Homicide rate from firearms in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Homicide rate from firearms was 0.2403 homicides per 100,000 population in 2017. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate from firearms in Bulgaria, 2005–2017
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
Bulgaria recorded 0.2403 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate from firearms in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 55.7% on the previous year and down 66.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Bulgaria peaked at 0.7118 homicides per 100,000 population in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.1543 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2016.
That places Bulgaria 49th out of 82 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6195 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5588 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.7118 homicides per 100,000 population | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.3243 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1543 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5556 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 46 India 0.2957 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 North Macedonia 0.2701 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 48 Czechia 0.259 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 50 New Zealand 0.2338 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 51 Belarus 0.2111 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 52 Austria 0.1862 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Bulgaria
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 105,596 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 533 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.833 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.849 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.499 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.397 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.849 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Bulgaria?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Bulgaria was 0.2403 homicides per 100,000 population in 2017, 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7118 homicides per 100,000 population in 2007.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1543 homicides per 100,000 population in 2016.
- How does Bulgaria rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Bulgaria ranks 49th out of 82 countries with data for 2017.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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.