Data summary

Gun murders and ownership

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Country

% of
Number
Num
m ber of Homicide
Hom
m icide Rank by
homicides hom
homicides
m icides by
rate of
by firearm by firearm
m firearm
m
ownership
rate per
100,000
pop

Average
firearms
per 100
people

Average
total all
civilian
firearms

Honduras

83.4

5,201

68.43

88

6.2

500,000

El Salvador

76.9

2,446

39.9

92

5.8

400,000

Jamaica

75.6

1,080

39.4

74

8.1

215,000

Venezuela

79.5

11,115

38.97

59

10.7

2,850,000

Guatemala

84

5,009

34.81

49

13.1

1,650,000

Saint Kitts
and Nevis

85

17

32.44

Trinidad and
Tobago

72.1

365

27.31

129

1.6

21,000

Colombia

81.1

12,539

27.09

91

5.9

2,700,000

Belize

52.3

68

21.82

62

10

29,000

Puerto Rico

94.8

692

18.3

Brazil

70.8

34,678

18.1

75

14,840,000

South Africa

45

8,319

17.03

50

12.7

5,950,000

Dominican
Republic

65.5

1,618

16.3

99

5.1

450,000

Panama

75

569

16.18

26

21.7

700,000

Bahamas

61.2

52

15.37

98

5.3

17,000

Ecuador

68.7

1,790

12.73

142

1.3

370,000

Guyana

61.3

85

11.46

45

14.6

110,000

Mexico

54.9

11,309

9.97

42

15

15,500,000

Philippines

49.9

7,349

8.93

105

4.7

3,900,000

Paraguay

56.1

466

7.35

37

17

1,000,000

Anguilla

24

7.14

Nicaragua

42.1

338

5.92

77

7.7

395,000

Saint Vincent
and the
Grenadines

30

5.49

Zimbabwe

65.6

598

4.78

106

4.4

400,000

Costa Rica

57.3

201

4.59

64

9.9

430,000

Argentina

52

1,198

3.02

62

10.2

3,950,000

Barbados

40

2.99

76

7.8

21,000

United S
States
tates

60

9,146
9
,146

2.97
2.9
97

88.8

270,000,000

West Bank &

Gaza

72.4

105

2.95

118

3.4

125,000

Liechtenstein

100

2.82

Uruguay

46.5

93

2.8

31.8

1,100,000

Peru

50.8

757

2.63

33

18.8

750,000

Sierra Leone

87.7

128

2.28

164

0.6

34,000

Chile

37.3

353

2.16

59

10.7

1,750,000

Albania

65.9

56

1.76

70

8.6

270,000

Maldives

62.5

1.63

85

6.5

21,000

Congo, Dem
Rep

33.2

248

1.56

137

1.4

800,000

Sri Lanka

21.1

291

1.48

133

1.5

300,000

Cambodia

36.7

187

1.44

109

4.3

600,000

Kazakhstan

12.5

210

1.34

142

1.3

200,000

Macedonia

62.5

25

1.21

20

24.1

490,000

Bangladesh

43.6

1,456

1.12

169

0.5

700,000

Vietnam

52.9

834

0.99

128

1.7

1,100,000

Uganda

10.5

280

0.87

137

1.4

400,000

Turkey

16.9

535

0.77

52

12.5

9,000,000

Switzerland

72.2

57

0.77

45.7

3,400,000

Lebanon

36.5

31

0.76

28

21

750,000

Italy

66.7

417

0.71

55

11.9

7,000,000

Belgium

39.5

70

0.68

34

17.2

1,800,000

Bulgaria

29.7

51

0.67

88

6.2

480,000

Luxembourg

42.9

0.62

41

15.3

70,000

Egypt

69.1

453

0.57

115

3.5

1,900,000

Taiwan

15.9

128

0.56

106

4.4

725,000

Georgia

13.3

24

0.55

79

7.3

330,000

Kyrgyzstan

8.3

28

0.54

156

0.9

45,000

Canada

32

173

0.51

13

30.8

9,950,000

Jordan

38.8

26

0.49

58

11.5

630,000

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

24.7

18

0.48

34

17.3

675,000

Ireland

42

21

0.48

70

8.6

360,000

Serbia

33.1

45

0.46

37.8

3,050,000

Cyprus

26.3

0.46

36.4

275,000

Finland

19.8

24

0.45

45.3

2,400,000

Liberia

13.2

17

0.43

129

1.6

51,000

Portugal

33.8

44

0.41

72

8.5

900,000

Sweden

33.9

37

0.41

10

31.6

2,800,000

Croatia

34.7

17

0.39

26

21.7

950,000

Zambia

11.7

28

0.35

68

8.9

230,000

Netherlands

30.7

55

0.33

112

3.9

510,000

Nepal

13.3

84

0.3

159

0.8

205,000

Armenia

13

0.29

52

12.5

380,000

Northern
Ireland

4.5

0.28

25

21.9

380,000

Denmark

31.9

15

0.27

54

12

650,000

Greece

34.9

29

0.26

23

22.5

2,500,000

India

7.6

3,093

0.26

110

4.2

46,000,000

Cuba

4.4

27

0.24

104

4.8

545,000

Estonia

3.9

0.24

65

9.2

123,000

Malaysia

13.4

64

0.24

133

1.5

370,000

Moldova

3.3

0.22

83

7.1

300,000

Austria

29.5

18

0.22

14

30.4

2,500,000

Latvia

4.6

0.22

32

19

280,000

Ukraine

4.5

100

0.22

84

6.6

3,100,000

Tajikistan

15.6

15

0.22

153

65,000

Spain

21.8

90

0.2

61

10.4

4,500,000

Czech
Republic

11

20

0.19

38

16.3

1,600,000

Germany

26.3

158

0.19

15

30.3

25,000,000

Lithuania

2.5

0.18

160

0.7

135,000

Slovakia

11.2

10

0.18

73

8.3

450,000

New Zealand

13.5

0.16

22

22.6

925,000

Australia

11.5

30

0.14

42

15

3,050,000

Qatar

16.7

0.14

31

19.2

520,100

Azerbaijan

6.5

11

0.12

115

3.5

290,000

Belarus

2.5

12

0.12

79

7.3

710,000

Mongolia

1.4

0.11

126

1.9

50,000

Slovenia

15.4

0.1

47

13.5

270,000

Turkmenistan 2.4

0.1

114

3.8

180,000

Mauritius

0.1

44

14.7

180,000

Israel

11.7

0.09

79

7.3

500,000

Poland

7.1

35

0.09

142

1.3

510,000

England
E
ngland and
Wales

6.6

41

0.07

88

6.2

3,400,000

Hungary

0.07

93

5.5

560,000

Algeria

4.8

20

0.06

78

7.6

1,900,000

France

9.6

35

0.06

12

31.2

19,000,000

Norway

8.1

0.05

11

31.3

1,400,000

Korea, South

1.7

14

0.03

149

1.1

510,000

Romania

1.3

0.02

160

0.7

160,000

Singapore

5.9

0.02

169

0.5

22,000

Japan

1.8

11

0.01

164

0.6

710,000

SOURCES: UNODC & Small arms survey