Created by combining List of countries by intentional homicide rate, Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country and List of countries by firearm-related death rate as of [update] . Check the respective articles for source information and caveats regarding the quality of the data.
Note: Asterisk (*) after location is for "Crime in LOCATION" links.
Location | Region | Subregion | Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants | Estimate of civilian firearms per 100 persons | Total firearm-related death rate per 100,000 inhabitants |
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Afghanistan * | Asia | Southern Asia | 6.7 | 12.5 | ? |
Albania * | Europe | Southern Europe | 2.1 | 12 | ? |
Algeria | Africa | Northern Africa | 1.3 | 2.1 | ? |
American Samoa | Oceania | Polynesia | ? | 0.7 | ? |
Andorra | Europe | Southern Europe | 2.6 | 14.1 | ? |
Angola | Africa | Middle Africa | 4.8 | 11.2 | ? |
Anguilla | Americas | Caribbean | 28.3 | ? | ? |
Antigua and Barbuda | Americas | Caribbean | 9.2 | 5.4 | ? |
Argentina * | Americas | South America | 5.3 | 7.4 | 5.72 |
Armenia * | Asia | Western Asia | 1.8 | 6.1 | ? |
Aruba | Americas | Caribbean | 1.9 | 2.6 | ? |
Australia * | Oceania | Australia, New Zealand | 0.9 | 14.5 | 0.88 |
Austria * | Europe | Western Europe | 0.7 | 30 | 2.75 |
Azerbaijan * | Asia | Western Asia | 2.3 | 3.6 | 0.23 |
Bahamas | Americas | Caribbean | 18.6 | 18.8 | ? |
Bahrain * | Asia | Western Asia | 0.1 | 12.8 | ? |
Bangladesh * | Asia | Southern Asia | 2.4 | 0.4 | ? |
Barbados | Americas | Caribbean | 14.3 | 3.5 | 7.36 |
Belarus | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2.4 | 6.1 | ? |
Belgium * | Europe | Western Europe | 1.7 | 12.7 | 1.4 |
Belize * | Americas | Central America | 25.7 | 10 | ? |
Benin * | Africa | Western Africa | 1.1 | 0.3 | ? |
Bermuda | Americas | Northern America | 0 | 4.6 | ? |
Bhutan * | Asia | Southern Asia | 2.5 | 0.8 | ? |
Bolivia * | Americas | South America | 7 | 2 | ? |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | Southern Europe | 1.3 | 31.2 | ? |
Botswana | Africa | Southern Africa | 15.2 | 4.1 | ? |
Brazil * | Americas | South America | 22.5 | 8.3 | 23.93 |
British Virgin Islands | Americas | Caribbean | 8.3 | 0.8 | ? |
Brunei | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 0.5 | 1.4 | ? |
Bulgaria * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 1 | 8.4 | 1.51 |
Burkina Faso | Africa | Western Africa | 1.3 | 0.9 | ? |
Burundi | Africa | Eastern Africa | 6.1 | 2 | ? |
Cambodia * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 1.8 | 4.5 | ? |
Cameroon | Africa | Middle Africa | 1.4 | 2.1 | ? |
Canada * | Americas | Northern America | 2 | 34.7 | 1.94 |
Cape Verde * | Africa | Western Africa | 6.5 | 5.7 | ? |
Cayman Islands | Americas | Caribbean | 8.2 | 9.2 | ? |
Central African Republic | Africa | Middle Africa | 20.1 | 1.8 | ? |
Chad | Africa | Central Africa | ? | 1 | ? |
Channel Islands | Europe | Northern Europe | 0 | 14 | ? |
Chile * | Americas | South America | 4.8 | 12.1 | 2.79 |
China * | Asia | Eastern Asia | 0.5 | 3.6 | ? |
Christmas Island | Asia | South-East Asia | ? | 0 | ? |
Colombia * | Americas | South America | 22.6 | 10.1 | 20.38 |
Comoros | Africa | East Africa | ? | 1.5 | ? |
Congo | Africa | Central Africa | ? | 2.4 | ? |
Costa Rica * | Americas | Central America | 11.2 | 10 | 7.59 |
Croatia | Europe | Southern Europe | 1 | 13.7 | 2.83 |
Cuba * | Americas | Caribbean | 5 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
Curaçao | Americas | Caribbean | 19 | 2.6 | ? |
Cyprus | Asia | Western Asia | 1.2 | 34 | 1 |
