List of countries by firearm-related death rate

Homicide rates from firearms per 100,000 people by country.

This is a historical list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in the listed year.

Homicide figures may include justifiable homicides along with criminal homicides, depending upon jurisdiction and reporting standards. Not included are homicides, suicides, accidental deaths, or justifiable deaths by any means other than by firearm.

Based upon various metrics alongside calculations over the course of multiple years, Singapore has the lowest firearm-related death rate in the world, and Venezuela has the highest.

List

This is a table which is giving information about "firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population per year".

  • Unintentional: Unintentional shooting deaths.
  • Undetermined: Shooting deaths in which the cause remains undecided.
Country Year Total Homicide Suicide Unintentional Undetermined Guns per 100 inhabitants Sources and notes

 Argentina 2018 5.72 2.80 1.05 0.10 1.77 7.4 (2016) Guns in Argentina
 Australia 2019 0.88 0.15 0.72 0.00 0.03 13.7 (2016) Guns in Australia
 Austria 2016 2.75 0.10 2.44 0.01 0.11 30.0 (2017) Guns in Austria
 Azerbaijan mixed years 0.23 0.20 (2017) 0.01 0.02 ? 3.6 (2017) Guns in Azerbaijan
 Barbados 2013 7.36 6.70 (2015) 0.00 0.00 4.16 3.5 (2007) Guns in Barbados
 Belarus mixed years ? 0.14 (2009) ? ? ? 7.3 (2007) Guns in Belarus
 Belgium 2015 1.40 0.25 1.09 0.04 0.03 6.86 (2015) Guns in Belgium
 Bolivia mixed years ? 0.74 (2010) ? ? ? 2.5 (2012) Guns in Bolivia
 Brazil 2017 23.93 22.91 0.46 0.16 0.39 8.6 Guns in Brazil
 Bulgaria 2014 1.51 0.20 (2016) 0.73 0.26 0.14 6.2-19.4 (2007, 2006) Guns in Bulgaria
 Canada 2018 1.94 0.52 (2018) 1.40 (2018) 0.00 0.00 34.70 (2017) Guns in Canada
 Chile 2015 2.79 1.92 0.54 0.33 0.04 (2001) 12.1 (2017) Guns in Chile
 Colombia 2015 20.38 18.20 (2016) 0.69 0.11 0.37 10.10 (2017) Guns in Colombia
 Costa Rica 2014 7.59 6.46 0.9 0.08 0.15 10 (2017) Guns in Costa Rica
 Croatia 2016 2.83 0.35 2.39 0.07 0.02 13.7 (2017) Guns in Croatia
 Cuba 2011 0.50 0.20 (2013) 0.30 0.05 0.01 2 Guns in Cuba
 Cyprus 2016 1.00 0.50 0.33 0.08 0.09 (2009) 36.4 Guns in Cyprus
 Czech Republic 2016 1.64 0.10 (2017) 1.43 0.06 0.08 16.3 Guns in Czech Republic
 Denmark 2015 0.91 0.18 0.72 0.02 0.02 (2014) 9.90 (2017) Guns in Denmark
 El Salvador 2015 78.52 71.60 (2016) 0.15 0.05 (2013) 0.15 5.8 Guns in El Salvador
 Estonia 2015 1.34 0.00 1.19 0.24 (2014) 0.16 9.2 Guns in Estonia
 Eswatini mixed years 37.16 37.16 (2004) ? ? ? 6.4 Guns in Swaziland
 Finland 2015 2.41 0.20 (2016) 2.17 0.02 0.02 32.4 (2017) Guns in Finland
 France 2014 2.33 0.12 1.64 0.03 0.53 14.96 Guns in France
 Georgia 2019 1.44 0.62 0.47 0.35 ? 10.10 (2017) Guns in Georgia
 Germany 2015 1.04 0.06 0.91 0.01 0.06 32.0 (2016) Guns in Germany
 Greece 2015 1.35 0.19 1.02 0.10 0.04 22.5 Guns in Greece
 Guatemala 2015 25.48 20.41 0.29 4.78 4.17 (2010) 13.1 Guns in Guatemala
 Honduras mixed years 29.40 28.65 (2018) 0.41 (2013) 0.07 (2013) 0.27 (2013) 9.9–11.24 (mixed years) Guns in Honduras
 Hong Kong mixed years 0.03 0.00 (2004) 0.03 (1999) 0.00 (1996) 0.00 (1996) ? Guns in Hong Kong
 Hungary 2016 0.85 0.05 0.74 0.03 0.03 5.5 Guns in Hungary
 Iceland 2016 0.07 0.00 (2012) 1.25 (2009) ? ? 30.3 Guns in Iceland
 India 2014 0.30 0.30 (2016) 0.04 (2008) 0.14 (2008) ? 4.2 Guns in India
 Ireland 2014 0.87 0.21 0.62 0.02 0.02 7.20 (2017) Guns in Ireland
 Israel 2015 1.38 0.68 0.43 0.21 (2014) 0.22 7.3 Guns in Israel
 Italy 2015 1.13 0.29 0.72 0.12 0.00 11.9 Guns in Italy
 Jamaica 2015 35.22 38.20 (2016) 0.31 0.14 (2011) 7.84 (2011) 8.1 Guns in Jamaica
 Japan 2015 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.6 Guns in Japan
