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Nordic countries' rape laws

Sweden, Norway, and Denmark have implemented different timelines and approaches to defining rape, with a trend towards consent-based reforms.

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Jan 13, 2026
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Which countries have the highest and lowest reported rape rates per capita in 2024?

Different compilations of 2024-era data point to very different “highest” and “lowest” rape‑per‑capita rankings because national legal definitions, reporting practices and recent law changes make dire...

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Sweden is the rape capital of the world

The claim that "Sweden is the rape capital of the world" is misleading: Sweden records very high rates of reported rape in European and international datasets, but those figures are driven in large pa...