Czech Republic * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 0.7 | 12.5 | 1.64 |
Denmark * | Europe | Northern Europe | 1 | 9.9 | 0.91 |
Djibouti | Africa | East Africa | ? | 3.1 | ? |
Dominica | Americas | Caribbean | 20.8 | 6.2 | ? |
Dominican Republic * | Americas | Caribbean | 8.9 | 7.4 | ? |
DR Congo * | Africa | Central Africa | ? | 1.2 | ? |
East Timor | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 4.1 | 0.3 | ? |
Ecuador * | Americas | South America | 7.8 | 2.4 | ? |
Egypt * | Africa | Northern Africa | 2.6 | 4.1 | ? |
El Salvador * | Americas | Central America | 37.2 | 12 | 78.52 |
England and Wales | Europe | Northern Europe | 1.2 | 4.6 | ? |
Equatorial Guinea | Africa | Central Africa | ? | 12.5 | ? |
Eritrea | Africa | East Africa | ? | 0.4 | ? |
Estonia * | Europe | Northern Europe | 3.2 | 5 | 1.34 |
Eswatini | Africa | Southern Africa | 11.6 | 4.8 | 37.16 |
Ethiopia * | Africa | Eastern Africa | 8.8 | 0.4 | ? |
Falkland Islands * | Americas | South America | ? | 62.1 | ? |
Faroe Islands | Europe | Northern Europe | ? | 9.9 | ? |
Fiji | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 0.5 | ? |
Finland * | Europe | Northern Europe | 1.6 | 32.4 | 2.41 |
France * | Europe | Western Europe | 1.3 | 19.6 | 2.33 |
French Guiana | Americas | South America | 13.2 | 19.6 | ? |
French Polynesia | Oceania | Polynesia | ? | 2.5 | ? |
Gabon | Africa | Central Africa | ? | 3.4 | ? |
Gambia | Africa | West Africa | ? | 6.5 | ? |
Georgia | Asia | Western Asia | 1.9 | 10.1 | 1.44 |
Germany * | Europe | Western Europe | 0.8 | 19.6 | 1.04 |
Ghana * | Africa | Western Africa | 2.1 | 8 | ? |
Gibraltar * | Europe | Southern Europe | 3 | 4.1 | ? |
Greece * | Europe | Southern Europe | 0.8 | 17.6 | 1.35 |
Greenland * | Americas | Northern America | 5.3 | 22.3 | ? |
Grenada | Americas | Caribbean | 12.4 | 4.6 | ? |
Guadeloupe * | Americas | Caribbean | 5.8 | 8.5 | ? |
Guam | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 11.5 | ? |
Guatemala * | Americas | Central America | 17.5 | 12.1 | 25.48 |
Guinea | Africa | West Africa | ? | 1 | ? |
Guinea-Bissau | Africa | Western Africa | 1.1 | 1.5 | ? |
Guyana * | Americas | South America | 20 | 15.8 | ? |
Haiti * | Americas | Caribbean | 6.7 | 2.6 | ? |
Holy See | Europe | Southern Europe | 0 | 0 | ? |
Honduras * | Americas | Central America | 36.3 | 14.1 | 29.4 |
Hong Kong * | Asia | Eastern Asia | 0.3 | 3.6 | 0.03 |
Hungary * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 0.8 | 10.5 | 0.85 |
Iceland | Europe | Northern Europe | 1.5 | 31.7 | 0.07 |
India * | Asia | Southern Asia | 3 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
Indonesia * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 0.4 | 0 | ? |
Iran * | Asia | Southern Asia | 2.2 | 7.3 | ? |
Iraq | Asia | Western Asia | 10.1 | 19.6 | ? |
Ireland | Europe | Northern Europe | 0.7 | 7.2 | 0.87 |
Isle of Man | Europe | Northern Europe | 0 | ? | ? |
Israel * | Asia | Western Asia | 1.5 | 6.7 | 1.38 |
Italy * | Europe | Southern Europe | 0.5 | 14.4 | 1.13 |
Ivory Coast * | Africa | West Africa | ? | 4.4 | ? |
Jamaica * | Americas | Caribbean | 44.7 | 8.8 | 35.22 |
Japan * | Asia | Eastern Asia | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.02 |
Jordan * | Asia | Western Asia | 1 | 18.7 | ? |
Kazakhstan * | Asia | Central Asia | 3.2 | 2.8 | ? |
Kenya * | Africa | Eastern Africa | 4 | 1.5 | ? |
Kiribati | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 0.8 | ? |
Kosovo * | Europe | Southern Europe | 2.4 | 23.8 | ? |
Kuwait * | Asia | Western Asia | 1.8 | 16.7 | 0.36 |
Kyrgyzstan | Asia | Central Asia | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.72 |
