This is a list of countries by firearm-related homicide rate per 100,000 population by year.
Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standards. Not included are accidental deaths, or justifiable deaths by any means other than by firearm.
All the data in this table is from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). [2] There are 2 countries in the UNODC dataset that are missing from the table below: Egypt (2.062 rate in 2011) and India (0.297 rate in 2012).
Location | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Albania * | 1.126 | 1.751 | 1.430 | 1.635 | 1.599 | 1.528 | 1.493 | 1.596 | 2.427 |
Algeria | 0.096 | 0.140 | 0.133 | 0.084 | 0.091 | 0.129 | 0.136 | 0.217 | 0.106 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Antigua and Barbuda * | 8.532 | 4.291 | 3.238 | 2.171 | 3.274 | 10.975 | 4.417 | 1.112 | |
Argentina * | 2.305 | 2.418 | 2.685 | 2.521 | 2.733 | 2.826 | 3.655 | ||
Armenia * | 0.674 | 0.212 | 0.631 | 0.523 | 0.903 | 0.277 | |||
Australia * | 0.103 | 0.096 | 0.078 | 0.150 | 0.100 | 0.094 | 0.132 | 0.113 | 0.153 |
Austria * | 0.145 | 0.179 | 0.135 | 0.101 | 0.090 | 0.182 | 0.103 | 0.058 | 0.105 |
Azerbaijan * | 0.165 | 0.175 | 0.186 | 0.148 | 0.179 | 0.180 | |||
Bahamas | 28.538 | 25.496 | 14.269 | 19.528 | 20.154 | 26.816 | 23.739 | 28.521 | 26.983 |
Barbados | 11.717 | 6.046 | 9.263 | 11.064 | 6.436 | 8.238 | 5.742 | 6.832 | 6.126 |
Belarus | 0.206 | ||||||||
Belize * | 22.454 | 22.748 | 20.004 | 23.388 | 25.127 | 21.885 | 22.324 | 19.729 | 20.151 |
Bermuda | 4.674 | 3.124 | 0 | 4.719 | 4.741 | 7.928 | 1.584 | 3.157 | |
Bhutan * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bolivia * | 0.384 | 0.306 | 0.184 | 0.272 | 0.267 | 0.376 | 0.169 | 0.099 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.495 | 0.428 | 0.362 | 0.625 | 0.441 | 0.669 | 0.546 | 0.908 | 0.644 |
Brazil * | 15.945 | ||||||||
Bulgaria * | 0.237 | 0.152 | 0.287 | 0.244 | |||||
Cape Verde * | 1.926 | 2.124 | 5.552 | 2.717 | 4.761 | ||||
Canada * | 0.889 | 0.781 | 0.736 | 0.704 | 0.678 | 0.730 | 0.617 | 0.501 | 0.438 |
Chile * | 3.637 | 2.221 | 2.617 | 1.854 | 2.016 | 1.818 | 1.532 | 1.466 | 1.442 |
Colombia * | 18.127 | 18.252 | 16.344 | 16.149 | 16.470 | 18.357 | 18.528 | 19.682 | 21.126 |
Costa Rica * | 8.304 | 7.905 | 7.474 | 7.955 | 8.711 | 7.765 | 7.865 | 6.750 | |
Croatia | 0.223 | 0.172 | 0.268 | 0.363 | 0.120 | 0.572 | 0.331 | 0.165 | 0.373 |
Cyprus * | 0.160 | 0.402 | 0.242 | 0.163 | 0.164 | 0.165 | 0.501 | 0.505 | 0.255 |
