small arms survey (2007) – guns per 100 residents
|
|
| Country |
Rate |
Rank |
| Afghanistan |
4.6 |
102 |
| Albania |
8.6 |
67 |
| Algeria |
7.6 |
75 |
| Angola |
17.3 |
32 |
| Argentina |
10.2 |
60 |
| Armenia |
12.5 |
50 |
| Australia |
15.0 |
40 |
| Austria |
30.4 |
14 |
| Azerbaijan |
3.5 |
111 |
| Bahamas |
5.3 |
94 |
| Bahrain |
24.8 |
18 |
| Bangladesh |
0.5 |
165 |
| Barbados |
7.8 |
73 |
| Belarus |
7.3 |
76 |
| Belgium |
17.2 |
34 |
| Belize |
10.0 |
61 |
| Benin |
1.4 |
133 |
| Bhutan |
3.5 |
112 |
| Bolivia |
2.8 |
115 |
| Bosnia And Herzegovina |
17.3 |
33 |
| Botswana |
4.9 |
98 |
| Brazil |
8.0 |
72 |
| Brunei |
1.4 |
134 |
| Bulgaria |
6.2 |
86 |
| Burkina Faso |
1.1 |
145 |
| Burundi |
1.2 |
141 |
| Cambodia |
4.3 |
105 |
| Cameroon |
2.8 |
116 |
| Canada |
30.8 |
13 |
| Cape Verde |
5.4 |
92 |
| Central African Republic |
1.0 |
149 |
| Chad |
1.1 |
146 |
| Chile |
10.7 |
57 |
| China |
4.9 |
99 |
| Colombia |
5.9 |
88 |
| Comoros |
1.8 |
123 |
| Congo |
2.7 |
118 |
| Costa Rica |
9.9 |
62 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
2.4 |
120 |
| Croatia |
21.7 |
25 |
| Cuba |
4.8 |
100 |
| Cyprus |
36.4 |
6 |
| Czech Republic |
16.3 |
36 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1.4 |
135 |
| Denmark |
12.0 |
52 |
| Djibouti |
2.8 |
117 |
| Dominican Republic |
5.1 |
95 |
| Ecuador |
1.3 |
138 |
| Egypt |
3.5 |
113 |
| El Salvador |
5.8 |
89 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
19.9 |
28 |
| Eritrea |
0.5 |
166 |
| Estonia |
9.2 |
63 |
| Ethiopia |
0.4 |
170 |
| Fiji |
0.5 |
167 |
| Finland |
45.3 |
4 |
| France |
31.2 |
12 |
| Gabon |
14.0 |
44 |
| Gambia |
0.8 |
153 |
| Georgia |
7.3 |
77 |
| Germany |
30.3 |
15 |
| Ghana |
0.4 |
171 |
| Greece |
22.5 |
23 |
| Guatemala |
13.1 |
47 |
| Guinea |
1.2 |
142 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1.6 |
125 |
| Guyana |
14.6 |
43 |
| Haiti |
0.6 |
160 |
| Honduras |
6.2 |
87 |
| Hungary |
5.5 |
90 |
| Iceland |
30.3 |
16 |
| India |
4.2 |
106 |
| Indonesia |
0.5 |
168 |
| Iran |
7.3 |
78 |
| Iraq |
34.2 |
8 |
| Ireland |
8.6 |
68 |
| Israel |
7.3 |
79 |
| Italy |
11.9 |
53 |
| Jamaica |
8.1 |
71 |
| Japan |
0.6 |
161 |
| Jordan |
11.5 |
56 |
| Kazakhstan |
1.3 |
139 |
| Kenya |
6.4 |
84 |
| Kuwait |
24.8 |
19 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0.9 |
152 |
| Laos |
1.2 |
143 |
| Latvia |
19.0 |
30 |
| Lebanon |
21.0 |
27 |
| Lesotho |
2.7 |
119 |
| Liberia |
1.6 |
