What is homicide rate from firearms in St. Lucia?

Homicide rate from firearms in St. Lucia was 31.24 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 St. Lucia?

The highest recorded value was 31.24 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023.

What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in St. Lucia?

The lowest recorded value was 12.43 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.

How does St. Lucia rank for homicide rate from firearms?

St. Lucia ranks 5th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.

Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in St. Lucia?

Over the last ten years it is up 72.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this St. Lucia 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.

Homicide rate from firearms in St. Lucia

Name: Homicide rate from firearms in St. Lucia
Creator: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

St. Lucia: Homicide rate from firearms was 31.24 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

31.24 homicides per 100,000 population

Change on year

up 1.5%

World rank

5th

of 82 countries

All-time high

31.24 homicides per 100,000 population

in 2023

All-time low

12.43 homicides per 100,000 population

in 2018

Years of data

2017–2023

Homicide rate from firearms in St. Lucia, 2017–2023

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

St. Lucia recorded 31.24 homicides per 100,000 population for homicide rate from firearms in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 72.1% over ten years.

St. Lucia ranks 5th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2010s	16.01 homicides per 100,000 population	12.43 homicides per 100,000 population	18.15 homicides per 100,000 population	3
2020s	27.69 homicides per 100,000 population	22.44 homicides per 100,000 population	31.24 homicides per 100,000 population	4

Countries ranked near St. Lucia

2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 42.44 homicides per 100,000 population compare
3 Jamaica 41.87 homicides per 100,000 population compare
4 Ecuador 39.53 homicides per 100,000 population compare
6 Bahamas, The 29.43 homicides per 100,000 population compare
7 Honduras 23.15 homicides per 100,000 population compare
8 Belize 22.6 homicides per 100,000 population compare

See the full ranking of 82 places →

More social development data for St. Lucia

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 5 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 199 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Physical Integrity Rights Score 1.29 (2019)
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 242 (2025)
Political Rights Score 38 (2025)
Freedom Score 91 (2025)
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 (2025)
Full democracy 1 (2025)

All data for St. Lucia →

Frequently asked questions

What is homicide rate from firearms in St. Lucia?: Homicide rate from firearms in St. Lucia was 31.24 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 St. Lucia?: The highest recorded value was 31.24 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023.
What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in St. Lucia?: The lowest recorded value was 12.43 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.
How does St. Lucia rank for homicide rate from firearms?: St. Lucia ranks 5th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in St. Lucia?: Over the last ten years it is up 72.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this St. Lucia 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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Indicator: Homicide rate from firearms
Unit: homicides per 100,000 population
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 82 places, 1,019 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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