Czech Republic * | 0.095 | 0.076 | 0.047 | 0.085 | 0.076 | 0.066 | 0.019 | 0.095 | |
Denmark * | 0.052 | 0.139 | 0.175 | ||||||
Dominica | 1.381 | 9.723 | 9.800 | 9.884 | 8.522 | 2.854 | 0 | 0 | |
Dominican Republic * | 6.724 | 6.116 | 4.409 | 4.264 | 4.914 | 5.767 | 5.918 | 11.116 | |
Ecuador * | 22.565 | 10.248 | 4.588 | 3.759 | 2.727 | 3.025 | 2.731 | 3.365 | 4.355 |
Egypt * | |||||||||
El Salvador * | 4.782 | 11.181 | 14.715 | 27.929 | 41.441 | 47.984 | 68.106 | 88.845 | 48.393 |
Eswatini | 1.426 | ||||||||
Finland * | 0.091 | 0.218 | 0.109 | 0.164 | 0.219 | 0.201 | |||
France * | 0.100 | 0.142 | |||||||
Georgia | 0.848 | 0.768 | |||||||
Germany * | 0.065 | 0.048 | 0.045 | 0.052 | 0.069 | ||||
Greece * | 0.318 | 0.268 | 0.257 | 0.236 | 0.329 | 0.206 | 0.242 | ||
Grenada | 0 | 1.617 | 0 | 2.462 | 0 | 0.834 | 0 | ||
Guatemala * | 3.436 | 3.554 | 6.197 | 6.712 | 8.457 | 33.380 | 26.270 | ||
Guyana * | 2.983 | 3.387 | 4.131 | 2.546 | 2.882 | 4.216 | 5.695 | ||
Holy See | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Honduras * | 28.721 | 26.962 | 30.194 | 27.112 | 29.158 | 41.868 | 42.294 | 53.364 | |
Hong Kong * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.014 |
Hungary * | 0.040 | 0.021 | 0.072 | 0.031 | 0.123 | 0 | 0.041 | 0.030 | |
Iceland | 0.270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.298 | 0 | 0 | |
India * | |||||||||
Iran * | 0.369 | 0.543 | |||||||
Italy * | 0.202 | 0.154 | 0.171 | ||||||
Jamaica * | 44.706 | 44.206 | 39.639 | 39.769 | 36.097 | 47.857 | 39.248 | 34.855 | 25.677 |
Japan * | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.002 | ||||||
Jordan * | 0.425 | 0.242 | 0.311 | 0.449 | 0.335 | 0.460 | |||
Kazakhstan * | 0.105 | 0.349 | 0.261 | ||||||
Liechtenstein | 0 | ||||||||
Lithuania | 0.106 | 0.070 | 0.139 | 0.241 | 0.102 | ||||
Luxembourg | 0.180 | ||||||||
Macau * | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Malta | 0 | 0.776 | 0.596 | 0.203 | 0.417 | 0 | 0.438 | 0.672 | |
Mauritius * | 0 | 0.154 | |||||||
Mexico * | 17.497 | 19.333 | 20.346 | 20.679 | 20.723 | 17.842 | 13.106 | 10.654 | 10.058 |
Monaco | 0 | ||||||||
Mongolia | 0.090 | 0.061 | 0 | 0.190 | 0.065 | 0.099 | 0.101 | 0.276 | |
Montenegro * | 1.914 | 1.115 | 1.908 | 2.062 | 1.109 | 1.739 | 2.527 | 1.577 | 1.892 |
Morocco | 0.024 | 0.005 | 0.094 | 0.025 | 0.014 | 0.009 | 0.043 | 0.006 | |
Netherlands | 0.216 | 0.194 | 0.184 | 0.190 | 0.185 | 0.209 | 0.152 | 0.182 | 0.236 |
New Zealand * | 1.230 | 0.248 | 0.232 | 0.171 | 0.152 | 0.133 | |||
