Homicide rate from firearms in Colombia
Colombia: Homicide rate from firearms was 17.85 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate from firearms in Colombia, 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
The most recent figure for homicide rate from firearms in Colombia is 17.85 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Colombia peaked at 35.04 homicides per 100,000 population in 2005 and was at its lowest, 16.12 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2019.
Colombia ranks 10th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.69 homicides per 100,000 population | 28.93 homicides per 100,000 population | 35.04 homicides per 100,000 population | 5 |
| 2010s | 22.08 homicides per 100,000 population | 16.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 28.27 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.63 homicides per 100,000 population | 16.48 homicides per 100,000 population | 18.23 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 7 Honduras 23.15 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 8 Belize 22.6 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 21.07 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 11 Mexico 17.23 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 12 Dominica 15.04 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 13 Costa Rica 14.24 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Colombia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 1,464 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 79,669 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.89 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.765 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.555 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.467 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.765 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Colombia?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Colombia was 17.85 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.04 homicides per 100,000 population in 2005.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.12 homicides per 100,000 population in 2019.
- How does Colombia rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Colombia ranks 10th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.