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Top 10 countries with the lowest gun deaths
Firearm deaths per 100,000 population, all intents (homicide, suicide, accident). IHME Global Burden of Disease data, latest year 2019, covering 193 countries.
The top 10
1st of 193 · 2019
Singapore0 per 100k
- 2ndJapan0.1 per 100k
- 2ndSouth Korea0.1 per 100k
- 4thChina0.1 per 100k
- 5thOman0.1 per 100k
- 6thBrunei0.1 per 100k
- 7thRomania0.2 per 100k
- 8thIndonesia0.2 per 100k
- 8thUzbekistan0.2 per 100k
- 10thTaiwan0.2 per 100k
The other end · bottom 5 of 193
- 189thHonduras22.6 per 100k
- 190thColombia25.9 per 100k
- 191stGuatemala32.9 per 100k
- 192ndEl Salvador35.7 per 100k
- 193rdVenezuela37.2 per 100k
Where the big countries land
- 174thUnited States10.1 per 100k
- 56thIndia1 per 100k
- 38thGermany0.7 per 100k
- 188thBrazil21.6 per 100k
Common questions
Questions people ask about gun deaths
Which country has the lowest gun deaths?
Singapore ranks 1st of 193 countries at 0 per 100k (2019 data). Source: IHME Global Burden of Disease.
Which countries are in the top 10 for gun deaths?
The top 10 are Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China, Oman, Brunei, Romania, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Taiwan — computed from IHME Global Burden of Disease data, latest year 2019.
Where does the United States rank in gun deaths?
The United States ranks 174th of 193 countries at 10.1 per 100k (2019 data). Source: IHME Global Burden of Disease.
What is the median gun deaths worldwide?
Across the 193 countries covered, the median is 2 per 100k. Values run from 0 per 100k (Singapore, ranked 1st) to 37.2 per 100k (Venezuela, ranked 193rd).
Is gun deaths higher in Europe or the US?
The median across 43 European countries is 1.1 per 100k, against 10.1 per 100k in the United States — it is higher in the US. Source: IHME Global Burden of Disease.
Which country has the highest gun deaths?
Venezuela sits at the other end of the list: 37.2 per 100k ranks 193rd of 193 (2019 data). Source: IHME Global Burden of Disease.
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