Gun Ownership by Country 2023

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Interactive Map Introduction Guns per Capita by Country Countries with the Most Guns Most Armed Country in the World Gun Ownership Rate by Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Macedonia Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe FAQs What country has the most guns ?How many guns per person are there in America ?

Introduction

Gun ownership rates vary significantly across countries, reflecting a diverse range of cultural, legal, and historical factors. The United States has the highest gun ownership rate with 120.5 firearms per 100 people. Yemen follows behind with 52.8 firearms per 100 people. These figures highlight the prominence of firearm ownership in these nations.

Several European countries, such as Switzerland, Finland, Norway, and Austria, have relatively high gun ownership rates compared to other regions. This can be attributed to a combination of hunting traditions, recreational shooting, and historical factors such as the maintenance of citizen militias. In contrast, countries in East Asia, such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, have extremely low gun ownership rates, often close to zero per 100 people. This is largely due to strict gun control laws and cultural norms emphasizing public safety and crime prevention through alternative means.

Guns per Capita by Country

#	Country	Gun Ownership Rate	Gun Death Rate	Gun Prohibition
1	United States of America	120.5 per 100	4.12 per 100k
2	Yemen	52.8 per 100	0.83 per 100k
3	New Caledonia	42.5 per 100
4	Montenegro	39.1 per 100	0.99 per 100k
5	Serbia	39.1 per 100	0.82 per 100k
6	Canada	34.7 per 100	0.5 per 100k
7	Uruguay	34.7 per 100	4.02 per 100k
8	Cyprus	34 per 100	0.51 per 100k
9	Finland	32.4 per 100	0.21 per 100k
10	Lebanon	31.9 per 100	1.3 per 100k
11	Iceland	31.7 per 100	0.06 per 100k
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.2 per 100	0.26 per 100k
13	Austria	30 per 100	0.13 per 100k
14	Republic of Macedonia	29.8 per 100	0.98 per 100k
15	Liechtenstein	28.8 per 100
16	Norway	28.8 per 100	0.07 per 100k
17	Malta	28.3 per 100	0.45 per 100k
18	Switzerland	27.6 per 100	0.18 per 100k
19	New Zealand	26.3 per 100	0.15 per 100k
20	Sweden	23.1 per 100	0.25 per 100k
21	Pakistan	22.3 per 100	0.93 per 100k
22	Portugal	21.3 per 100	0.4 per 100k
23	France	19.6 per 100	0.32 per 100k
24	Germany	19.6 per 100	0.08 per 100k
25	Iraq	19.6 per 100	6.57 per 100k
26	Monaco	19.6 per 100	0.09 per 100k
27	Luxembourg	18.9 per 100	0.21 per 100k
28	The Bahamas	18.8 per 100	19.72 per 100k
29	Jordan	18.7 per 100	1.51 per 100k
30	Venezuela	18.5 per 100	32.75 per 100k
31	Greece	17.6 per 100	0.35 per 100k
32	Kuwait	16.7 per 100	0.28 per 100k
33	Oman	16.7 per 100	0.03 per 100k
34	Paraguay	16.7 per 100	7.11 per 100k
35	Qatar	16.7 per 100	0.13 per 100k
36	Saudi Arabia	16.7 per 100	0.17 per 100k
37	United Arab Emirates	16.7 per 100	0.3 per 100k
38	United States Virgin Islands	16.6 per 100	19.29 per 100k
39	Turkey	16.5 per 100	1.05 per 100k
40	Suriname	15.9 per 100	2.89 per 100k
41	Guyana	15.8 per 100	10.22 per 100k
42	Slovenia	15.6 per 100	0.18 per 100k
43	Namibia	15.4 per 100	3.37 per 100k
44	Thailand	15.1 per 100	3.11 per 100k