Laos * | Asia | South-East Asia | ? | 3 | ? |
Latvia * | Europe | Northern Europe | 2.6 | 10.5 | 1.86 |
Lebanon | Asia | Western Asia | 1.9 | 31.9 | ? |
Lesotho * | Africa | Southern Africa | 43.6 | 4.8 | ? |
Liberia * | Africa | Western Africa | 3.3 | 2.1 | ? |
Libya | Africa | North Africa | ? | 13.3 | ? |
Liechtenstein | Europe | Western Europe | 2.6 | 28.8 | ? |
Lithuania | Europe | Northern Europe | 3.7 | 13.6 | ? |
Luxembourg | Europe | Western Europe | 0.2 | 18.9 | 1.23 |
Macau * | Asia | Eastern Asia | 0.3 | 3.6 | ? |
Madagascar | Africa | East Africa | ? | 0.7 | ? |
Malawi | Africa | Eastern Africa | 1.8 | 0.3 | ? |
Malaysia * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 2.1 | 0.7 | ? |
Maldives * | Asia | Southern Asia | 0.6 | 6.2 | ? |
Mali | Africa | West Africa | ? | 1.1 | ? |
Malta | Europe | Southern Europe | 1.6 | 28.3 | ? |
Marshall Islands | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 0.5 | ? |
Martinique | Americas | Caribbean | 2.8 | 8.5 | ? |
Mauritania * | Africa | West Africa | ? | 2.8 | ? |
Mauritius * | Africa | Eastern Africa | 2.8 | 8.3 | ? |
Mayotte | Africa | Eastern Africa | 5.9 | ? | ? |
Mexico * | Americas | Central America | 28.4 | 12.9 | 11.55 |
Micronesia | Oceania | Micronesia | ? | 0.7 | ? |
Moldova * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 2.3 | 3 | 0.77 |
Monaco | Europe | Western Europe | 0 | 19.6 | ? |
Mongolia | Asia | Eastern Asia | 6 | 7.9 | ? |
Montenegro * | Europe | Southern Europe | 2.9 | 39.1 | 8.68 |
Montserrat | Americas | Caribbean | 20.3 | 5.4 | ? |
Morocco | Africa | Northern Africa | 1.3 | 4.8 | ? |
Mozambique | Africa | Eastern Africa | 3.5 | 4.5 | ? |
Myanmar * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 28.4 | 1.6 | ? |
Namibia * | Africa | Southern Africa | 11.9 | 15.4 | ? |
Nauru * | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 0 | ? |
Nepal * | Asia | Southern Asia | 2.3 | 1.5 | ? |
Netherlands | Europe | Western Europe | 0.6 | 2.6 | 0.42 |
New Caledonia | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 42.5 | ? |
New Zealand * | Oceania | Australia, New Zealand | 2.6 | 26.3 | 1.24 |
Nicaragua | Americas | Central America | 7.9 | 5.2 | 7.09 |
Niger | Africa | Western Africa | 4.4 | 0.5 | ? |
Nigeria * | Africa | Western Africa | 22 | 3.2 | ? |
North Korea * | Asia | East Asia | ? | 0.3 | ? |
North Macedonia | Europe | Southern Europe | 1.2 | 29.8 | ? |
Northern Cyprus | Asia | Western Asia | ? | 17.4 | ? |
Northern Ireland * | Europe | Northern Europe | 1.2 | 11 | ? |
Northern Mariana Islands | Oceania | Micronesia | ? | 2.6 | ? |
Norway * | Europe | Northern Europe | 0.6 | 28.8 | 1.48 |
Oman * | Asia | Western Asia | 0.3 | 16.7 | ? |
Pakistan * | Asia | Southern Asia | 3.8 | 22.3 | ? |
Palau | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 0.5 | ? |
Palestine * | Asia | Western Asia | 1 | 1.1 | ? |
Panama * | Americas | Central America | 11.1 | 10.8 | 9.95 |
Papua New Guinea * | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 1 | ? |
Paraguay * | Americas | South America | 6.7 | 16.7 | 6.32 |
Peru * | Americas | South America | 7.7 | 2 | 3.72 |
Philippines * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 4.4 | 3.6 | 7.72 |
Poland * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
Portugal * | Europe | Southern Europe | 0.9 | 21.3 | 1.48 |
Puerto Rico * | Americas | Caribbean | 18.5 | 11.5 | ? |
Puntland | Africa | East Africa | ? | 12.3 | ? |
Qatar * | Asia | Western Asia | 0.4 | 16.7 | 0.15 |
Réunion | Africa | Eastern Africa | 1.8 | 19.6 | ? |
Romania * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.14 |
