Homicide rate from firearms in Paraguay
Paraguay: Homicide rate from firearms was 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate from firearms in Paraguay, 2012–2023
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
Paraguay recorded 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate from firearms in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.4% on the previous year and down 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Paraguay peaked at 7.09 homicides per 100,000 population in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2023.
That places Paraguay 25th 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 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.99 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.62 homicides per 100,000 population | 7.09 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
| 2020s | 4.38 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.82 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 22 United States 4.42 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 23 Guatemala 4.41 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 24 Peru 3.84 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 26 Chile 3.32 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 27 Guyana 3.03 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 28 Argentina 2.6 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Paraguay
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 4,621 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 162 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.8 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.805 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.376 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.342 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.805 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Paraguay?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Paraguay was 3.7 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7.09 homicides per 100,000 population in 2012.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023.
- How does Paraguay rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Paraguay ranks 25th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.