Homicide rate from firearms in Croatia
Croatia: Homicide rate from firearms was 0.1797 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate from firearms in Croatia, 2010–2023
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 Croatia is 0.1797 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.0% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Croatia peaked at 0.651 homicides per 100,000 population in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1242 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2018.
That places Croatia 54th out of 82 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.354 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1242 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.651 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2166 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1784 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2782 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 51 Belarus 0.2111 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 52 Austria 0.1862 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 53 Luxembourg 0.1798 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 55 Finland 0.1796 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 56 Azerbaijan 0.1661 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 57 Moldova 0.163 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Croatia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 29,748 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 17,207 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.821 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.886 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.593 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.459 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.886 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Croatia?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Croatia was 0.1797 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 Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.651 homicides per 100,000 population in 2010.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1242 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.
- How does Croatia rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Croatia ranks 54th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia 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.