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Crime Statistics > Murders with firearms (per capita) by country Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

#1

South Africa:

0.719782 per 1,000 people

#2

Colombia:

0.509801 per 1,000 people

#3

Thailand:

0.312093 per 1,000 people

#4

Zimbabwe:

0.0491736 per 1,000 people

#5

Mexico:

0.0337938 per 1,000 people

#6

Belarus:

0.0321359 per 1,000 people

#7

Costa Rica:

0.0313745 per 1,000 people

#8

United States:

0.0279271 per 1,000 people

#9

Uruguay:

0.0245902 per 1,000 people

#10

Lithuania:

0.0230748 per 1,000 people

#11

Slovakia:

0.021543 per 1,000 people

#12

Czech Republic:

0.0207988 per 1,000 people

#13

Estonia:

0.0157539 per 1,000 people

#14

Latvia:

0.0131004 per 1,000 people

#15

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

0.0127139 per 1,000 people

#16

Bulgaria:

0.00845638 per 1,000 people

#17

Portugal:

0.00795003 per 1,000 people

#18

Slovenia:

0.00596718 per 1,000 people

#19

Switzerland:

0.00534117 per 1,000 people

#20

Canada:

0.00502972 per 1,000 people

#21

Germany:

0.00465844 per 1,000 people

#22

Moldova:

0.00448934 per 1,000 people

#23

Hungary:

0.00439692 per 1,000 people

#24

Poland:

0.0043052 per 1,000 people

#25

Ukraine:

0.00368109 per 1,000 people

#26

Ireland:

0.00298805 per 1,000 people

#27

Australia:

0.00293678 per 1,000 people

#28

Denmark:

0.00257732 per 1,000 people

#29

Spain:

#30

Azerbaijan:

0.00227503 per 1,000 people

#31

New Zealand:

0.00173482 per 1,000 people

#32

United Kingdom:

0.00102579 per 1,000 people

Weighted average:

0.0024045 per 1,000 people

0.1 per 1,000 people

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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population. SOURCE: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention) via NationMaster SEE ALSO

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