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Gun deaths
Firearm deaths per 100,000 population, all intents (homicide, suicide, accident). US figures come from complete death registration; some countries' figures are modeled estimates.
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 193 countries · IHME Global Burden of Disease · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 51 states · CDC WONDER (firearm mortality)
Countries
193 · IHME Global Burden of Disease- 1stSingapore0
- 2ndJapan0.1
- 2ndSouth Korea0.1
- 4thChina0.1
- 5thOman0.1
- 6thBrunei0.1
- 7thRomania0.2
- 8thIndonesia0.2
- 8thUzbekistan0.2
- 10thTaiwan0.2
- 11thUnited Kingdom0.2
- 12thPoland0.2
- 13thQatar0.3
- 14thFiji0.3
- 15thMauritius0.3
- 16thMaldives0.3
- 17thNorth Korea0.3
- 18thKuwait0.4
- 19thHungary0.4
- 19thNetherlands0.4
- 21stTajikistan0.5
- 22ndVietnam0.5
- 23rdTonga0.5
- 24thAzerbaijan0.5
- 24thSpain0.5
- 26thAndorra0.5
- 27thMalaysia0.5
- 28thBhutan0.5
- 29thMoldova0.6
- 30thIreland0.6
- 31stBahrain0.6
- 32ndCuba0.6
- 33rdAlgeria0.6
- 34thTunisia0.7
- 35thMyanmar0.7
- 36thKiribati0.7
- 36thNepal0.7
- 38thGermany0.7
- 39thKyrgyzstan0.7
- 40thUnited Arab Emirates0.8
- 41stAustralia0.8
- 42ndDenmark0.8
- 43rdLithuania0.9
- 44thMongolia0.9
- 45thEgypt0.9
- 46thBosnia and Herzegovina0.9
- 47thLibya0.9
- 47thNew Zealand0.9
- 49thBelarus0.9
- 50thIceland1
- 51stItaly1
- 51stMalta1
- 53rdBangladesh1
- 53rdIran1
- 55thLuxembourg1
- 56thEstonia1
- 56thIndia1
- 58thGreece1.1
- 58thTurkmenistan1.1
- 60thKazakhstan1.1
- 61stTimor-Leste1.1
- 62ndLatvia1.1
- 62ndSweden1.1
- 64thCzechia1.1
- 64thSlovakia1.1
- 66thCambodia1.2
- 66thSudan1.2
- 68thNorway1.2
- 69thCyprus1.2
- 70thSlovenia1.2
- 71stSyria1.2
- 72ndSaudi Arabia1.3
- 73rdPortugal1.4
- 74thSri Lanka1.4
- 75thBelgium1.5
- 76thArmenia1.5
- 76thEquatorial Guinea1.5
- 76thRussia1.5
- 79thBulgaria1.5
- 80thLebanon1.5
- 81stPakistan1.6
- 82ndPapua New Guinea1.6
- 83rdJordan1.7
- 84thSamoa1.7
- 85thAustria1.7
- 85thPalau1.7
- 85thYemen1.7
- 88thCroatia1.8
- 89thVanuatu1.8
- 90thNorth Macedonia1.8
- 91stMorocco1.8
- 92ndSeychelles1.9
- 93rdUkraine1.9
- 94thGhana1.9
- 94thSwitzerland1.9
- 96thMonaco1.9
- 97thAfghanistan2
- 97thGabon2
- 97thGrenada2
- 100thCanada2
- 101stGambia2.1
- 102ndAngola2.1
- 103rdIsrael2.2
- 104thFrance2.2
- 105thZimbabwe2.2
- 106thTuvalu2.2
- 107thSenegal2.2
- 108thFinland2.3
- 109thRepublic of the Congo2.3
- 110thDR Congo2.3
- 111thSão Tomé and Príncipe2.3
- 112thMadagascar2.4
- 113thAlbania2.4
- 114thTürkiye2.5
- 115thRwanda2.5
- 115thSierra Leone2.5
- 117thPeru2.5
- 118thMalawi2.5
- 119thChile2.6
- 119thLiberia2.6
- 121stGeorgia2.6
- 121stMarshall Islands2.6
- 123rdCameroon2.7
- 124thNauru2.7
- 125thLaos2.7
- 125thSerbia2.7
- 127thMicronesia2.8
- 128thMauritania2.9
- 129thBurundi3
- 130thSan Marino3
- 131stNigeria3
- 132ndUganda3.5
- 133rdNicaragua3.6
- 134thTanzania3.7
