Homicide rate by sex in Sweden
Sweden: Homicide rate by sex was 1.66 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.66
Change on year
down 6.0%
World rank
93rd
of 138 countries
All-time high
1.9
in 2020
All-time low
0.9691
in 2012
Years of data
25
1999–2023
Homicide rate by sex in Sweden, 1999–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for homicide rate by sex in Sweden is 1.66, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate by sex in Sweden peaked at 1.9 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9691, in 2012.
Sweden ranks 93rd of 138 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.65 | 1.65 | 1.65 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.34 | 1.17 | 1.74 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.42 | 0.9691 | 1.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.75 | 1.66 | 1.9 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 90 New Zealand 1.81 compare
- 91 Uzbekistan 1.74 compare
- 92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.72 compare
- 94 Turkmenistan 1.64 compare
- 95 Tajikistan 1.61 compare
- 96 Romania 1.61 compare
More social development data for Sweden
- 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)
- Political rights rating fh 1 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.96 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.853 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.889 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.931 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.946 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.635 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate by sex in Sweden?
- Homicide rate by sex in Sweden was 1.66 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate by sex recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9 in 2020.
- What is the lowest homicide rate by sex recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9691 in 2012.
- How does Sweden rank for homicide rate by sex?
- Sweden ranks 93rd out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate by sex rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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