Number of guns per capita by country
This is a list of countries by guns per capita (number of privately owned small firearms divided by number of residents).[1][2][3][4]
Despite concerns that it contains systematic errors, the Small Arms Survey 2007,[3] provides an estimate of the total number of known civilian-owned guns in a country per 100 people of that country.
The figures are distorted by two facts: 1. People may possess multiple firearms (as is common in the USA), and, 2. In various countries, such as Israel and Switzerland, a significant number of civilians have in their possession for decades government-owned guns, which would not be included in the figures below.
[5] Indeed, the errors in these numbers alter cross-country comparisons.[5]
The ownership rate reported is the average estimate taken from "The largest civilian firearms arsenals for 178 countries. That table gives also the minimum and maximum estimates. Note that for some countries, this margin of error is considerable. For example, Yemen, ranked near the top with an ownership rate of 54.8, has a low estimate of 28.6 and a high estimate of 81.1. While the United States is ranked for the highest gun ownership rate unambiguously, Yemen based on the margin of error may rank anywhere between 2nd and 18th, Switzerland anywhere between 2nd and 16th.
The lowest gun ownership rate among the 178 countries surveyed as of 2007 was reported from Tunisia, with 0.1 (or a total number of 9,000 guns), due to very strict gun control under the Ben Ali regime (compare the rates of the neighboring states, Algeria: 7.6, Libya: 15.5).
List of countries by number of guns per capita[edit]
| Country | Guns per 100 residents (2014) |
Rank (2014) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90.0 | 1 | ||
| 58.2 | 2 | [6] 37.8[3] | |
| 54.8 | 3 | ||
| 45.7 | 4 | ||
| 45.3 | 5 | 34.2[7] | |
| 36.1 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 7 | ||
| 34.2 | 8 | ||
| 31.8 | 9 | ||
| 31.6 | 10 | ||
| 31.3 | 11 | ||
| 31.2 | 12 | ||
| 30.8 | 13 | ||
| 30.4 | 14 | ||
| 30.3 | 15 | ||
| 30.3 | 15 | ||
| 25.5 | 17 | ||
| 24.8 | 18 | ||
| 24.8 | 18 | ||
| 24.1 | 20 | ||
| 23.1 | 21 | ||
| 22.6 | 22 | Small firearms not permitted to general public. 26.8[2] | |
| 22.5 | 23 | ||
| 22.1 | 24 | ||
| 21.9 | 25 | ||
| 21.7 | 26 | ||
| 21.7 | 26 | ||
| 21 | 28 | ||
| 19.9 | 29 | ||
| 19.2 | 31 | ||
| 19 | 32 | ||
| 18.8 | 33 | ||
| 17.3 | 34 | ||
| 17.3 | 34 | ||
| 17.2 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 37 | ||
| 16.3 | 38 | ||
| 15.6 | 39 | ||
| 15.5 | 40 | ||
| 15.3 | 41 | ||
| 15 | 42 | ||
| 15 | 42 | ||
| 14.7 | 44 | ||
| 14.6 | 45 | ||
| 14 | 46 | ||
| 13.5 | 47 | ||
| 13.4 | 48 | ||
| 13.1 | 49 | ||
| 12.7 | 50 | ||
| 12.6 | 51 | ||
| 12.5 | 52 | ||
| 12.5 | 52 | ||
| 12 | 54 | ||
| 11.9 | 55 | ||
| 11.9 | 55 | ||
| 11.6 | 57 | ||
| 11.5 | 58 | ||
| 10.7 | 59 | ||
| 10.7 | 59 | ||
| 10.4 | 61 | ||
| 10.2 | 62 | ||
| 10 | 63 | ||
| 9.9 | 64 | ||
