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 El Salvador used to have the highest, until very recently.[2][3]
All the data in this table is from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – processed by Our World in Data.[1]
Location | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Albania | 1.60 | 1.49 | 1.53 | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.43 | 1.75 |
Algeria | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
Andorra | 0.00 | ||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 1.11 | 4.42 | 10.97 | 3.27 | 2.17 | 3.24 | 4.29 |
Argentina | 3.65 | 2.83 | 2.73 | 2.52 | 2.68 | 2.42 | |
Armenia | 0.90 | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.21 | 0.67 | ||
Australia | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
Austria | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.18 |
Azerbaijan | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.16 | |
Bahamas | 28.52 | 23.74 | 26.82 | 20.15 | 19.53 | 14.27 | 25.50 |
Barbados | 6.83 | 5.74 | 8.24 | 6.44 | 11.06 | 9.26 | 6.05 |
Belarus | |||||||
Belize | 19.73 | 22.32 | 21.88 | 25.13 | 23.39 | 20.00 | 22.75 |
Bermuda | 1.58 | 7.93 | 4.74 | 4.72 | 0.00 | 3.12 | 4.67 |
Bhutan | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Bolivia | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.31 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.91 | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.44 | 0.62 | 0.36 | 0.43 |
Brazil | 15.94 | ||||||
Bulgaria | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.24 | ||||
Canada | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.78 |
Cape Verde | 2.72 | 5.55 | 2.12 | 1.93 | |||
Chile | 1.47 | 1.53 | 1.82 | 2.02 | 1.75 | 2.38 | 1.86 |
Colombia | 19.68 | 18.53 | 18.36 | 19.09 | 18.87 | 18.42 | 20.81 |
Costa Rica | 7.86 | 7.77 | 8.71 | 7.96 | 7.47 | 7.91 | 8.30 |
Croatia | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.17 |
Cyprus | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.40 |
Czechia | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.08 | |
Denmark | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.05 | ||||
Dominica | 0.00 | 2.85 | 8.52 | 9.88 | 9.80 | 9.72 | 1.38 |
Dominican Republic | 5.92 | 5.77 | 4.91 | 4.26 | 4.41 | 6.12 | |
Ecuador | 3.37 | 2.73 | 3.02 | 2.73 | 3.76 | 4.59 | 10.25 |
Egypt | |||||||
El Salvador | 88.85 | 68.11 | 47.98 | 41.44 | 27.93 | 14.72 | 12.15 |
Eswatini | 1.43 | ||||||
Finland | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.09 | ||
France | 0.14 | 0.10 | |||||
Georgia | 0.85 | ||||||
Germany | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 | ||
Greece | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.27 | |
Grenada | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 2.46 | 0.00 | 1.62 | 0.00 |
Guatemala | 33.38 | 8.46 | 6.71 | 6.20 | 3.55 | 3.44 | |
Guyana | 5.70 | 4.22 | 2.88 | 2.55 | 4.13 | 3.39 | 2.98 |
Honduras | 42.29 | 41.87 | 29.16 | 27.11 | 30.19 | 26.96 | 28.72 |
Hong Kong | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Hungary | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | |
Iceland | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
India | |||||||
Iran | 0.37 | ||||||
Italy | 0.17 | 0.15 | |||||
Jamaica | 34.85 | 39.25 | 47.86 | 36.10 | 39.77 | 39.64 | 44.21 |
Japan | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Jordan | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.24 | ||
Kazakhstan | 0.35 | 0.11 | |||||
Liechtenstein | 0.00 | ||||||
Lithuania | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.11 | ||
Luxembourg | |||||||
Macao | 0.00 | ||||||
Malta | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 0.00 |
Mauritius | 0.15 | ||||||
Mexico | 10.65 | 13.11 | 17.84 | 20.72 | 20.68 | 20.35 | 19.33 |
Moldova | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.23 | |||
Monaco | 0.00 | ||||||
Mongolia | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
Montenegro | 1.58 | 2.53 | 1.74 | 1.11 | 2.06 | 1.91 | 1.11 |
Morocco | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.01 | |
Netherlands | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
New Zealand | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 1.23 | ||
Nicaragua | 3.30 | 2.89 | 6.12 | 3.29 | 2.00 | ||
North Macedonia | 0.85 | 0.24 | 0.76 | ||||
Oman | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07 | ||
Palestine | 0.37 | ||||||
Panama | 8.09 | 7.08 | 6.49 | 7.06 | 8.62 | 9.36 | 10.23 |
Paraguay | 6.44 | 6.67 | 5.49 | 4.61 | 5.36 | 4.35 | 4.80 |
Peru | 3.42 | 3.31 | 3.11 | 3.36 | 2.29 | 2.94 | |
Philippines | 4.29 | 3.05 | 1.57 | 1.10 | |||
Puerto Rico | 15.90 | 18.38 | |||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 60.69 | 39.76 | 33.50 | 18.86 | 12.59 | 25.21 | |
Saint Lucia | 18.06 | 12.37 | 17.36 | 22.32 | 26.16 | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.37 | 22.74 | 20.90 | 9.53 | 17.20 | 20.13 | |
Serbia | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.12 |
Slovakia | 0.06 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Slovenia | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
South Korea | 0.00 | ||||||
Spain | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Sri Lanka | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.07 | ||
Suriname | 2.58 | 1.36 | 3.37 | 1.67 | 2.14 | 2.61 | |
Sweden | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.43 |
Switzerland | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.09 |
Tajikistan | 0.06 | ||||||
Tanzania | 0.10 | ||||||
Thailand | 1.81 | 1.46 | |||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 23.28 | 25.50 | 27.65 | 28.49 | 20.55 | ||
Uganda | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.56 | 0.66 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 0.00 | 0.04 | |||||
United States | 2.80 | 3.18 | 3.34 | 3.16 | 3.15 | 4.05 | |
Uruguay | 5.88 | 4.75 | 4.97 | 8.70 | 7.18 | 6.30 | 5.34 |
Uzbekistan | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||
Vatican | 0.00 |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2011) |
This is a table which is giving information about "firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population per year".
