SE · 2017 · tps00146
Death due to homicide, assault, by sex
Sweden, 2017
In 2017, Sweden's death due to homicide, assault, by sex increased by 13.7% compared to 2016, reaching 2.16.
Sweden accounts for 158.8% of the EU-27 total of 1.36.
Sweden ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 63.6% (from 1.32 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00146, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.