 Kuwait mixed years 0.36 0.36 (1995) 0.00 (1999) 0.00 (2000) 0.00 (2000) 24.8 Guns in Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan 2015 0.72 0.30 0.07 0.19 0.16 0.9 Guns in Kyrgyzstan
 Latvia 2015 1.86 0.40 1.16 0.05 (2014) 0.30 19 Guns in Latvia
 Luxembourg 2015 1.23 0.18 0.88 0.00 (2014) 0.18 15.3 Guns in Luxembourg
 Mexico 2015 11.55 16.50 (2017) 0.46 0.47 0.36 15 Guns in Mexico
 Moldova 2016 0.77 0.31 0.26 0.06 0.14 7.1 Guns in Moldova
 Montenegro 2009 8.68 2.50 (2016) 6.59 ? ? 23.1 Guns in Montenegro
 Netherlands 2016 0.42 0.16 0.24 0.01 0.00 (2015) 2.60 (2017) Guns in Netherlands
 New Zealand 2015 1.24 0.20 (2016) 0.92 (2015) 0.14 (2015) 0.02 30 Guns in New Zealand
 Nicaragua 2018 7.09 6.22 0.17 0.46 0.24 7.7 Guns in Nicaragua
 Macedonia 2013 1.19 1.10 (2014) 0.67 (2013) 0.00 (2013) 0.00 (2013) 29.8 Guns in North Macedonia
 Norway 2015 1.48 0.06 1.40 0.00 (2014) 0.00 (2014) 31.3 Guns in Norway
 Panama 2015 9.95 9.30 0.14 0.05 0.46 21.7 Guns in Panama
 Paraguay 2014 6.32 6.00 (2015) 1.06 0.27 0.24 17 Guns in Paraguay
 Peru 2015 3.72 3.20 (2016) 0.01 (2015) 0.12 (2015) 0.29 (2015) 18.8 Guns in Peru
 Philippines 2011 7.72 7.62 0.03 0.03 0.01 4.7 Guns in Philippines
 Poland 2015 0.20 0.03 0.10 0.02 0.04 1.3 Guns in Poland
 Portugal 2014 1.48 0.24 1.12 0.01 0.10 8.5 Guns in Portugal
 Qatar ? 0.15 0.15 (2004) ? ? ? 19.2 Guns in Qatar
 Romania mixed years 0.14 0.04 (2012) 0.06 (2011) 0.04 (2011) 0.00 (2011) 0.7 Guns in Romania
 Russia mixed years ? 0.90 (2013) ? ? ? 12.30 (2017) Guns in Russia
 Serbia 2015 3.23 0.72 2.15 0.06 0.31 37.82 Guns in Serbia
 Singapore mixed years 0.01 0.005 (1994-) 0.0165 (1994-) 0.003 (1994-) 0.00 (1994-) 0.5 Guns in Singapore
 Slovakia 2014 1.89 0.30 0.97 0.37 0.35 8.3 Guns in Slovakia
 Slovenia 2015 1.91 0.00 (2016) 1.71 0.05 0.05 13.5 Guns in Slovenia
 South Africa 2015 10.47 12.92 (2018) 1.80 (2009) 10.25 0.01 12.7 Guns in South Africa
 South Korea 2015 0.06 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 1.1 Guns in South Korea
 Spain 2015 0.57 0.10 (2016) 0.43 (2015) 0.05 (2015) 0.01 (2015) 10.4 Guns in Spain
 Sweden 2016 1.31 0.40 (2017) 0.96 0.01 0.04 23.10 (2017) Guns in Sweden
 Switzerland Mixed years 2.64 0.09 (2021) 2.32 (2017) ? 0.19 (2017) 27.6 - 41.2 (2017) Gun laws in Switzerland
 Taiwan mixed years 0.87 0.60 (2008) 0.12 (1994) 0.11 (1994) 0.04 (1994) ? Guns in Taiwan
 Turkey mixed years 1.95 1.03 (2016) 0.81 (2013) 0.11 (2016) 0.01 (2016) ? Mixed sources
 Ukraine 2016 1.36 1.36 (2016) ? ? ? 6.6 Guns in Ukraine
 United Kingdom 2015 0.20 0.02 0.16 0.01 0.01 2.8 Guns in the United Kingdom
 United States 2017 12.21 4.46 7.32 0.15 0.10 120.5 Guns in the United States
 Uruguay 2015 11.67 4.70 (2016) 4.55 2.09 0.06 31.8 Guns in Uruguay
 Venezuela 2013 49.73 26.48 0.14 0.26 22.34 18.50 (2017) Guns in Venezuela
 Zimbabwe mixed years 0.39 0.30 (2007) 0.09 (1995) ? ? 4.6 Guns in Zimbabwe
Country Year Total Homicides Suicides Unintentional Undetermined Guns per 100 inhabitants Sources and notes

Charts and graphs

List of countries by firearm-related death rate—including homicides, suicides and accidental deaths.
Gun-related homicide and suicide rates in high-income OECD countries, 2010, sorted by total gun-related deaths (suicide plus intentional homicide, plus other)
The 25 countries with the highest intentional homicide rates are generally less populous countries. Rates of the 25 most populous countries are shown in blue.
Gun homicide rates as a function of gun ownership rates.

See also

  1. ^ Naghavi, Mohsen; et al. (28 August 2018). "Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016". JAMA. 320 (8): 792–814. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.10060. ISSN 0098-7484. PMC 6143020. PMID 30167700.

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