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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

Macedonia, The Former
#15 0.0127139 per 1,000 people
Yugoslav Republic of:
#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: 0.0024045 per 1,000 people

#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: 0.1 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

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