List of countries by firearm-related death rate

All the data in this table is from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).^[4] There are 2 countries in the UNODC dataset that are missing from the table below: Egypt (2.062 rate in 2011) and India (0.297 rate in 2012).

• Asterisk (*) in Location column indicates a Crime in LOCATION article.

Homicide rates by firearm per 100,000 inhabitants.

Location	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Albania *	1.126	1.751	1.430	1.635	1.599	1.528	1.493	1.596	2.427
Algeria	0.096	0.140	0.133	0.084	0.091	0.129	0.136	0.217	0.106
Andorra								0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	8.532	4.291	3.238	2.171	3.274	10.975	4.417	1.112
Argentina *	2.305	2.418	2.685	2.521	2.733	2.826		3.655
Armenia *				0.674	0.212	0.631	0.523	0.903	0.277
Australia *	0.103	0.096	0.078	0.150	0.100	0.094	0.132	0.113	0.153
Austria *	0.145	0.179	0.135	0.101	0.090	0.182	0.103	0.058	0.105
Azerbaijan *		0.165	0.175	0.186	0.148	0.179	0.180
Bahamas	28.538	25.496	14.269	19.528	20.154	26.816	23.739	28.521	26.983
Barbados	11.717	6.046	9.263	11.064	6.436	8.238	5.742	6.832	6.126
Belarus									0.206
Belize *	22.454	22.748	20.004	23.388	25.127	21.885	22.324	19.729	20.151
Bermuda		4.674	3.124	0	4.719	4.741	7.928	1.584	3.157
Bhutan *			0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia *	0.384	0.306	0.184	0.272	0.267	0.376	0.169	0.099
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.495	0.428	0.362	0.625	0.441	0.669	0.546	0.908	0.644
Brazil *			15.945
Bulgaria *						0.237	0.152	0.287	0.244
Cape Verde *					1.926	2.124	5.552	2.717	4.761
Canada *	0.889	0.781	0.736	0.704	0.678	0.730	0.617	0.501	0.438
Chile *	3.637	2.221	2.617	1.854	2.016	1.818	1.532	1.466	1.442
Colombia *	18.127	18.252	16.344	16.149	16.470	18.357	18.528	19.682	21.126
Costa Rica *		8.304	7.905	7.474	7.955	8.711	7.765	7.865	6.750
Croatia	0.223	0.172	0.268	0.363	0.120	0.572	0.331	0.165	0.373
Cyprus *	0.160	0.402	0.242	0.163	0.164	0.165	0.501	0.505	0.255
Czech Republic *	0.095	0.076	0.047	0.085		0.076	0.066	0.019	0.095
Denmark *					0.052	0.139	0.175
Dominica		1.381	9.723	9.800	9.884	8.522	2.854	0	0
Dominican Republic *	6.724	6.116	4.409	4.264	4.914	5.767	5.918		11.116
Ecuador *	22.565	10.248	4.588	3.759	2.727	3.025	2.731	3.365	4.355
Egypt *
El Salvador *	4.782	11.181	14.715	27.929	41.441	47.984	68.106	88.845	48.393
Eswatini		1.426
Finland *				0.091	0.218	0.109	0.164	0.219	0.201
France *						0.100	0.142
Georgia					0.848				0.768
Germany *			0.065	0.048	0.045	0.052	0.069
Greece *	0.318	0.268	0.257	0.236	0.329	0.206	0.242
Grenada		0	1.617	0	2.462	0	0.834	0
Guatemala *		3.436	3.554	6.197	6.712	8.457	33.380		26.270
Guyana *		2.983	3.387	4.131	2.546	2.882	4.216	5.695
