Australia vs Sweden: Homicide rate who mortality database

Australia
0.9888
in 2024
Sweden
1.08
in 2023
Australia rank
67th
Sweden rank
64th

Homicide rate who mortality database over time

  • Australia
  • Sweden
0.511.52195019872024

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.08 against 0.9888 in Australia, a difference of 0.0912.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 67th and Sweden ranks 64th of 111 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Sweden Difference Ahead
1950s 1.39 0.709 0.6779 Australia
1960s 1.43 0.7293 0.696 Australia
1970s 1.81 1.1 0.7105 Australia
1980s 1.95 1.29 0.6621 Australia
1990s 1.78 1.22 0.5607 Australia
2000s 1.27 0.9922 0.2813 Australia
2010s 1.08 0.9003 0.1826 Australia
2020s 0.9255 1.09 0.1634 Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate who mortality database, Australia or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.08 against 0.9888 in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in homicide rate who mortality database between Australia and Sweden?
0.0912, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
72 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2023.
How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for homicide rate who mortality database?
Australia ranks 67th and Sweden ranks 64th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate who mortality database. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Homicide rate who mortality database
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 4,851 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed