: Child homicide rate was 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people

Change on year

up 11.2%

World rank

32nd

of 113 countries

All-time high

1.27 deaths per 100,000 people

in 1956

All-time low

0.1806 deaths per 100,000 people

in 1978

Years of data

1951–2023

Child homicide rate in Sweden, 1951–2023

Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.

Analysis

In 2023, child homicide rate in Sweden stood at 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people.

The figure is up 11.2% on the previous year and up 99.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child homicide rate in Sweden peaked at 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people in 1956 and was at its lowest, 0.1806 deaths per 100,000 people, in 1978.

Sweden ranks 32nd of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 73 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	0.7996 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4896 deaths per 100,000 people	1.27 deaths per 100,000 people	9
1960s	0.6636 deaths per 100,000 people	0.398 deaths per 100,000 people	1.06 deaths per 100,000 people	10
1970s	0.6605 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1806 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9849 deaths per 100,000 people	10
1980s	0.5724 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3761 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9598 deaths per 100,000 people	10
1990s	0.5366 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2793 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8432 deaths per 100,000 people	10
2000s	0.4172 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1848 deaths per 100,000 people	0.696 deaths per 100,000 people	10
2010s	0.4774 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3211 deaths per 100,000 people	0.7945 deaths per 100,000 people	10
2020s	0.7121 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4541 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8302 deaths per 100,000 people	4

Countries ranked near Sweden

30 Peru 0.8607 deaths per 100,000 people compare
31 Cuba 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people compare
33 New Zealand 0.7911 deaths per 100,000 people compare
34 Iran 0.741 deaths per 100,000 people compare
35 Maldives 0.73 deaths per 100,000 people compare

See the full ranking of 113 places →

More social development data for Sweden

Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 144,116 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 128 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Key features of democracy 0.889 (2025)
Freedom of Expression Index 0.946 (2025)
Freedom of Association Index 0.931 (2025)
Electoral Democracy Index 0.889 (2025)
Participatory Democracy Index 0.635 (2025)
Liberal Democracy Index 0.853 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child homicide rate in Sweden?: Child homicide rate in Sweden was 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Sweden?: The highest recorded value was 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people in 1956.
What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Sweden?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1806 deaths per 100,000 people in 1978.
How does Sweden rank for child homicide rate?: Sweden ranks 32nd out of 113 countries with data for 2023.
Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Sweden?: Over the last ten years it is up 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sweden data come from?: The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Child homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child homicide rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.