SE · 2021 · tps00146
Death due to homicide, assault, by sex
Sweden, 2021
In 2021, Sweden's death due to homicide, assault, by sex decreased by 25.4% compared to 2020, reaching 1.88.
Sweden accounts for 144.6% of the EU-27 total of 1.30.
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 fallen by 1.1% (from 1.90 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00146, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.