Location | Year | Total | Homicide | Suicide | Unintentional | Undetermined | Refs |
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Albania | 2016 | 3.2 | [4] | ||||
Argentina | 2018 | 5.72 | 2.80 | 1.05 | 0.10 | 1.77 | [5] |
Australia | 2019 | 0.88 | 0.15 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.03 | [6] |
Austria | 2016 | 2.75 | 0.10 | 2.44 | 0.01 | 0.11 | [7] |
Azerbaijan | mixed years | 0.23 | 0.20 (2017) | 0.01 | 0.02 | ? | [8] |
Barbados | 2013 | 7.36 | 6.70 (2015) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.16 | [9] |
Belarus | mixed years | ? | 0.14 (2009) | ? | ? | ? | [10] |
Belgium | 2015 | 1.40 | 0.25 | 1.09 | 0.04 | 0.03 | [11] |
Bolivia | mixed years | ? | 0.74 (2010) | ? | ? | ? | [12] |
Brazil | 2017 | 23.93 | 22.91 | 0.46 | 0.16 | 0.39 | [13] |
Bulgaria | 2014 | 1.51 | 0.20 (2016) | 0.73 | 0.26 | 0.14 | [14] |
Canada | 2018 | 1.94 | 0.52 (2018) | 1.40 (2018) | 0.00 | 0.00 | [15] |
Chile | 2015 | 2.79 | 1.92 | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.04 (2001) | [16] |
Colombia | 2015 | 20.38 | 18.20 (2016) | 0.69 | 0.11 | 0.37 | [17] |
Costa Rica | 2014 | 7.59 | 6.46 | 0.9 | 0.08 | 0.15 | [18] |
Croatia | 2016 | 2.83 | 0.35 | 2.39 | 0.07 | 0.02 | [19] |
Cuba | 2011 | 0.50 | 0.20 (2013) | 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.01 | [20] |
Cyprus | 2016 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.09 (2009) | [21] |
Czech Republic | 2016 | 1.64 | 0.10 (2017) | 1.43 | 0.06 | 0.08 | [22] |
Denmark | 2015 | 0.91 | 0.18 | 0.72 | 0.02 | 0.02 (2014) | [23] |
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 | [24] |
Eswatini | mixed years | 37.16 | 37.16 (2004) | ? | ? | ? | [25] |
Finland | 2015 | 2.41 | 0.20 (2016) | 2.17 | 0.02 | 0.02 | [26][27] |
France | 2014 | 2.33 | 0.12 | 1.64 | 0.03 | 0.53 | [28] |
Georgia | 2019 | 1.44 | 0.62 | 0.47 | 0.35 | ? | [29] |
Germany | 2015 | 1.04 | 0.06 | 0.91 | 0.01 | 0.06 | [30] |
Greece | 2015 | 1.35 | 0.19 | 1.02 | 0.10 | 0.04 | [31] |
Guatemala | 2015 | 25.48 | 20.41 | 0.29 | 4.78 | 4.17 (2010) | [32] |
Honduras | mixed years | 29.40 | 28.65 (2018) | 0.41 (2013) | 0.07 (2013) | 0.27 (2013) | [33] |
Hong Kong | mixed years | 0.03 | 0.00 (2004) | 0.03 (1999) | 0.00 (1996) | 0.00 (1996) | [34] |
Hungary | 2016 | 0.85 | 0.05 | 0.74 | 0.03 | 0.03 | [35] |
Iceland | 2016 | 0.07 | 0.00 (2012) | 1.25 (2009) | ? | ? | [36] |
India | 2014 | 0.30 | 0.30 (2016) | 0.04 (2008) | 0.14 (2008) | ? | [37][38] |
Ireland | 2014 | 0.87 | 0.21 | 0.62 | 0.02 | 0.02 | [39] |
Israel | 2015 | 1.38 | 0.68 | 0.43 | 0.21 (2014) | 0.22 | [40] |
Italy | 2015 | 1.13 | 0.29 | 0.72 | 0.12 | 0.00 | [41] |
Jamaica | 2015 | 35.22 | 38.20 (2016) | 0.31 | 0.14 (2011) | 7.84 (2011) | [42] |
Japan | 2015 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | [43] |
Kuwait | mixed years | 0.36 | 0.36 (1995) | 0.00 (1999) | 0.00 (2000) | 0.00 (2000) | [44] |
Kyrgyzstan | 2015 | 0.72 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.16 | [45] |