Holy See	0	0						0	0
Honduras *		28.721	26.962	30.194	27.112	29.158	41.868	42.294	53.364
Hong Kong *	0	0	0	0	0.027	0	0	0	0.014
Hungary *	0.040	0.021	0.072	0.031	0.123	0	0.041		0.030
Iceland		0.270	0	0	0	0	0.298	0	0
India *
Iran *								0.369	0.543
Italy *	0.202	0.154	0.171
Jamaica *	44.706	44.206	39.639	39.769	36.097	47.857	39.248	34.855	25.677
Japan *				0.003	0.003	0.002
Jordan *	0.425	0.242	0.311	0.449	0.335	0.460
Kazakhstan *			0.105			0.349			0.261
Liechtenstein							0
Lithuania			0.106	0.070	0.139	0.241	0.102
Luxembourg									0.180
Macau *								0	0
Malta		0	0.776	0.596	0.203	0.417	0	0.438	0.672
Mauritius *	0	0.154
Mexico *	17.497	19.333	20.346	20.679	20.723	17.842	13.106	10.654	10.058
Monaco								0
Mongolia		0.090	0.061	0	0.190	0.065	0.099	0.101	0.276
Montenegro *	1.914	1.115	1.908	2.062	1.109	1.739	2.527	1.577	1.892
Morocco	0.024	0.005		0.094	0.025	0.014	0.009	0.043	0.006
Netherlands	0.216	0.194	0.184	0.190	0.185	0.209	0.152	0.182	0.236
New Zealand *				1.230	0.248	0.232	0.171	0.152	0.133
Nicaragua		2.000		3.286	6.117	2.886	3.302
North Macedonia		0.238	0.189	0.568		0.758	0.237	0.854	1.092
Northern Ireland *	0.157	0.210	0.158	0.264	0.106	0.107	0.322	0.270	0.109
Oman *	0.066			0.065	0.022	0	0.045	0
Palestine *		0.370
Panama *		10.227	9.361	8.624	7.058	6.494	7.078	8.087	11.289
Paraguay *		4.803	4.351	5.360	4.609	5.491	6.670	6.442	5.746
Peru *			2.937	2.288	3.357	3.113	3.312	3.416	4.194
Philippines *				1.103	1.567	3.050	4.286
Puerto Rico *							18.382	15.898	17.697
Moldova *			0.227	0.289	0.255	0.283			0.120
Saint Kitts and Nevis *		25.207	12.594	18.863	33.500	39.761	60.685
Saint Lucia *	30.580	26.162	22.317	17.359	12.367	18.062
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		20.128	17.203	9.531	20.897	22.738	27.368
Serbia *	0.235	0.151	0.272	0.351	0.552	0.415	0.173	0.186
Slovakia *	0.071	0.055	0.055	0.275	0.110	0.184	0.276	0.055	0.240
Slovenia *	0.142	0	0	0.284	0.095	0.143	0.048	0.048	0.193
South Korea *		0
Scotland *		0.018	0.055	0.018	0.055	0.037	0.019	0.019	0
Spain *	0.105	0.082	0.078	0.112	0.105	0.135	0.084	0.097	0.121
Sri Lanka *				0.074	0.343	0.237	0.224	0.211	0.240
Suriname *	3.398	2.610	2.141	1.666	3.369	1.362	2.580
Sweden *	0.597	0.430	0.463	0.438	0.423	0.398	0.301	0.335	0.287
Switzerland *	0.137	0.092	0.104	0.128	0.153	0.166	0.191	0.205	0.085
Tajikistan			0.063
Tanzania								0.103	0.152
Thailand *							1.464	1.805
Trinidad and Tobago *			20.551	28.488	27.647	25.497		23.285	20.956
Uganda		0.661	0.561			0.426	0.431
United Arab Emirates *		0.043		0
United Kingdom *		0.047			0.054	0.048	0.055	0.041	0.037
United States *			4.054	3.152	3.156	3.342	3.178	2.804	2.581
Uruguay	6.807	5.370	6.387	7.175	8.696	4.968	4.745	5.877	4.806
Uzbekistan				0.012	0.009	0.022	0.035

