Murders with firearms statistics - countries compared

SOURCE
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

DEFINITION
Total recorded intentional homicides committed with a firearm. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

Crime Statistics > Murders with firearms (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

South Africa:

31,918

# 2

Colombia:

21,898

# 3

Thailand:

20,032

# 4

United States:

9,369

# 5

Philippines:

7,708

# 6

Mexico:

2,606

# 7

Slovakia:

2,356

# 8

El Salvador:

1,441

# 9

Zimbabwe:

598

# 10

Peru:

442

# 11

Germany:

269

# 12

Czech Republic:

181

# 13

Ukraine:

173

# 14

Canada:

144

# 15

Albania:

135

# 16

Costa Rica:

131

# 17

Azerbaijan:

120

# 18

Poland:

111

# 19

Uruguay:

109

# 20

Spain:

# 21

Portugal:

# 22

Croatia:

# 23

Switzerland:

# 24

Bulgaria:

# 25

Australia:

# 26

Sweden:

# 27

Bolivia:

# 28

Japan:

# 29

Slovenia:

= 30

Hungary:

= 30

Belarus:

# 32

Latvia:

# 33

Burma:

# 34

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

# 35

Austria:

# 36

Estonia:

# 37

Moldova:

# 38

Lithuania:

= 39

United Kingdom:

= 39

Denmark:

# 41

Ireland:

# 42

New Zealand:

# 43

Chile:

# 44

Cyprus:

# 45

Morocco:

= 46

Iceland:

= 46

Luxembourg:

= 46

Oman:

Total:

100,693

Weighted average:

2,097.8

DEFINITION: Total recorded intentional homicides committed with a firearm. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention) via NationMaster

Crime Statistics > Murders with firearms (most recent) by country

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