Russia * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 6.8 | 12.3 | ? |
Rwanda | Africa | Eastern Africa | 2.6 | 0.5 | ? |
Saint Helena | Africa | Western Africa | 0 | ? | ? |
Saint Kitts and Nevis * | Americas | Caribbean | 18.8 | 3.4 | ? |
Saint Lucia * | Americas | Caribbean | 28.3 | 3.4 | ? |
Saint Martin | Americas | Caribbean | ? | 8.5 | ? |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Americas | Northern America | 15.8 | ? | ? |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Americas | Caribbean | 17.2 | 3.4 | ? |
Samoa | Oceania | Polynesia | ? | 10.1 | ? |
San Marino | Europe | Southern Europe | 0 | 14.4 | ? |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa | Middle Africa | 3.3 | 3.4 | ? |
Saudi Arabia * | Asia | Western Asia | 0.8 | 16.7 | ? |
Scotland * | Europe | Northern Europe | 1.1 | 5.6 | ? |
Senegal | Africa | Western Africa | 0.3 | 2 | ? |
Serbia * | Europe | Southern Europe | 1 | 39.1 | 3.23 |
Seychelles | Africa | Eastern Africa | 10.2 | 4.1 | ? |
Sierra Leone | Africa | Western Africa | 1.7 | 0.5 | ? |
Singapore * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.01 |
Sint Maarten | Americas | Caribbean | ? | 4.2 | ? |
Slovakia * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 1.2 | 6.5 | 1.89 |
Slovenia * | Europe | Southern Europe | 0.5 | 15.6 | 1.91 |
Solomon Islands | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 0.2 | ? |
Somalia | Africa | East Africa | ? | 12.4 | ? |
Somaliland | Africa | East Africa | ? | 11.9 | ? |
South Africa * | Africa | Southern Africa | 33.5 | 9.7 | 10.47 |
South Korea * | Asia | Eastern Asia | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.06 |
South Sudan | Africa | Eastern Africa | 14.9 | 9.6 | ? |
Spain * | Europe | Southern Europe | 0.6 | 7.5 | 0.57 |
Sri Lanka * | Asia | Southern Asia | 3.5 | 2.4 | ? |
Sudan | Africa | Northern Africa | 5.1 | 6.6 | ? |
Suriname * | Americas | South America | 9.4 | 15.9 | ? |
Sweden * | Europe | Northern Europe | 1.1 | 23.1 | 1.31 |
Switzerland * | Europe | Western Europe | 0.5 | 27.6 | 2.64 |
Syria | Asia | Western Asia | 0.9 | 8.2 | ? |
Taiwan * | Asia | Eastern Asia | 0.8 | 0 | 0.87 |
Tajikistan | Asia | Central Asia | 0.9 | 0.4 | ? |
Tanzania | Africa | Eastern Africa | 6.5 | 0.8 | ? |
Thailand * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 2.6 | 15.1 | ? |
Togo | Africa | West Africa | ? | 0.8 | ? |
Tonga * | Oceania | Polynesia | ? | 8 | ? |
Trinidad and Tobago * | Americas | Caribbean | 38.6 | 3.2 | ? |
Tunisia | Africa | Northern Africa | 4.8 | 1.1 | ? |
Turkey * | Asia | Western Asia | 2.5 | 16.5 | 1.95 |
Turkmenistan | Asia | Central Asia | 4.2 | 0.4 | ? |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Americas | Caribbean | 5.7 | 3.3 | ? |
Tuvalu * | Oceania | Polynesia | ? | 1.2 | ? |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Americas | Caribbean | 49.3 | 16.6 | ? |
Uganda | Africa | Eastern Africa | 9.7 | 0.8 | ? |
Ukraine * | Europe | Eastern Europe | 6.2 | 9.9 | 1.36 |
United Arab Emirates * | Asia | Western Asia | 0.7 | 16.7 | ? |
United Kingdom * | Europe | Northern Europe | 1.1 | ? | 0.2 |
United States * | Americas | Northern America | 6.4 | 120.5 | 12.21 |
Uruguay | Americas | South America | 9.7 | 34.7 | 11.67 |
Uzbekistan | Asia | Central Asia | 1.2 | 0.4 | ? |
Vanuatu | Oceania | Melanesia | ? | 3.9 | ? |
Venezuela * | Americas | South America | 36.7 | 18.5 | 49.73 |
Vietnam * | Asia | South-Eastern Asia | 1.5 | 1.6 | ? |
Yemen * | Asia | Western Asia | 6.8 | 52.8 | ? |
Zambia | Africa | Eastern Africa | 5.4 | 0.9 | ? |
Zimbabwe * | Africa | Eastern Africa | 7.5 | 2.8 | 0.39 |
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