| 9.2 | 65 | ||
| 9.1 | 66 | ||
| 9.1 | 66 | ||
| 8.9 | 68 | ||
| 8.9 | 68 | ||
| 8.6 | 70 | ||
| 8.6 | 70 | ||
| 8.5 | 72 | ||
| 8.3 | 73 | ||
| 8.1 | 74 | ||
| 8 | 75 | ||
| 7.8 | 76 | ||
| 7.7 | 77 | ||
| 7.6 | 78 | ||
| 7.3 | 79 | ||
| 7.3 | 79 | ||
| 7.3 | 79 | ||
| 7.3 | 79 | ||
| 7.1 | 83 | ||
| 6.6 | 84 | ||
| 6.5 | 85 | ||
| 6.4 | 86 | ||
| 6.4 | 86 | ||
| 6.2 | 88 | ||
| 6.2 | 88 | ||
| 6.2 | 88 | ||
| 5.9 | 91 | ||
| 5.8 | 92 | ||
| 5.5 | 93 | ||
| 5.5 | 93 | ||
| 5.5 | 93 | Includes South Sudan | |
| 5.4 | 96 | ||
| 5.4 | 96 | ||
| 5.3 | 98 | ||
| 5.1 | 99 | ||
| 5.1 | 99 | ||
| 5 | 101 | ||
| 4.9 | 102 | ||
| 4.9 | 102 | ||
| 4.8 | 104 | ||
| 4.7 | 105 | ||
| 4.6 | 106 | ||
| 4.6 | 106 | ||
| 4.6 | 106 | ||
| 4.3 | 109 | ||
| 4.2 | 110 | ||
| 4 | 111 | ||
| 3.9 | 112 | ||
| 3.9 | 112 | ||
| 3.8 | 114 | ||
| 3.5 | 115 | ||
| 3.5 | 115 | ||
| 3.5 | 115 | ||
| 3.4 | 118 | ||
| 2.8 | 119 | ||
| 2.8 | 119 | ||
| 2.8 | 119 | ||
| 2.7 | 122 | ||
| 2.7 | 122 | ||
| 2.4 | 124 | ||
| 2 | 125 | ||
| 1.9 | 126 | ||
| 1.8 | 127 | ||
| 1.7 | 128 | ||
| 1.6 | 129 | ||
| 1.6 | 129 | ||
| 1.6 | 129 | ||
| 1.6 | 129 | ||
| 1.5 | 133 | ||
| 1.5 | 133 | ||
| 1.5 | 133 | ||
| 1.5 | 133 | ||
| 1.4 | 137 | ||
| 1.4 | 137 | ||
| 1.4 | 137 | ||
| 1.4 | 137 | ||
| 1.4 | 137 | ||
| 1.3 | 142 | ||
| 1.3 | 142 | ||
| 1.3 | 142 | ||
| 1.2 | 145 | ||
| 1.2 | 145 | ||
| 1.2 | 145 | ||
| 1.2 | 145 | ||
| 1.1 | 149 | ||
| 1.1 | 149 | ||
| 1.1 | 149 | ||
| 1.1 | 149 | ||
| 1 | 153 | ||
| 1 | 153 | ||
| 1 | 153 | ||
| .9 | 156 | ||
| .8 | 157 | ||
| .8 | 157 | ||
| .8 | 157 | ||
| .7 | 160 | ||
| .7 | 160 | ||
| .7 | 160 | ||
| .7 | 160 | ||
| .6 | 164 | ||
| .6 | 164 | ||
| .6 | 164 | ||
| .6 | 164 | ||
| .6 | 164 | ||
| .5 | 169 | ||
| .5 | 169 | ||
| .5 | 169 | ||
| .5 | 169 | ||
| .5 | 169 | ||
| .4 | 174 | ||
| .4 | 174 | ||
| .4 | 174 | ||
| .3 | 177 | ||
| .1 | 178 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, Martin Killias, Urs Hepp, Erika Gadola, Matthias Bopp, Christoph Lauber, Ulrich Schnyder, Felix Gutzwiller, Wulf Rössler. "Firearm suicides and the availability of firearms: analysis of longitudinal international data". Poster presented at the European Congress of Epidemiology, Utrecht.
- ^ a b Martin Killias (1993). "Gun Ownership, Suicide and Homicide: An International Perspective".
- ^ a b c Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies. "Small Arms Survey 2007". Cambridge.
- ^ Small Arms Survey 2007 Part 2
- ^ a b Crime Prevention Research Center (March 31, 2014). "Comparing murder rates and gun ownership across countries".
- ^ .SEESAC. 2006. ‘South Eastern Europe: Weapons Possession Per 100 Inhabitants.’ South Eastern Europe: Estimates of Weapons Possession (Edition 2). Belgrade: South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC). 12 January.
- ^ http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2013013116622170_uu.shtml
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