- 134thThailand3.7
- 136thMontenegro3.8
- 137thBolivia3.9
- 138thDominica4.1
- 139thTogo4.3
- 140thBenin4.4
- 141stSouth Sudan4.4
- 142ndSolomon Islands4.5
- 143rdNamibia4.6
- 144thSuriname4.7
- 145thMozambique4.7
- 146thNiger4.7
- 147thComoros4.7
- 148thGuinea4.9
- 149thCentral African Republic5
- 150thBotswana5
- 151stDjibouti5
- 152ndBarbados5.2
- 153rdIvory Coast5.2
- 154thEthiopia5.3
- 155thChad5.5
- 156thZambia5.6
- 157thKenya5.7
- 158thAntigua and Barbuda5.8
- 159thEswatini5.9
- 160thSouth Africa6
- 161stBurkina Faso6.1
- 162ndGuinea-Bissau6.2
- 163rdEcuador6.3
- 164thMali6.3
- 165thArgentina6.9
- 166thEritrea6.9
- 167thCape Verde7.2
- 168thCosta Rica8.2
- 169thPhilippines8.5
- 170thParaguay8.7
- 171stLesotho8.8
- 172ndSomalia9.5
- 173rdUruguay9.9
- 174thUnited States10.1
- 175thSaint Lucia10.6
- 176thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines10.7
- 177thPanama10.9
- 178thGuyana11.2
- 179thIraq11.3
- 180thJamaica13
- 181stDominican Republic13.5
- 182ndSaint Kitts and Nevis14
- 183rdTrinidad and Tobago15.5
- 184thHaiti15.9
- 185thMexico16.8
- 186thBelize18.8
- 187thBahamas20
- 188thBrazil21.6
- 189thHonduras22.6
- 190thColombia25.9
- 191stGuatemala32.9
- 192ndEl Salvador35.7
- 193rdVenezuela37.2
US states
51 · CDC WONDER (firearm mortality)- 1stHawaii3.9
- 2ndMassachusetts4.1
- 3rdNew Jersey4.2
- 4thNew York4.6
- 5thRhode Island5
- 6thConnecticut6.2
- 7thCalifornia7.3
- 8thMinnesota10.1
- 9thNew Hampshire10.8
- 10thNebraska11
- 11thMaryland11.6
- 12thVermont11.7
- 12thWashington11.7
- 14thDelaware11.9
- 15thIowa12.1
- 15thNorth Dakota12.1
- 17thMichigan12.2
- 18thWisconsin12.4
- 19thIllinois12.5
- 19thPennsylvania12.5
- 21stMaine13
- 22ndVirginia13.2
- 23rdUtah13.3
- 24thFlorida14.1
- 25thTexas14.4
- 26thOhio14.8
- 27thKansas15.2
- 28thOregon15.7
- 29thWest Virginia15.9
- 30thColorado16.4
- 31stIdaho16.8
- 32ndNorth Carolina16.9
- 33rdSouth Dakota17.3
- 34thIndiana17.4
- 35thArizona17.9
- 36thGeorgia18
- 37thNevada18.2
- 38thKentucky19.2
- 39thOklahoma19.6
- 40thSouth Carolina19.8
- 41stMissouri19.9
- 42ndTennessee20.3
- 43rdArkansas20.8
- 44thDistrict of Columbia21.8
- 44thMontana21.8
- 46thLouisiana22.5
- 47thAlabama23.7
- 48thWyoming24.5
- 49thAlaska24.8
- 50thNew Mexico26.6
- 51stMississippi27.6
193 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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- Homicide rateDeaths by assault per 100,000 population.
- Incarceration ratePeople held in prison per 100,000 population.
- Road deathsRoad traffic fatalities per 100,000 population.
- Robbery ratePolice-recorded robberies per 100,000 population.
- Police officersPolice personnel per 100,000 population.
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
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- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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