Homicide rate from firearms in Armenia
Armenia: Homicide rate from firearms was 0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▬ Flat
Homicide rate from firearms in Armenia, 2005–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.
Analysis
In 2023, homicide rate from firearms in Armenia stood at 0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population.
That represents a change of down 10.3% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Armenia peaked at 0.8901 homicides per 100,000 population in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2052 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2011.
Armenia ranks 41st of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4842 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2328 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7395 homicides per 100,000 population | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.4318 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2052 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.8901 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4144 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.4843 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
- 38 Uganda 0.66 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 39 Sweden 0.5023 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 40 Serbia 0.3839 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 42 Greece 0.3319 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 43 Montenegro 0.3157 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 44 Cyprus 0.2974 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Armenia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 123,087 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 15,578 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.869 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.8 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.371 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.319 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.8 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Armenia?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Armenia was 0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8901 homicides per 100,000 population in 2015.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2052 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011.
- How does Armenia rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Armenia ranks 41st out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate from firearms. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population where the weapon was a firearm.