Homicide rate from firearms in Uruguay
Uruguay: Homicide rate from firearms was 7.08 homicides per 100,000 population in 2023. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate from firearms in Uruguay, 2011–2023
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
The most recent figure for homicide rate from firearms in Uruguay is 7.08 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate from firearms in Uruguay peaked at 8.78 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.92 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2011.
That places Uruguay 16th out of 82 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.46 homicides per 100,000 population | 2.92 homicides per 100,000 population | 8.78 homicides per 100,000 population | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 5.42 homicides per 100,000 population | 7.08 homicides per 100,000 population | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 13 Costa Rica 14.24 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 14 Panama 10 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 15 Antigua and Barbuda 8.57 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 6.49 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 18 Grenada 5.98 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 19 Barbados 4.96 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Uruguay
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 3,195 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 126 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.902 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.932 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.79 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.716 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.932 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate from firearms in Uruguay?
- Homicide rate from firearms in Uruguay was 7.08 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 8.78 homicides per 100,000 population in 2018.
- What is the lowest homicide rate from firearms recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.92 homicides per 100,000 population in 2011.
- How does Uruguay rank for homicide rate from firearms?
- Uruguay ranks 16th out of 82 countries with data for 2023.
- Is homicide rate from firearms rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.