45	Australia	14.5 per 100	0.18 per 100k
46	Italy	14.4 per 100	0.35 per 100k
47	San Marino	14.4 per 100	0.08 per 100k
48	Andorra	14.1 per 100	0.08 per 100k
49	Honduras	14.1 per 100	21.22 per 100k
50	Croatia	13.7 per 100	0.34 per 100k
51	Lithuania	13.6 per 100	0.3 per 100k
52	Libya	13.3 per 100	0.59 per 100k
53	Mexico	12.9 per 100	15.55 per 100k
54	Bahrain	12.8 per 100	0.36 per 100k
55	Belgium	12.7 per 100	0.34 per 100k
56	Afghanistan	12.5 per 100	1.32 per 100k
57	Czech Republic	12.5 per 100	0.15 per 100k
58	Equatorial Guinea	12.5 per 100	0.68 per 100k
59	Somalia	12.4 per 100	5.06 per 100k	Yes
60	Russia	12.3 per 100	0.72 per 100k
61	Chile	12.1 per 100	1.82 per 100k
62	Guatemala	12.1 per 100	28.23 per 100k
63	Albania	12 per 100	1.39 per 100k
64	El Salvador	12 per 100	35.5 per 100k
65	Guam	11.5 per 100	0.58 per 100k
66	Puerto Rico	11.5 per 100	19.72 per 100k
67	Angola	11.2 per 100	0.61 per 100k
68	Panama	10.8 per 100	10.6 per 100k
69	Hungary	10.5 per 100	0.07 per 100k
70	Latvia	10.5 per 100	0.42 per 100k
71	Colombia	10.1 per 100	24.8 per 100k
72	Georgia	10.1 per 100	1.2 per 100k
73	Belize	10 per 100	15.04 per 100k
74	Costa Rica	10 per 100	6.94 per 100k
75	Denmark	9.9 per 100	0.15 per 100k
76	Faroe Islands	9.9 per 100
77	Ukraine	9.9 per 100	0.62 per 100k
78	South Africa	9.7 per 100	4.87 per 100k
79	South Sudan	9.6 per 100	2.78 per 100k
80	Cayman Islands	9.2 per 100
81	Jamaica	8.8 per 100	10.06 per 100k
82	Saint Martin	8.5 per 100
83	Bulgaria	8.4 per 100	0.55 per 100k
84	Brazil	8.3 per 100	20.8 per 100k
85	Mauritius	8.3 per 100	0.17 per 100k
86	Syria	8.2 per 100	1 per 100k
87	Ghana	8 per 100	0.73 per 100k
88	Mongolia	7.9 per 100	0.22 per 100k
89	Spain	7.5 per 100	0.13 per 100k
90	Argentina	7.4 per 100	3.64 per 100k
91	Dominican Republic	7.4 per 100	11.28 per 100k
92	Iran	7.3 per 100	0.6 per 100k
93	Ireland	7.2 per 100	0.18 per 100k
94	Israel	6.7 per 100	1.05 per 100k
95	Sudan	6.6 per 100	0.51 per 100k
96	Slovakia	6.5 per 100	0.25 per 100k
97	The Gambia	6.5 per 100	0.24 per 100k
98	Dominica	6.2 per 100	3.53 per 100k
99	Maldives	6.2 per 100	0.15 per 100k	Yes
100	Armenia	6.1 per 100	0.64 per 100k
101	Belarus	6.1 per 100	0.43 per 100k
102	Antigua and Barbuda	5.4 per 100	1.9 per 100k
103	Montserrat	5.4 per 100
104	India	5.3 per 100	0.56 per 100k
105	Nicaragua	5.2 per 100	2.9 per 100k
106	Estonia	5 per 100	0.27 per 100k
107	Lesotho	4.8 per 100	5.3 per 100k
108	Morocco	4.8 per 100	0.46 per 100k
109	Eswatini	4.8 per 100	3.66 per 100k
110	Bermuda	4.6 per 100	1.5 per 100k
111	Grenada	4.6 per 100	0.66 per 100k
112	Cambodia	4.5 per 100	0.95 per 100k	Yes
113	Mozambique	4.5 per 100	2.36 per 100k
114	Ivory Coast	4.4 per 100	3.28 per 100k
115	Sint Maarten	4.2 per 100
116	Botswana	4.1 per 100	3.48 per 100k
117	Egypt	4.1 per 100	0.38 per 100k
118	Seychelles	4.1 per 100	1.69 per 100k
119	Vanuatu	3.9 per 100	0.17 per 100k
120	Azerbaijan	3.6 per 100	0.27 per 100k
121	Hong Kong	3.6 per 100
122	Macau	3.6 per 100
123	People's Republic of China	3.6 per 100	0.02 per 100k
124	Philippines	3.6 per 100	8.28 per 100k
125	Barbados	3.5 per 100	4.3 per 100k
126	Gabon	3.4 per 100	0.8 per 100k
127	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.4 per 100	10.99 per 100k
128	Saint Lucia	3.4 per 100	9.14 per 100k