Nicaragua | 2.000 | 3.286 | 6.117 | 2.886 | 3.302 | ||||
North Macedonia | 0.238 | 0.189 | 0.568 | 0.758 | 0.237 | 0.854 | 1.092 | ||
Northern Ireland * | 0.157 | 0.210 | 0.158 | 0.264 | 0.106 | 0.107 | 0.322 | 0.270 | 0.109 |
Oman * | 0.066 | 0.065 | 0.022 | 0 | 0.045 | 0 | |||
Palestine * | 0.370 | ||||||||
Panama * | 10.227 | 9.361 | 8.624 | 7.058 | 6.494 | 7.078 | 8.087 | 11.289 | |
Paraguay * | 4.803 | 4.351 | 5.360 | 4.609 | 5.491 | 6.670 | 6.442 | 5.746 | |
Peru * | 2.937 | 2.288 | 3.357 | 3.113 | 3.312 | 3.416 | 4.194 | ||
Philippines * | 1.103 | 1.567 | 3.050 | 4.286 | |||||
Puerto Rico * | 18.382 | 15.898 | 17.697 | ||||||
Moldova * | 0.227 | 0.289 | 0.255 | 0.283 | 0.120 | ||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis * | 25.207 | 12.594 | 18.863 | 33.500 | 39.761 | 60.685 | |||
Saint Lucia * | 30.580 | 26.162 | 22.317 | 17.359 | 12.367 | 18.062 | |||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.128 | 17.203 | 9.531 | 20.897 | 22.738 | 27.368 | |||
Serbia * | 0.235 | 0.151 | 0.272 | 0.351 | 0.552 | 0.415 | 0.173 | 0.186 | |
Slovakia * | 0.071 | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.275 | 0.110 | 0.184 | 0.276 | 0.055 | 0.240 |
Slovenia * | 0.142 | 0 | 0 | 0.284 | 0.095 | 0.143 | 0.048 | 0.048 | 0.193 |
South Korea * | 0 | ||||||||
Scotland * | 0.018 | 0.055 | 0.018 | 0.055 | 0.037 | 0.019 | 0.019 | 0 | |
Spain * | 0.105 | 0.082 | 0.078 | 0.112 | 0.105 | 0.135 | 0.084 | 0.097 | 0.121 |
Sri Lanka * | 0.074 | 0.343 | 0.237 | 0.224 | 0.211 | 0.240 | |||
Suriname * | 3.398 | 2.610 | 2.141 | 1.666 | 3.369 | 1.362 | 2.580 | ||
Sweden * | 0.597 | 0.430 | 0.463 | 0.438 | 0.423 | 0.398 | 0.301 | 0.335 | 0.287 |
Switzerland * | 0.137 | 0.092 | 0.104 | 0.128 | 0.153 | 0.166 | 0.191 | 0.205 | 0.085 |
Tajikistan | 0.063 | ||||||||
Tanzania | 0.103 | 0.152 | |||||||
Thailand * | 1.464 | 1.805 | |||||||
Trinidad and Tobago * | 20.551 | 28.488 | 27.647 | 25.497 | 23.285 | 20.956 | |||
Uganda | 0.661 | 0.561 | 0.426 | 0.431 | |||||
United Arab Emirates * | 0.043 | 0 | |||||||
United Kingdom * | 0.047 | 0.054 | 0.048 | 0.055 | 0.041 | 0.037 | |||
United States * | 4.054 | 3.152 | 3.156 | 3.342 | 3.178 | 2.804 | 2.581 | ||
Uruguay | 6.807 | 5.370 | 6.387 | 7.175 | 8.696 | 4.968 | 4.745 | 5.877 | 4.806 |
Uzbekistan | 0.012 | 0.009 | 0.022 | 0.035 |
All the data in this table is from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). [2] This format allows for easier sorting, ranking, and comparison of countries.