126 |
| Libya |
15.5 |
38 |
| Lithuania |
0.7 |
156 |
| Luxembourg |
15.3 |
39 |
| Macedonia |
24.1 |
20 |
| Madagascar |
0.8 |
154 |
| Malawi |
0.7 |
157 |
| Malaysia |
1.5 |
129 |
| Maldives |
6.5 |
83 |
| Mali |
1.1 |
147 |
| Malta |
11.9 |
54 |
| Mauritania |
1.6 |
127 |
| Mauritius |
14.7 |
42 |
| Mexico |
15.0 |
41 |
| Moldova |
7.1 |
80 |
| Mongolia |
1.9 |
122 |
| Montenegro |
23.1 |
21 |
| Morocco |
5.0 |
97 |
| Mozambique |
5.1 |
96 |
| Myanmar |
4.0 |
107 |
| Namibia |
12.6 |
49 |
| Nepal |
0.8 |
155 |
| Netherlands |
3.9 |
108 |
| New Zealand |
22.6 |
22 |
| Nicaragua |
7.7 |
74 |
| Niger |
0.7 |
158 |
| Nigeria |
1.5 |
130 |
| North Korea |
0.6 |
162 |
| Norway |
31.3 |
11 |
| Oman |
25.5 |
17 |
| Pakistan |
11.6 |
55 |
| Palestine |
3.4 |
114 |
| Panama |
21.7 |
26 |
| Papua New Guinea |
1.2 |
144 |
| Paraguay |
17.0 |
35 |
| Peru |
18.8 |
31 |
| Philippines |
4.7 |
101 |
| Poland |
1.3 |
140 |
| Portugal |
8.5 |
69 |
| Qatar |
19.2 |
29 |
| Romania |
0.7 |
159 |
| Russia |
8.9 |
65 |
| Rwanda |
0.6 |
163 |
| Saudi Arabia |
35.0 |
7 |
| Senegal |
2.0 |
121 |
| Serbia |
37.8 |
5 |
| Seychelles |
5.4 |
93 |
| Sierra Leone |
0.6 |
164 |
| Singapore |
0.5 |
169 |
| Slovakia |
8.3 |
70 |
| Slovenia |
13.5 |
45 |
| Solomon Islands |
0.4 |
172 |
| Somalia |
9.1 |
64 |
| South Africa |
12.7 |
48 |
| South Korea |
1.1 |
148 |
| Spain |
10.4 |
59 |
| Sri Lanka |
1.5 |
131 |
| Sudan |
5.5 |
91 |
| Suriname |
13.4 |
46 |
| Swaziland |
6.4 |
85 |
| Sweden |
31.6 |
10 |
| Switzerland |
45.7 |
3 |
| Syria |
3.9 |
109 |
| Taiwan |
4.6 |
103 |
| Tajikistan |
1.0 |
150 |
| Tanzania |
1.4 |
136 |
| Thailand |
15.6 |
37 |
| Timor-Leste |
0.3 |
173 |
| Togo |
1.0 |
151 |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
1.6 |
128 |
| Tunisia |
0.1 |
174 |
| Turkey |
12.5 |
51 |
| Turkmenistan |
3.8 |
110 |
| Uganda |
1.4 |
137 |
| Ukraine |
6.6 |
81 |
| United Arab Emirates |
22.1 |
24 |
| United Kingdom |
6.6 |
82 |
| United States |
88.8 |
1 |
| Uruguay |
31.8 |
9 |
| Uzbekistan |
1.5 |
132 |
| Venezuela |
10.7 |
58 |
| Vietnam |
1.7 |
124 |
| Yemen |
54.8 |
2 |
| Zambia |
8.9 |
66 |
| Zimbabwe |
4.6 |
104 |
|
|
| Combining stats for United Kingdom – using ONS population statistics for Mid-2007 |
| Region |
Rate |
Population (in 1,000s) |
Guns |
| Northern Ireland |
21.9 |
1759 |
38522 |
| Scotland |
5.5 |
5144 |
28292 |
| England + Wales |
6.2 |
54082 |
335308 |
| Total |
6.6 |
60985 |
402123 |