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.4 per 100	9.11 per 100k
130	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.4 per 100	1.54 per 100k
131	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.3 per 100
132	Nigeria	3.2 per 100	1.81 per 100k
133	Trinidad and Tobago	3.2 per 100	15.21 per 100k
134	Djibouti	3.1 per 100	3.39 per 100k
135	Laos	3 per 100	2.47 per 100k
136	Moldova	3 per 100	0.29 per 100k
137	Kazakhstan	2.8 per 100	0.56 per 100k
138	Kyrgyzstan	2.8 per 100	0.4 per 100k
139	Mauritania	2.8 per 100	1.83 per 100k
140	Zimbabwe	2.8 per 100	0.88 per 100k
141	Aruba	2.6 per 100
142	Curaçao	2.6 per 100
143	Haiti	2.6 per 100	9.79 per 100k
144	Netherlands	2.6 per 100	0.23 per 100k
145	Northern Mariana Islands	2.6 per 100	0.97 per 100k
146	Romania	2.6 per 100	0.06 per 100k
147	Poland	2.5 per 100	0.08 per 100k
148	Ecuador	2.4 per 100	5.5 per 100k
149	Republic of the Congo	2.4 per 100	0.89 per 100k
150	Sri Lanka	2.4 per 100	1 per 100k
151	Algeria	2.1 per 100	0.31 per 100k
152	Cameroon	2.1 per 100	1.03 per 100k
153	Cuba	2.1 per 100	0.28 per 100k
154	Liberia	2.1 per 100	0.84 per 100k
155	Bolivia	2 per 100	2.56 per 100k
156	Burundi	2 per 100	0.28 per 100k
157	Peru	2 per 100	1.44 per 100k
158	Senegal	2 per 100	0.44 per 100k
159	Central African Republic	1.8 per 100	1.27 per 100k
160	Myanmar	1.6 per 100	0.38 per 100k
161	Vietnam	1.6 per 100	0.12 per 100k
162	Comoros	1.5 per 100	3.16 per 100k	Yes
163	Guinea-Bissau	1.5 per 100	3.43 per 100k	Yes
164	Kenya	1.5 per 100	3.75 per 100k
165	Nepal	1.5 per 100	0.1 per 100k
166	Brunei	1.4 per 100	0.07 per 100k	Yes
167	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.2 per 100	0.49 per 100k
168	Mali	1.1 per 100	4.45 per 100k
169	Palestine	1.1 per 100	5.01 per 100k
170	Tunisia	1.1 per 100	0.2 per 100k
171	Chad	1 per 100	2.99 per 100k
172	Guinea	1 per 100	2.65 per 100k
173	Papua New Guinea	1 per 100	1.16 per 100k
174	Burkina Faso	0.9 per 100	3.91 per 100k
175	Zambia	0.9 per 100	3.71 per 100k
176	Bhutan	0.8 per 100	0.1 per 100k
177	British Virgin Islands	0.8 per 100
178	Tanzania	0.8 per 100	2.22 per 100k
179	Togo	0.8 per 100	2.51 per 100k
180	Uganda	0.8 per 100	2.2 per 100k
181	Federated States of Micronesia	0.7 per 100	1.23 per 100k
182	Madagascar	0.7 per 100	0.6 per 100k
183	Malaysia	0.7 per 100	0.35 per 100k
184	Fiji	0.5 per 100	0.16 per 100k
185	Marshall Islands	0.5 per 100	1.07 per 100k	Yes
186	Niger	0.5 per 100	2.83 per 100k
187	Palau	0.5 per 100	0.78 per 100k	Yes
188	Rwanda	0.5 per 100	1.06 per 100k
189	Sierra Leone	0.5 per 100	0.5 per 100k
190	Bangladesh	0.4 per 100	0.78 per 100k
191	Eritrea	0.4 per 100	4.11 per 100k	Yes
192	Ethiopia	0.4 per 100	2.91 per 100k
193	Tajikistan	0.4 per 100	0.18 per 100k
194	Turkmenistan	0.4 per 100	0.62 per 100k
195	Uzbekistan	0.4 per 100	0.08 per 100k
196	Benin	0.3 per 100	2.57 per 100k
197	East Timor	0.3 per 100	0.89 per 100k	Yes
198	Japan	0.3 per 100	0.02 per 100k
199	Malawi	0.3 per 100	0.62 per 100k
200	North Korea	0.3 per 100	0.12 per 100k	Yes
201	Singapore	0.3 per 100	0.01 per 100k
202	Solomon Islands	0.2 per 100	1.91 per 100k	Yes
203	South Korea	0.2 per 100	0.02 per 100k
204	Indonesia	0 per 100	0.06 per 100k
205	Nauru	0 per 100	1.18 per 100k	Yes
206	Taiwan	0 per 100	0.11 per 100k
207	Vatican City	0 per 100		Yes

