Gun and Murder Statistics #3 - Guns


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Sheet 3: Guns

small arms survey (2007) – guns per 100 residents


Country Rate Rank
Afghanistan 4.6 102
Albania 8.6 67
Algeria 7.6 75
Angola 17.3 32
Argentina 10.2 60
Armenia 12.5 50
Australia 15.0 40
Austria 30.4 14
Azerbaijan 3.5 111
Bahamas 5.3 94
Bahrain 24.8 18
Bangladesh 0.5 165
Barbados 7.8 73
Belarus 7.3 76
Belgium 17.2 34
Belize 10.0 61
Benin 1.4 133
Bhutan 3.5 112
Bolivia 2.8 115
Bosnia And Herzegovina 17.3 33
Botswana 4.9 98
Brazil 8.0 72
Brunei 1.4 134
Bulgaria 6.2 86
Burkina Faso 1.1 145
Burundi 1.2 141
Cambodia 4.3 105
Cameroon 2.8 116
Canada 30.8 13
Cape Verde 5.4 92
Central African Republic 1.0 149
Chad 1.1 146
Chile 10.7 57
China 4.9 99
Colombia 5.9 88
Comoros 1.8 123
Congo 2.7 118
Costa Rica 9.9 62
Côte d'Ivoire 2.4 120
Croatia 21.7 25
Cuba 4.8 100
Cyprus 36.4 6
Czech Republic 16.3 36
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.4 135
Denmark 12.0 52
Djibouti 2.8 117
Dominican Republic 5.1 95
Ecuador 1.3 138
Egypt 3.5 113
El Salvador 5.8 89
Equatorial Guinea 19.9 28
Eritrea 0.5 166
Estonia 9.2 63
Ethiopia 0.4 170
Fiji 0.5 167
Finland 45.3 4
France 31.2 12
Gabon 14.0 44
Gambia 0.8 153
Georgia 7.3 77
Germany 30.3 15
Ghana 0.4 171
Greece 22.5 23
Guatemala 13.1 47
Guinea 1.2 142
Guinea-Bissau 1.6 125
Guyana 14.6 43
Haiti 0.6 160
Honduras 6.2 87
Hungary 5.5 90
Iceland 30.3 16
India 4.2 106
Indonesia 0.5 168
Iran 7.3 78
Iraq 34.2 8
Ireland 8.6 68
Israel 7.3 79
Italy 11.9 53
Jamaica 8.1 71
Japan 0.6 161
Jordan 11.5 56
Kazakhstan 1.3 139
Kenya 6.4 84
Kuwait 24.8 19
Kyrgyzstan 0.9 152
Laos 1.2 143
Latvia 19.0 30
Lebanon 21.0 27
Lesotho 2.7 119
Liberia 1.6 126
Libya 15.5 38
Lithuania 0.7 156
Luxembourg 15.3 39
Macedonia 24.1 20
Madagascar 0.8 154
Malawi 0.7 157
Malaysia 1.5 129
Maldives 6.5 83
Mali 1.1 147
Malta 11.9 54
Mauritania 1.6 127
Mauritius 14.7 42
Mexico 15.0 41
Moldova 7.1 80
Mongolia 1.9 122
Montenegro 23.1 21
Morocco 5.0 97
Mozambique 5.1 96
Myanmar 4.0 107
Namibia 12.6 49
Nepal 0.8 155
Netherlands 3.9 108
New Zealand 22.6 22
Nicaragua 7.7 74
Niger 0.7 158
Nigeria 1.5 130
North Korea 0.6 162
Norway 31.3 11
Oman 25.5 17
Pakistan 11.6 55
Palestine 3.4 114
Panama 21.7 26
Papua New Guinea 1.2 144
Paraguay 17.0 35
Peru 18.8 31
Philippines 4.7 101
Poland 1.3 140
Portugal 8.5 69
Qatar 19.2 29
Romania 0.7 159
Russia 8.9 65
Rwanda 0.6 163
Saudi Arabia 35.0 7
Senegal 2.0 121
Serbia 37.8 5
Seychelles 5.4 93
Sierra Leone 0.6 164
Singapore 0.5 169
Slovakia 8.3 70
Slovenia 13.5 45
Solomon Islands 0.4 172
Somalia 9.1 64
South Africa 12.7 48
South Korea 1.1 148
Spain 10.4 59
Sri Lanka 1.5 131
Sudan 5.5 91
Suriname 13.4 46
Swaziland 6.4 85
Sweden 31.6 10
Switzerland 45.7 3
Syria 3.9 109
Taiwan 4.6 103
Tajikistan 1.0 150
Tanzania 1.4 136
Thailand 15.6 37
Timor-Leste 0.3 173
Togo 1.0 151
Trinidad And Tobago 1.6 128
Tunisia 0.1 174
Turkey 12.5 51
Turkmenistan 3.8 110
Uganda 1.4 137
Ukraine 6.6 81
United Arab Emirates 22.1 24
United Kingdom 6.6 82
United States 88.8 1
Uruguay 31.8 9
Uzbekistan 1.5 132
Venezuela 10.7 58
Vietnam 1.7 124
Yemen 54.8 2
Zambia 8.9 66
Zimbabwe 4.6 104

Combining stats for United Kingdom – using ONS population statistics for Mid-2007
Region Rate Population (in 1,000s) Guns
Northern Ireland 21.9 1759 38522
Scotland 5.5 5144 28292
England + Wales 6.2 54082 335308
Total 6.6 60985 402123

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