Homicide rate from firearms in Finland
Finland: Homicide rate from firearms was 0.1796 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate from firearms in Finland, 2005–2022
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
Finland recorded 0.1796 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate from firearms in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.4% on the previous year and down 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Finland peaked at 0.5646 homicides per 100,000 population in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0904 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2020.
Finland ranks 55th of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4115 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2287 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5646 homicides per 100,000 population | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.2168 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.0906 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.314 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1381 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.0904 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1796 homicides per 100,000 population | 3 |
Countries ranked near Finland
- 52 Austria 0.1862 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 53 Luxembourg 0.1798 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 54 Croatia 0.1797 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
- 58 Netherlands 0.1603 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Finland
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 102,544 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.864 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.947 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.808 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.597 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.947 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Finland?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Finland was 0.1796 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5646 homicides per 100,000 population in 2008.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0904 homicides per 100,000 population in 2020.
- How does Finland rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Finland ranks 55th out of 82 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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.