List of countries by firearm-related death rate

This is a historical list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in the listed year.

Homicide rates (from firearms) per 100,000 people by country.[1]

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]

Table of homicide rates from firearms

All the data in this table is from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – processed by Our World in Data.[1]

Table of death rates from firearms (including homicides)

This is a table which is giving information about "firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population per year".

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

Charts and graphs

List of countries by firearm-related death rate—including homicides, suicides and accidental deaths.
Gun-related homicide and suicide rates in high-income OECD countries, 2010, sorted by total gun-related deaths (suicide plus intentional homicide, plus other)[85]
The 25 countries with the highest intentional homicide rates are generally less populous countries. Rates of the 25 most populous countries are shown in blue.[86]
Gun homicide rates as a function of gun ownership rates.[87]

See also

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