Country rankings

Gun Ownership by Country

United States has the highest Gun Ownership Rate in 2017 (120.5 guns/100), followed by Falkland Islands (62.1 guns/100) and Yemen (52.8 guns/100). Solomon Islands has the lowest (0.2 guns/100).

Culture220 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Dec 10, 2024Original page
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Year 2017218 of 235 countries
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Gun Ownership Rate, 2017

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 218 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median
5.9 guns/100
Middle half 2.1 guns/100 – 13.5 guns/100
Average
9.9 guns/100
218 countries
Highest
120.5 guns/100
United States
Lowest
0.2 guns/100
Solomon Islands

Data

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220 countries · # = rank by Gun Ownership Rate
#
1United States120.5 guns/100393.3M4.5M1M
2Falkland Islands62.1 guns/1002,000—30
3Yemen52.8 guns/10014.9M28.5K—
4New Caledonia42.5 guns/100115K—700
5Serbia39.1 guns/1002.7M384.4K53.1K
5Montenegro39.1 guns/100245K5,3968,000
7Canada34.7 guns/10012.7M233.9K103K
7Uruguay34.7 guns/1001.2M62.1K30K
9Cyprus34.0 guns/100285K99K11K
10Finland32.4 guns/1001.8M475K14K
11Lebanon31.9 guns/1001.9M130.2K41K
12Iceland31.7 guns/100106K650590
13Bosnia and Herzegovina31.2 guns/1001.2M27.3K29K
14Austria30.0 guns/1002.6M240.9K37.9K
15North Macedonia29.8 guns/100621K29.5K21K
16Norway28.8 guns/1001.5M188.6K13K
16Liechtenstein28.8 guns/10011K—200
18Malta28.3 guns/100119K5,5471,637
19Switzerland27.6 guns/1002.3M324.5K34K
20New Zealand26.3 guns/1001.2M38.3K13K
21Sweden23.1 guns/1002.3M139.2K38K
22Pakistan22.3 guns/10043.9M2.3M944K
22Greenland22.3 guns/10013K—300
24Portugal21.3 guns/1002.2M333.6K89K
25Germany19.6 guns/10015.8M483K466K
25France19.6 guns/10012.7M566.4K497K
25Iraq19.6 guns/1007.6M611K56K
25Reunion19.6 guns/100171K—2,000
25French Guiana19.6 guns/10055K—2,000
25Monaco19.6 guns/1007,000—1,000
31Luxembourg18.9 guns/100110K2,3405,000
32Bahamas18.8 guns/10074K2,4705,000
33Jordan18.7 guns/1001.5M286.5K60K
34Venezuela18.5 guns/1005.9M353.3K173K
35Greece17.6 guns/1001.9M642.5K99K
36Saudi Arabia16.7 guns/1005.5M481.4K214K
36United Arab Emirates16.7 guns/1001.6M163.8K41K
36Paraguay16.7 guns/1001.1M235.8K21K
36Oman16.7 guns/100792K118.4K31K
36Kuwait16.7 guns/100685K82.6K11K
36Qatar16.7 guns/100390K30.7K5,000
42United States Virgin Islands16.6 guns/10018K—300
43Turkey16.5 guns/10013.2M1.4M620K
44Suriname15.9 guns/10088K5,9852,000
45Guyana15.8 guns/100122K10.9K4,000
46Slovenia15.6 guns/100324K131.7K13K
47Namibia15.4 guns/100396K11.9K15K
48Thailand15.1 guns/10010.3M1.1M—
49Australia14.5 guns/1003.6M214.5K69K
50Italy14.4 guns/1008.6M53K273K
50San Marino14.4 guns/1005,000—300
52Honduras14.1 guns/1001.2M107.7K29K
52Andorra14.1 guns/10010K—976
54Croatia13.7 guns/100576K75.1K39K
55Lithuania13.6 guns/100385K81.2K17K
56Libya13.3 guns/100851K2,520—
57Mexico12.9 guns/10016.8M895.3K591K
58Bahrain12.8 guns/100181K25.8K20K
59Belgium12.7 guns/1001.5M80.9K78K
60Afghanistan12.5 guns/1004.3M331.2K239K
60Czechia12.5 guns/1001.3M157.2K76K
60Equatorial Guinea12.5 guns/100112K2,7602,000
63Somalia12.4 guns/1001.1M37.6K8,000
64Russia12.3 guns/10017.6M30.3M2.4M
65Chile12.1 guns/1002.2M311.9K66K
65Guatemala12.1 guns/1002.1M160.6K43K
67El Salvador12.0 guns/100737K127.8K30K