Latvia | 2015 | 1.86 | 0.40 | 1.16 | 0.05 (2014) | 0.30 | [46] |
Luxembourg | 2015 | 1.23 | 0.18 | 0.88 | 0.00 (2014) | 0.18 | [47] |
Mexico | 2015 | 11.55 | 16.50 (2017) | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.36 | [48] |
Moldova | 2016 | 0.77 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.14 | [49] |
Montenegro | 2009 | 8.68 | 2.50 (2016) | 6.59 | ? | ? | [50] |
Netherlands | 2016 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.00 (2015) | [51] |
New Zealand | 2015 | 1.24 | 0.20 (2016) | 0.92 (2015) | 0.14 (2015) | 0.02 | [52][53] |
Nicaragua | 2018 | 7.09 | 6.22 | 0.17 | 0.46 | 0.24 | [54] |
North Macedonia | 2013 | 1.19 | 1.10 (2014) | 0.67 (2013) | 0.00 (2013) | 0.00 (2013) | [55] |
Norway | 2015 | 1.48 | 0.06 | 1.40 | 0.00 (2014) | 0.00 (2014) | [56] |
Panama | 2015 | 9.95 | 9.30 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.46 | [57] |
Paraguay | 2014 | 6.32 | 6.00 (2015) | 1.06 | 0.27 | 0.24 | [58] |
Peru | 2015 | 3.72 | 3.20 (2016) | 0.01 (2015) | 0.12 (2015) | 0.29 (2015) | [59] |
Philippines | 2011 | 7.72 | 7.62 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | [60] |
Poland | 2015 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.04 | [61] |
Portugal | 2014 | 1.48 | 0.24 | 1.12 | 0.01 | 0.10 | [62] |
Qatar | ? | 0.15 | 0.15 (2004) | ? | ? | ? | [63] |
Romania | mixed years | 0.14 | 0.04 (2012) | 0.06 (2011) | 0.04 (2011) | 0.00 (2011) | [64] |
Russia | mixed years | ? | 0.90 (2013) | ? | ? | ? | [65] |
Serbia | 2015 | 3.23 | 0.72 | 2.15 | 0.06 | 0.31 | [66] |
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 | [67] |
Slovenia | 2015 | 1.91 | 0.00 (2016) | 1.71 | 0.05 | 0.05 | [68] |
South Africa | 2015 | 10.47 | 12.92 (2018) | 1.80 (2009) | 10.25 | 0.01 | [69] |
South Korea | 2015 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | [70] |
Spain | 2015 | 0.57 | 0.10 (2016) | 0.43 (2015) | 0.05 (2015) | 0.01 (2015) | [71] |
Sweden | 2016 | 1.31 | 0.40 (2017) | 0.96 | 0.01 | 0.04 | [72] |
Switzerland | 2022 | 1.96 | 0.12 | 1.76 | ? | 0.08 (Other than homicides & suicides) | [73][74] |
Taiwan | mixed years | 0.87 | 0.60 (2008) | 0.12 (1994) | 0.11 (1994) | 0.04 (1994) | [75] |
Turkey | mixed years | 1.95 | 1.03 (2016) | 0.81 (2013) | 0.11 (2016) | 0.01 (2016) | [76][77] [78] |
Ukraine | 2016 | 1.36 | 1.36 (2016) | ? | ? | ? | [79] |
United Kingdom | 2015 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.01 | [80] |
United States | 2017 | 12.21 | 4.46 | 7.32 | 0.15 | 0.10 | [81] |
Uruguay | 2015 | 11.67 | 4.70 (2016) | 4.55 | 2.09 | 0.06 | [82] |
Venezuela | 2013 | 49.73 | 26.48 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 22.34 | [83] |
Zimbabwe | mixed years | 0.39 | 0.30 (2007) | 0.09 (1995) | ? | ? | [84] |
CNN's attribution: Developed countries are defined based on the UN classification, which includes 36 countries. Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Global Burden of Disease 2019), Small Arms Survey (Civilian Firearm Holdings 2017)