All the data in this table is from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).^[4] This format allows for easier sorting, ranking, and comparison of countries.

• Asterisk (*) in Location column indicates a Crime in LOCATION article.

Homicide rates by firearm per 100,000 inhabitants. Latest available year.

Location	Year	Rate
Albania *	2022	1.126
Algeria	2022	0.096
Andorra	2015	0
Antigua and Barbuda	2022	8.532
Argentina *	2022	2.305
Armenia *	2019	0.674
Australia *	2022	0.103
Austria *	2022	0.145
Azerbaijan *	2021	0.165
Bahamas	2022	28.538
Barbados	2022	11.717
Belarus	2014	0.206
Belize *	2022	22.454
Bermuda	2021	4.674
Bhutan *	2020	0
Bolivia *	2022	0.384
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2022	0.495
Brazil *	2020	15.945
Bulgaria *	2017	0.237
Cape Verde *	2018	1.926
Canada *	2022	0.889
Chile *	2022	3.637
Colombia *	2022	18.127
Costa Rica *	2021	8.304
Croatia	2022	0.223
Cyprus *	2022	0.160
Czech Republic *	2022	0.095
Denmark *	2018	0.052
Dominica	2021	1.381
Dominican Republic *	2022	6.724
Ecuador *	2022	22.565
Egypt *	2011	2.062
El Salvador *	2022	4.782
Eswatini	2021	1.426
Finland *	2019	0.091
France *	2017	0.100
Georgia	2018	0.848
Germany *	2020	0.065
Greece *	2022	0.318
Grenada	2021	0
Guatemala *	2021	3.436
Guyana *	2021	2.983
Holy See	2022	0
Honduras *	2021	28.721
Hong Kong *	2022	0
Hungary *	2022	0.040
Iceland	2021	0.270
India *	2012	0.297
Iran *	2015	0.369
Italy *	2022	0.202
Jamaica *	2022	44.706
Japan *	2019	0.003
Jordan *	2022	0.425
Kazakhstan *	2020	0.105
Liechtenstein	2016	0
Lithuania	2020	0.106
Luxembourg	2014	0.180
Macau *	2015	0
Malta	2021	0
Mauritius *	2022	0
Mexico *	2022	17.497
Monaco	2015	0
Mongolia	2021	0.090
Montenegro *	2022	1.914
Morocco	2022	0.024
Netherlands	2022	0.216
New Zealand *	2019	1.230
Nicaragua	2021	2.000
North Macedonia	2021	0.238
Northern Ireland *	2022	0.157
Oman *	2022	0.066
Palestine *	2021	0.370
Panama *	2021	10.227
Paraguay *	2021	4.803
Peru *	2020	2.937
Philippines *	2019	1.103
Puerto Rico *	2016	18.382
Moldova *	2020	0.227
Saint Kitts and Nevis *	2021	25.207
Saint Lucia *	2022	30.580
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2021	20.128
Scotland *	2021	0.018
Serbia *	2022	0.235
Slovakia *	2022	0.071
Slovenia *	2022	0.142
South Korea *	2021	0
Spain *	2022	0.105
Sri Lanka *	2019	0.074
Suriname *	2022	3.398
Sweden *	2022	0.597
Switzerland *	2022	0.137
Tajikistan	2020	0.063
Tanzania	2015	0.103
Thailand *	2016	1.464
Trinidad and Tobago *	2020	20.551
Uganda	2021	0.661
United Arab Emirates *	2021	0.043
United Kingdom *	2021	0.047
United States *	2020	4.054
Uruguay	2022	6.807
Uzbekistan	2019	0.012

This table breaks down the firearm death rates by category.

• Unintentional: Unintentional shooting deaths.
• Undetermined: Shooting deaths in which the cause remains undecided.