67Albania12.0 guns/100350K21.8K19K
69Puerto Rico11.5 guns/100422K—26K
69Guam11.5 guns/10020K—500
71Angola11.2 guns/1003M203.3K60K
72Panama10.8 guns/100436K—30K
73Hungary10.5 guns/1001M—17K
73Latvia10.5 guns/100205K27.9K17K
75Colombia10.1 guns/1005M350.7K283K
75Georgia10.1 guns/100402K64K41K
75Samoa10.1 guns/10020K—400
78Costa Rica10.0 guns/100493K—17K
78Belize10.0 guns/10037K3,6902,000
80Ukraine9.9 guns/1004.4M6.6M289K
80Denmark9.9 guns/100567K124.1K20K
80Faroe Islands9.9 guns/1005,000—200
83South Africa9.7 guns/1005.4M350.6K250.5K
84South Sudan9.6 guns/1001.3M351.5K42K
85Cayman Islands9.2 guns/1006,000—400
86Jamaica8.8 guns/100246K8,68112K
87Guadeloupe8.5 guns/10040K—2,000
87Martinique8.5 guns/10034K—1,000
87Saint Martin8.5 guns/1003,000—100
90Bulgaria8.4 guns/100590K176.6K59.4K
91Brazil8.3 guns/10017.5M1.3M803K
91Mauritius8.3 guns/100106K4,84511K
93Syria8.2 guns/1001.5M655.5K124K
94Ghana8.0 guns/1002.3M18.6K28K
94Tonga8.0 guns/1009,000—200
96Mongolia7.9 guns/100242K323.4K7,000
97Spain7.5 guns/1003.5M3.3M264.2K
98Argentina7.4 guns/1003.3M679.8K391K
98Dominican Republic7.4 guns/100795K106.5K46K
100Iran7.3 guns/1005.9M3.3M98K
101Ireland7.2 guns/100342K26.6K3,000
102Israel6.7 guns/100557K1M41K
103Sudan6.6 guns/1002.8M—129K
104Slovakia6.5 guns/100355K33.2K43K
104Gambia6.5 guns/100137K1,0805,000
106Maldives6.2 guns/10023K9,5003,000
106Dominica6.2 guns/1005,000—600
108Belarus6.1 guns/100581K780.6K165K
108Armenia6.1 guns/100186K509.2K18K
110Cape Verde5.7 guns/10031K2,28019K
111Antigua and Barbuda5.4 guns/1005,000438800
111Montserrat5.4 guns/100300——
113India5.3 guns/10071.1M3.9M1.7M
114Nicaragua5.2 guns/100323K261.8K8,590
115United Kingdom5.1 guns/1003.6M539.7K46K
116Estonia5.0 guns/10065K38.8K18K
117Morocco4.8 guns/1001.7M588K91K
117Lesotho4.8 guns/100105K2,4005,000
117Eswatini4.8 guns/10064K5,7004,000
120Grenada4.6 guns/1005,000—1,000
120Bermuda4.6 guns/1003,000—500
122Mozambique4.5 guns/1001.3M60K24K
122Cambodia4.5 guns/100717K258.7K64K
124Ivory Coast4.4 guns/1001M33K15K
125Sint Maarten4.2 guns/1002,000—300
126Egypt4.1 guns/1003.9M1.5M1.5M
126Botswana4.1 guns/10097K17.1K11K
126Seychelles4.1 guns/1004,000798200
126Gibraltar4.1 guns/1001,000—600
130Vanuatu3.9 guns/10011K—350
131China3.6 guns/10049.7M27.5M2M
131Philippines3.6 guns/1003.8M454.7K139K
131Azerbaijan3.6 guns/100362K537.9K18K
131Hong Kong3.6 guns/100265K—28K
131Macau3.6 guns/10022K—4,000
136Barbados3.5 guns/10010K1,6752,000
137Gabon3.4 guns/10061K5,6404,000
137Sao Tome and Principe3.4 guns/1007,000570200
137Saint Lucia3.4 guns/1006,000—1,000
137Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.4 guns/1004,000—1,000
137Saint Kitts and Nevis3.4 guns/1002,000—600
142Turks and Caicos Islands3.3 guns/1001,000—100
143Nigeria3.2 guns/1006.2M224.2K362.4K
143Trinidad and Tobago3.2 guns/10043K7,6959,000
145Djibouti3.1 guns/10028K19.9K5,000
146Laos3.0 guns/100215K224.7K21K
146Moldova3.0 guns/100121K98.6K21K
148Kazakhstan2.8 guns/100504K375.7K65K
148Zimbabwe2.8 guns/100455K91.6K23K
148Kyrgyzstan2.8 guns/100171K145K18K
148Mauritania2.8 guns/100120K22.8K10K
152Romania2.6 guns/100506K240.2K251K
152Netherlands2.6 guns/100442K108.7K96K
152Haiti2.6 guns/100291K38015K
152Curacao2.6 guns/1004,000—600
152Aruba2.6 guns/1003,000—700
152Northern Mariana Islands2.6 guns/1001,000—80
158Poland2.5 guns/100968K307.2K188K
