Homicide rate from firearms in Barbados
Barbados: Homicide rate from firearms was 4.96 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate from firearms in Barbados, 2007–2023
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
The most recent figure for homicide rate from firearms in Barbados is 4.96 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 57.6% on the previous year and up 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Barbados peaked at 11.69 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.53 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2012.
That places Barbados 19th out of 82 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.16 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.28 homicides per 100,000 population | 5.16 homicides per 100,000 population | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.91 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.53 homicides per 100,000 population | 11.02 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.98 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.96 homicides per 100,000 population | 11.69 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 16 Uruguay 7.08 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 6.49 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 18 Grenada 5.98 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 20 El Salvador 4.82 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 21 Bermuda 4.64 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 22 United States 4.42 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Barbados
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 577 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.879 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.918 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.679 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.347 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.918 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Barbados?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Barbados was 4.96 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 11.69 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.53 homicides per 100,000 population in 2012.
- How does Barbados rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Barbados ranks 19th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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.