Homicide rate from firearms in Sweden
Sweden: Homicide rate from firearms was 0.5023 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate from firearms in Sweden, 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
In 2023, homicide rate from firearms in Sweden stood at 0.5023 homicides per 100,000 population.
That represents a change of down 16.4% on the previous year and up 85.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Sweden peaked at 0.6007 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1599 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2010.
Sweden ranks 39th of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2975 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1599 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.4378 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4997 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.432 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6007 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 36 Canada 0.7354 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7221 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 38 Uganda 0.66 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 40 Serbia 0.3839 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 41 Armenia 0.3737 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 42 Greece 0.3319 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Sweden
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 144,116 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 128 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.931 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.96 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.853 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.635 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.96 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Sweden?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Sweden was 0.5023 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6007 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1599 homicides per 100,000 population in 2010.
- How does Sweden rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Sweden ranks 39th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.