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Map of civilian guns per capita by country according to the "Small Arms Survey 2007"

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]

The Small Arms Survey 2007,[3] provides an estimate of the total number of known civilian-owned guns in a country per 100 people. These numbers say nothing about which percentage of the population owns those guns.

The figures also do not directly represent the number of guns available, since in some countries, such as Israel, a significant number of civilians have government-owned military guns in their possession, which would not be included in the figures below.[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).

The United States has the most firearms per 100 residents at approximately 112.6

List of countries by number of guns per capita

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Country Guns per 100
Residents (2014)		 Rank
(2014)		 Notes
 United States 112.6[7] 1
 Serbia 69.7 2 Not including Kosovo
 Yemen 54.8 3
  Switzerland 45.7 4 Including the personal weapons of the militia, which are not equipped with ammunition at home. According to current estimations the figure (guns per 100 residents) is rather 25[8]
 Cyprus 36.1 5
 Saudi Arabia 35 6
 Iraq 34.2 7
 Uruguay 31.8 8
 Sweden 31.6 9 According to the Swedish National Police Agency in 2006, there were a total of 656,000 individuals who had a license for one or more guns;[9] 6.5% of the population. There were 2,032,000 guns or 21 guns per 100 residents. Of the 2,032,000 guns, 959,000 were rifles, 726,000 shotguns, 122,000 combination rifles, 88,000 pistols, 55,000 revolvers, 3,000 automatic guns and 78,000 weapons parts.
 Norway 31.3 10
 France 31.2 11
 Canada 30.8 12
 Austria 30.4 13
 Iceland 30.3 14
 Germany 30.3 15
 Finland 29.1 16 34.2[10][11]
 Oman 25.5 17
 Bahrain 24.8 18
 Kuwait 24.8 19
 Republic of Macedonia 24.1 20
 Montenegro 23.1 21
 New Zealand 22.6 22
 Greece 22.5 23
 United Arab Emirates 22.1 24
 Croatia 21.7 25
 Australia 21.7 26 gun ownership higher in rural areas
 Panama 21.7 27
 Lebanon 21 28
 Equatorial Guinea 19.9 29
 Qatar 19.2 30
 Latvia 19 31
 Peru 18.8 32
 Angola 17.3 33
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.3 34
 Belgium 17.2 35
 Paraguay 17 36
 Czech Republic 16.3 37
 Thailand 15.6 38
 Libya 15.5 39
 Luxembourg 15.3 40
 Mexico 15 41
 Mauritius 14.7 42
 Guyana 14.6 43
 Gabon 14 44
 Slovenia 13.5 45
 Suriname 13.4 46
 Guatemala 13.1 47
 South Africa 12.7 48
 Namibia 12.6 49
 Armenia 12.5 50
 Turkey 12.5 51
 Denmark 12 52
 Italy 11.9 53
 Malta 11.9 54
 Pakistan 11.6 55
 Jordan 11.5 56
 Chile 10.7 57
 Venezuela 10.7 58 The number displayed in this table is very likely a significant underestimation. The actual number of guns per 100 persons may be closer to 50, with an estimated 9-15 million illegal firearms held by civilians.[12]
 Spain 10.4 59
 Argentina 10.2 60
World 10.2 -
 Belize 10 61
 Costa Rica 9.9 62
 Estonia 9.2 63
 Somalia 9.1 64
 Transnistria 9.1 65
 Russia 8.9 66
 Zambia 8.9 67
 Albania 8.6 68
 Portugal 8.5 69
 Slovakia 8.3 70
 Jamaica 8.1 71
 Brazil 8 72
 Barbados 7.8 73
 Nicaragua 7.7 74
 Algeria 7.6 75
 Belarus 7.3 76
 Georgia 7.3 77
