SE · 2020 · tps00146
Death due to homicide, assault, by sex
Sweden, 2020
In 2020, Sweden's death due to homicide, assault, by sex increased by 21.2% compared to 2019, reaching 2.52.
Sweden accounts for 188.1% of the EU-27 total of 1.34.
Sweden ranks 7th 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 27.3% (from 1.98 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00146, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.