Death rates from firearms per 100,000 population. By category

Location	Year	Total	Homicide	Suicide	Unintentional	Undetermined	Refs
Albania	2016	3.2					[5]
Argentina	2018	5.72	2.80	1.05	0.10	1.77	[6]
Australia	2019	0.88	0.15	0.72	0.00	0.03	[7]
Austria	2016	2.75	0.10	2.44	0.01	0.11	[8]
Azerbaijan	mixed years	0.23	0.20 (2017)	0.01	0.02	?	[9]
Barbados	2013	7.36	6.70 (2015)	0.00	0.00	4.16	[10]
Belarus	mixed years	?	0.14 (2009)	?	?	?	[11]
Belgium	2015	1.40	0.25	1.09	0.04	0.03	[12]
Bolivia	mixed years	?	0.74 (2010)	?	?	?	[13]
Brazil	2017	23.93	22.91	0.46	0.16	0.39	[14]
Bulgaria	2014	1.51	0.20 (2016)	0.73	0.26	0.14	[15]
Canada	2018	1.94	0.52 (2018)	1.40 (2018)	0.00	0.00	[16]
Chile	2015	2.79	1.92	0.54	0.33	0.04 (2001)	[17]
Colombia	2015	20.38	18.20 (2016)	0.69	0.11	0.37	[18]
Costa Rica	2014	7.59	6.46	0.9	0.08	0.15	[19]
Croatia	2016	2.83	0.35	2.39	0.07	0.02	[20]
Cuba	2011	0.50	0.20 (2013)	0.30	0.05	0.01	[21]
Cyprus	2016	1.00	0.50	0.33	0.08	0.09 (2009)	[22]
Czech Republic	2016	1.64	0.10 (2017)	1.43	0.06	0.08	[23]
Denmark	2015	0.91	0.18	0.72	0.02	0.02 (2014)	[24]
El Salvador	2015	78.52	71.60 (2016)	0.15	0.05 (2013)	0.15	[3]
Estonia	2015	1.34	0.00	1.19	0.24 (2014)	0.16	[25]
Eswatini	mixed years	37.16	37.16 (2004)	?	?	?	[26]
Finland	2015	2.41	0.20 (2016)	2.17	0.02	0.02	[27][28]
France	2014	2.33	0.12	1.64	0.03	0.53	[29]
Georgia	2019	1.44	0.62	0.47	0.35	?	[30]
Germany	2015	1.04	0.06	0.91	0.01	0.06	[31]
Greece	2015	1.35	0.19	1.02	0.10	0.04	[32]
Guatemala	2015	25.48	20.41	0.29	4.78	4.17 (2010)	[33]
Honduras	mixed years	29.40	28.65 (2018)	0.41 (2013)	0.07 (2013)	0.27 (2013)	[34]
Hong Kong	mixed years	0.03	0.00 (2004)	0.03 (1999)	0.00 (1996)	0.00 (1996)	[35]
Hungary	2016	0.85	0.05	0.74	0.03	0.03	[36]
Iceland	2016	0.07	0.00 (2012)	1.25 (2009)	?	?	[37]
India	2014	0.30	0.30 (2016)	0.04 (2008)	0.14 (2008)	?	[38][39]
Ireland	2014	0.87	0.21	0.62	0.02	0.02	[40]
Israel	2015	1.38	0.68	0.43	0.21 (2014)	0.22	[41]
Italy	2015	1.13	0.29	0.72	0.12	0.00	[42]
Jamaica	2015	35.22	38.20 (2016)	0.31	0.14 (2011)	7.84 (2011)	[43]
Japan	2015	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	[44]
Kuwait	mixed years	0.36	0.36 (1995)	0.00 (1999)	0.00 (2000)	0.00 (2000)	[45]
Kyrgyzstan	2015	0.72	0.30	0.07	0.19	0.16	[46]
Latvia	2015	1.86	0.40	1.16	0.05 (2014)	0.30	[47]
Luxembourg	2015	1.23	0.18	0.88	0.00 (2014)	0.18	[48]
Mexico	2015	11.55	16.50 (2017)	0.46	0.47	0.36	[49]
Moldova	2016	0.77	0.31	0.26	0.06	0.14	[50]
Montenegro	2009	8.68	2.50 (2016)	6.59	?	?	[51]
Netherlands	2016	0.42	0.16	0.24	0.01	0.00 (2015)	[52]
New Zealand	2015	1.24	0.20 (2016)	0.92 (2015)	0.14 (2015)	0.02	[53][54]
Nicaragua	2018	7.09	6.22	0.17	0.46	0.24	[55]
North Macedonia	2013	1.19	1.10 (2014)	0.67 (2013)	0.00 (2013)	0.00 (2013)	[56]
Norway	2015	1.48	0.06	1.40	0.00 (2014)	0.00 (2014)	[57]
Panama	2015	9.95	9.30	0.14	0.05	0.46	[58]
Paraguay	2014	6.32	6.00 (2015)	1.06	0.27	0.24	[59]
Peru	2015	3.72	3.20 (2016)	0.01 (2015)	0.12 (2015)	0.29 (2015)	[60]
Philippines	2011	7.72	7.62	0.03	0.03	0.01	[61]
Poland	2015	0.20	0.03	0.10	0.02	0.04	[62]
Portugal	2014	1.48	0.24	1.12	0.01	0.10	[63]
Qatar	?	0.15	0.15 (2004)	?	?	?	[64]
Romania	mixed years	0.14	0.04 (2012)	0.06 (2011)	0.04 (2011)	0.00 (2011)	[65]
Russia	mixed years	?	0.90 (2013)	?	?	?	[66]
Serbia	2015	3.23	0.72	2.15	0.06	0.31	[67]
Singapore	mixed years	0.01	0.005 (1994-)	0.0165 (1994-)	0.003 (1994-)	0.00 (1994-)	[2]
Slovakia	2014	1.89	0.30	0.97	0.37	0.35	[68]
Slovenia	2015	1.91	0.00 (2016)	1.71	0.05	0.05	[69]
South Africa	2015	10.47	12.92 (2018)	1.80 (2009)	10.25	0.01	[70]
South Korea	2015	0.06	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	[71]
Spain	2015	0.57	0.10 (2016)	0.43 (2015)	0.05 (2015)	0.01 (2015)	[72]
Sweden	2016	1.31	0.40 (2017)	0.96	0.01	0.04	[73]
Switzerland	2022	1.96	0.12	1.76	?	0.08 (Other than homicides & suicides)	[74][75]
Taiwan	mixed years	0.87	0.60 (2008)	0.12 (1994)	0.11 (1994)	0.04 (1994)	[76]
Turkey	mixed years	1.95	1.03 (2016)	0.81 (2013)	0.11 (2016)	0.01 (2016)	[77][78] [79]
Ukraine	2016	1.36	1.36 (2016)	?	?	?	[80]
United Kingdom	2015	0.20	0.02	0.16	0.01	0.01	[81]
United States	2017	12.21	4.46	7.32	0.15	0.10	[82]
Uruguay	2015	11.67	4.70 (2016)	4.55	2.09	0.06	[83]
Venezuela	2013	49.73	26.48	0.14	0.26	22.34	[84]
Zimbabwe	mixed years	0.39	0.30 (2007)	0.09 (1995)	?	?	[85]

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