List of countries by guns and homicide
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