Countries with the Most Guns

The ten countries with the highest gun ownership rates in the world are the United States, Yemen, New Caledonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Canada, Uruguay, Cyprus, Finland, and Lebanon. The US is the country with the most guns per capita with 120.5 firearms for 100 people. Yemen is the second country with the most guns per capita with 52.8 firearms per 100 people. New Caledonia follows with a gun ownership rate of 42.5 per 100 people. Montenegro and Serbia have the same gun ownership rate of 39.1 per 100 people. Canada and Uruguay both have a gun ownership rate of 34.7 per 100 people. Cyprus is the eighth country with the most guns per capita with a rate of 34 firearms per 100 people. Finland is the ninth country with the most guns per capita with 32.4 firearms per 100 people. Finally, Lebanon is the tenth country with the most guns per capita with 31.9 firearms per 100 people.

Here are the top ten countries with the highest gun ownership rates:

1. United States – 120.5 per 100
2. Yemen – 52.8 per 100
3. New Caledonia – 42.5 per 100
4. Montenegro – 39.1 per 100
5. Serbia – 39.1 per 100
6. Canada – 34.7 per 100
7. Uruguay – 34.7 per 100
8. Cyprus – 34 per 100
9. Finland – 32.4 per 100
10. Lebanon – 31.9 per 100

Most Armed Country in the World

The United States is the most armed country in the world, with a gun ownership rate of 120.5 firearms per 100 people. There are several factors that contribute to this phenomenon. Firstly, the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, which grants citizens the right to bear arms, has played a significant role in shaping the country’s gun culture.

The size and diversity of the United States also contribute to the widespread availability of firearms. The country’s vast land area and varying regional cultures have resulted in different attitudes and regulations regarding gun ownership. While some states have relatively relaxed gun laws, others have more stringent regulations, leading to a patchwork of firearms policies across the nation.

It is important to note that the issue of gun ownership in the United States is complex and multifaceted, with diverse opinions and ongoing debates surrounding gun control, public safety, and individual rights. The high rate of gun ownership in the US reflects a unique combination of historical, cultural, and legal factors that contribute to the country’s status as the most armed nation in the world.

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