158French Polynesia2.5 guns/1007,000—400
160Sri Lanka2.4 guns/100494K590.2K134K
160Ecuador2.4 guns/100402K253.7K41K
160Republic of the Congo2.4 guns/100119K12K11K
163Algeria2.1 guns/100877K637.7K363K
163Cameroon2.1 guns/100510K27.4K15K
163Cuba2.1 guns/100234K958.1K42K
163Liberia2.1 guns/10097K—5,000
167Peru2.0 guns/100633K473.4K142K
167Senegal2.0 guns/100323K16.3K6,000
167Burundi2.0 guns/100238K76K24.3K
167Bolivia2.0 guns/100218K—42K
171Central African Republic1.8 guns/10094K8,58010K
172Vietnam1.6 guns/1001.6M3.8M285K
172Myanmar1.6 guns/100877K788.9K76K
174Kenya1.5 guns/100750K45.8K51.5K
174Nepal1.5 guns/100444K183.5K62K
174Guinea-Bissau1.5 guns/10029K10.3K4,000
174Comoros1.5 guns/10012K6002,000
178Brunei1.4 guns/1006,00020.2K4,000
179DR Congo1.2 guns/100946K161.1K46K
179Tuvalu1.2 guns/100100—26
181Mali1.1 guns/100206K15.8K3,000
181Tunisia1.1 guns/100123K68K73K
181Palestine1.1 guns/10056K44.4K33K
184Chad1.0 guns/100151K25K34K
184Guinea1.0 guns/100130K23.1K13K
184Papua New Guinea1.0 guns/10079K7,2004,800
187Burkina Faso0.9 guns/100175K43.8K43K
187Zambia0.9 guns/100158K41K16K
189Tanzania0.8 guns/100427K190.1K37K
189Uganda0.8 guns/100331K116.7K54K
189Togo0.8 guns/10058K12.9K5,000
189Bhutan0.8 guns/1006,00015.2K4,000
189Kiribati0.8 guns/100900—200
189British Virgin Islands0.8 guns/100300—500
195Malaysia0.7 guns/100217K428.2K102K
195Madagascar0.7 guns/100168K25.3K20K
195Micronesia0.7 guns/100700—200
195American Samoa0.7 guns/100400—90
199Niger0.5 guns/100117K11.1K10K
199Rwanda0.5 guns/10066K66.5K14K
199Sierra Leone0.5 guns/10035K10.2K12K
199Fiji0.5 guns/1005,00016.7K2,000
199Marshall Islands0.5 guns/100300—80
199Palau0.5 guns/100100—30
205Bangladesh0.4 guns/100659K410.3K333K
205Ethiopia0.4 guns/100377K525.6K79K
205Uzbekistan0.4 guns/100127K268.4K150K
205Tajikistan0.4 guns/10037K56.5K9,000
205Turkmenistan0.4 guns/10023K184.7K27K
205Eritrea0.4 guns/10023K668.6K12K
211Japan0.3 guns/100377K745.5K252K
211North Korea0.3 guns/10076K8.4M76K
211Malawi0.3 guns/10047K24.5K8,400
211Benin0.3 guns/10033K8,70026K
211Singapore0.3 guns/10020K574.1K9,000
211Timor-Leste0.3 guns/1003,0002,5274,000
217South Korea0.2 guns/10079K2.7M115K
217Solomon Islands0.2 guns/1001,000—70
—Indonesia—82K1.7M429K
—Taiwan—10K2M76K

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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Gun Ownership Rate tend to score lower on these

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    r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 193
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Gun Ownership Rate?
United States has the highest Gun Ownership Rate in 2017, at 120.5 guns/100, followed by Falkland Islands (62.1 guns/100) and Yemen (52.8 guns/100).
Which country has the lowest Gun Ownership Rate?
Solomon Islands has the lowest Gun Ownership Rate in 2017, at 0.2 guns/100.
What is the median Gun Ownership Rate across countries?
The median is 5.9 guns/100 across the 218 countries with data in 2017.
Where does this gun ownership by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Firearms Holdings - Small Arms Survey; Civilian Firearms Holdings, 2017 - Small Arms Survey; Military Firearms Holdings, 2017 - Small Arms Survey; Law enforcement Firearms Holdings, 2017 - Small Arms Survey.

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