Homicide rate from firearms in Spain
Spain: Homicide rate from firearms was 0.1106 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate from firearms in Spain, 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
Spain recorded 0.1106 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate from firearms in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Spain peaked at 0.1494 homicides per 100,000 population in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0776 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2020.
That places Spain 60th 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 | 0.1138 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.0835 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1494 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0936 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.0776 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1106 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 57 Moldova 0.163 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 58 Netherlands 0.1603 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 59 Switzerland 0.1353 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 61 Slovakia 0.1087 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 62 Algeria 0.1083 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 63 Lithuania 0.1073 homicides per 100,000 population compare
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- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.915 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.942 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.741 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.572 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.942 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Spain?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Spain was 0.1106 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1494 homicides per 100,000 population in 2010.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0776 homicides per 100,000 population in 2020.
- How does Spain rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Spain ranks 60th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.