Percent of households with guns by country

The U.S. gun homicide rate is ~18 times the average in other developed countries, and has a correspondingly larger homicide rate. ^[1] The U.S. gun ownership rate is more than one per person. ^[1]

Modern handguns (clockwise from top left) Glock 22 * Glock 21 * Kimber Stainless Raptor II * Dan Wesson Commander Classic Bobtail * Smith & Wesson Model 340 * Ruger Blackhawk * Ruger SP101 * SIG Sauer P220 Combat.

This is a list of countries by the estimated percent of households with guns . It is further broken down by the estimated percent of households with handguns . Also, by the estimated percent of adults living in armed households. The data is from GunPolicy.org which is hosted by the Sydney Medical School, at the University of Sydney in Australia. GunPolicy.org consolidates this data from various sources. To avoid problems with vetting the data for hundreds of countries from hundreds of sources, the table below only uses data compiled by GunPolicy.org. ^[2]

See also: Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country. It provides estimates of the total number of civilian guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 people. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that possesses guns. This is because individuals can possess more than one gun.

Country table

Note: This is a work in progress. Feel free to add GunPolicy.org data for more countries. See the top of the talk page for more editing notes.

Sources column (Refs) links to the specific country pages at GunPolicy.org ^[2]

Percent of households with firearms.
Percent of households with handguns.
Percent of adults in armed households.

Location	Year	Firearm %	Year	Handgun %	Year	Adults %	Refs [2]
Albania			2012	6.5			[3]
Argentina	2008	15					[4]
Australia	2005	6.2	2005	0.3			[5]
Austria	2005	15.1	2005	5.6	2015	7	[6]
Belgium	2010	5.1	2005	5.2	2015	3	[7]
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2010	34	2012	4.6			[8]
Bulgaria	2005	9.7	2005	6.6	2015	7	[9]
Canada	2005	15.5	2005	2.9			[10]
Croatia			2012	4.3	2015	6	[11]
Denmark	2005	12.6	2005	1.2	2015	7	[12]
Estonia	2005	7.0	2005	3.6	2015	3	[13]
Finland	2005	37.9	2005	6.3	2015	13	[14]
France	2005	16.1	2005	3.7	2015	7	[15]
Germany	2005	12.5	2005	4.2	2015	5	[16]
Greece	2005	20.6	2005	1.4	2015	7	[17]
Hungary	2005	10.4	2005	2.2	2015	3	[18]
Iceland	2005	23.5	2005	1.4			[19]
Ireland	2005	12.4	2005	1.0	2015	6	[20]
Italy	2005	12.9	2005	5.3	2015	6	[21]
Japan	2005	0.8	2005	0.0			[22]
Luxembourg	2005	12.3	2005	7.0	2015	5	[23]
Mexico			2005	2.8			[24]
Netherlands	2005	4.8	2005	1.3	2015	1	[25]
New Zealand	2005	16.6	2005	0.6			[26]
Northern Ireland	2005	12.7	2005	2.1			[27]
Norway	2005	26.1	2005	3.7			[28]
Poland	2005	4.4	2005	0.9	2015	2	[29]
Portugal	2005	18.3	2005	3.9	2015	6	[30]
Scotland	2005	6.7	2005	0.7			[31]
Spain	2005	12.0	2005	0.5	2015	5	[32]
Sweden	2010	16	2005	1.6	2015	8	[33]
Switzerland	2005	28.6	2005	10.3			[34]
United Kingdom	2005	6.0	2005	0.4	2015	2	[35]
United States	2017	42.0	2012	21.9			[36]

See also

• Gun politics
• Small arms trade
• Small Arms and Light Weapons
• List of countries by firearm-related death rate
• Index of gun politics articles
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• Overview of gun laws by nation
• Long gun
• Handgun
• Category: Firearms

References

1. Fox, Kara; Shveda, Krystina; Croker, Natalie; Chacon, Marco (November 26, 2021). "How US gun culture stacks up with the world". CNN. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. CNN's attribution: Developed countries are defined based on the UN classification, which includes 36 countries. Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Global Burden of Disease 2019), Small Arms Survey (Civilian Firearm Holdings 2017)
2. GunPolicy.org is hosted by the Sydney Medical School, at the University of Sydney in Australia. Choose any country or region from the sidebar menus for more info. For the data go to the "Gun Numbers" section of any country page, and then to "Civilian Guns". Note the reference numbers next to the gun data. Click the numbers for a detailed popup reference. For a shorter reference find the number in the numbered reference list at the bottom of the country page. "Full Citation" links are for the detailed popup reference.
3. Guns in Albania
4. Guns in Argentina
5. Guns in Australia
6. Guns in Austria
7. Guns in Belgium
8. Guns in Bosnia & Herzegovina
9. Guns in Bulgaria
10. Guns in Canada
11. Guns in Croatia
12. Guns in Denmark
13. Guns in Estonia
14. Guns in Finland
15. Guns in France
16. Guns in Germany
17. Guns in Greece
18. Guns in Hungary
19. Guns in Iceland
20. Guns in Ireland
21. Guns in Italy
22. Guns in Japan
23. Guns in Luxembourg
24. Guns in Mexico
25. Guns in the Netherlands
26. Guns in New Zealand
27. Guns in Northern Ireland
28. Guns in Norway
29. Guns in Poland
30. Guns in Portugal
31. Guns in Scotland
32. Guns in Spain
33. Guns in Sweden
34. Guns in Switzerland
35. Guns in the United Kingdom
36. Guns in the United States