 Iran 7.3 78
 Israel 7.3 79 Figure does not include the significant number of government-owned military guns possessed by civilians
 Moldova 7.1 80
 Ukraine 6.6 81
 United Kingdom 6.6 82
 Maldives 6.5 83
 Kenya 6.4 84
 Swaziland 6.4 85
 Bulgaria 6.2 86
 Honduras 6.2 87
 Colombia 5.9 88
 El Salvador 5.8 89
 Hungary 5.5 90
 Sudan 5.5 91 Includes South Sudan
 Cape Verde 5.4 92
 Seychelles 5.4 93
 Bahamas 5.3 94
 Dominican Republic 5.1 95
 Mozambique 5.1 96
 Morocco 5 97
 Botswana 4.9 98
 China 4.9 99
 Cuba 4.8 100
 Philippines 4.7 101
 Afghanistan 4.6 102
 Taiwan 4.6 103
 Zimbabwe 4.6 104
 Cambodia 4.3 105
 Ireland 4.3 106
 India 4.2 107
 Burma 4 108
 Netherlands 3.9 109
 Syria 3.9 110
 Turkmenistan 3.8 111
 Azerbaijan 3.5 112
 Egypt 3.5 113
 Bhutan 3.5 114
 Palestine 3.4 115
 Bolivia 2.8 116
 Cameroon 2.8 117
 Djibouti 2.8 118
 Congo 2.7 119
 Lesotho 2.7 120
 Ivory Coast 2.4 121
 Senegal 2 122
 Mongolia 1.9 123
 Comoros 1.8 124
 Vietnam 1.7 125
 Guinea-Bissau 1.6 126
 Liberia 1.6 127
 Mauritania 1.6 128
 Trinidad and Tobago 1.6 129
 Malaysia 1.5 130
 Nigeria 1.5 131
 Sri Lanka 1.5 132
 Uzbekistan 1.5 133
 Benin 1.4 134
 Brunei 1.4 135
 DR Congo 1.4 136
 Tanzania 1.4 137
 Uganda 1.4 138
 Ecuador 1.3 139
 Kazakhstan 1.3 140
 Poland 1.3 141
 Burundi 1.2 142
 Laos 1.2 143
 Guinea 1.2 144
 Papua New Guinea 1.2 145
 Burkina Faso 1.1 146
 Chad 1.1 147
 South Korea 1.1 148
 Mali 1.1 149
 Central African Republic 1 150
 Tajikistan 1 151
 Togo 1 152
 Kyrgyzstan .9 153
 Gambia .8 154
 Madagascar .8 155
   Nepal .8 156
 Lithuania .7 157
 Malawi .7 158
 Niger .7 159
 Romania .7 160
 Haiti .6 161
 Japan .6 162
 North Korea .6 163
 Rwanda .6 164
 Sierra Leone .6 165
 Bangladesh .5 166
 Eritrea .5 167
 Fiji .5 168
 Indonesia .5 169
 Singapore .5 170
 Ethiopia .4 171
 Ghana .4 172
 Solomon Islands .4 173
 Timor-Leste .3 174
 Tunisia .1 175

See also

References

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  3. ^ a b Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies. "Small Arms Survey 2007, Chapter 2 on Stockpiles" (PDF). Cambridge.
  4. ^ Small Arms Survey 2007, Chapter and summary download
  5. ^ Crime Prevention Research Center (31 March 2014). "Comparing murder rates and gun ownership across countries".
  6. ^ Washington Post (17 December 2012). "Gun homicides and gun ownership by country".
  7. ^ Ingraham, Christopher (5 October 2015). "There are now more guns than people in the United States". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. ^ Adrian Meyer (18 February 2014). "Waffenkammer Schweiz: So viele Waffen liegen bei Schweizern zu Hause" (in German). Zurich, switzerland: Blick. Retrieved 3 October 2015. Damit kämen in der Schweiz rund 250 Waffen auf 1000 Einwohner.
  9. ^ https://www.polisen.se/Global/www%20och%20Intrapolis/Rapporter-utredningar/01%20Polisen%20nationellt/Ovriga%20rapporter-utredningar/Vapenrapporten_2006.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2013013116622170_uu.shtml
  11. ^ (1600000/5500000)*100=29.09...≈29.1
  12. ^ P.G. (7 July 2014). "Crime in Venezuela: Guns and money". The Economist. The Economist. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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