Location | Rate | Year |
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Albania * | 1.126 | 2022 |
Algeria | 0.096 | 2022 |
Andorra | 0 | 2015 |
Antigua and Barbuda * | 8.532 | 2022 |
Argentina * | 2.305 | 2022 |
Armenia * | 0.674 | 2019 |
Australia * | 0.103 | 2022 |
Austria * | 0.145 | 2022 |
Azerbaijan * | 0.165 | 2021 |
Bahamas | 28.538 | 2022 |
Barbados | 11.717 | 2022 |
Belarus | 0.206 | 2014 |
Belize * | 22.454 | 2022 |
Bermuda | 4.674 | 2021 |
Bhutan * | 0 | 2020 |
Bolivia * | 0.384 | 2022 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.495 | 2022 |
Brazil * | 15.945 | 2020 |
Bulgaria * | 0.237 | 2017 |
Cape Verde * | 1.926 | 2018 |
Canada * | 0.889 | 2022 |
Chile * | 3.637 | 2022 |
Colombia * | 18.127 | 2022 |
Costa Rica * | 8.304 | 2021 |
Croatia | 0.223 | 2022 |
Cyprus * | 0.160 | 2022 |
Czech Republic * | 0.095 | 2022 |
Denmark * | 0.052 | 2018 |
Dominica | 1.381 | 2021 |
Dominican Republic * | 6.724 | 2022 |
Ecuador * | 22.565 | 2022 |
Egypt * | 2.062 | 2011 |
El Salvador * | 4.782 | 2022 |
Eswatini | 1.426 | 2021 |
Finland * | 0.091 | 2019 |
France * | 0.100 | 2017 |
Georgia | 0.848 | 2018 |
Germany * | 0.065 | 2020 |
Greece * | 0.318 | 2022 |
Grenada | 0 | 2021 |
Guatemala * | 3.436 | 2021 |
Guyana * | 2.983 | 2021 |
Holy See | 0 | 2022 |
Honduras * | 28.721 | 2021 |
Hong Kong * | 0 | 2022 |
Hungary * | 0.040 | 2022 |
Iceland | 0.270 | 2021 |
India * | 0.297 | 2012 |
Iran * | 0.369 | 2015 |
Italy * | 0.202 | 2022 |
Jamaica * | 44.706 | 2022 |
Japan * | 0.003 | 2019 |
Jordan * | 0.425 | 2022 |
Kazakhstan * | 0.105 | 2020 |
Liechtenstein | 0 | 2016 |
Lithuania | 0.106 | 2020 |
Luxembourg | 0.180 | 2014 |
Macau * | 0 | 2015 |
Malta | 0 | 2021 |
Mauritius * | 0 | 2022 |
Mexico * | 17.497 | 2022 |
Monaco | 0 | 2015 |
Mongolia | 0.090 | 2021 |
Montenegro * | 1.914 | 2022 |
Morocco | 0.024 | 2022 |
Netherlands | 0.216 | 2022 |
New Zealand * | 1.230 | 2019 |
Nicaragua | 2.000 | 2021 |
North Macedonia | 0.238 | 2021 |
Northern Ireland * | 0.157 | 2022 |
Oman * | 0.066 | 2022 |
Palestine * | 0.370 | 2021 |
Panama * | 10.227 | 2021 |
Paraguay * | 4.803 | 2021 |
Peru * | 2.937 | 2020 |
Philippines * | 1.103 | 2019 |
Puerto Rico * | 18.382 | 2016 |
Moldova * | 0.227 | 2020 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis * | 25.207 | 2021 |
Saint Lucia * | 30.580 | 2022 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.128 | 2021 |
Scotland * | 0.018 | 2021 |
Serbia * | 0.235 | 2022 |
Slovakia * | 0.071 | 2022 |
Slovenia * | 0.142 | 2022 |
South Korea * | 0 | 2021 |
Spain * | 0.105 | 2022 |
Sri Lanka * | 0.074 | 2019 |
Suriname * | 3.398 | 2022 |
Sweden * | 0.597 | 2022 |
Switzerland * | 0.137 | 2022 |
Tajikistan | 0.063 | 2020 |
Tanzania | 0.103 | 2015 |
Thailand * | 1.464 | 2016 |
Trinidad and Tobago * | 20.551 | 2020 |
Uganda | 0.661 | 2021 |
United Arab Emirates * | 0.043 | 2021 |
United Kingdom * | 0.047 | 2021 |
United States * | 4.054 | 2020 |
Uruguay | 6.807 | 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 0.012 | 2019 |
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