Which country has the highest Gun Deaths?

United States has the highest Gun Deaths in 2023, at 48,087, followed by Brazil (38,020) and Mexico (28,053).

Which countries have the lowest Gun Deaths?

Tokelau and Niue tie for the lowest Gun Deaths in 2023, at 0.01.

What is the median Gun Deaths across countries?

The median is 142 across the 204 countries with data in 2023.

Where does the Gun Violence by Country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cause of death or injury - GBD; Country Pages - Gun Policy; Deaths From Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World - NPR; Debunking Myths About Gun Violence - John Hopkins.

Country rankings

Gun Violence by Country

Name: Gun Violence by Country
Creator: Rankodex

United States has the highest Gun Deaths in 2023 (48,087), followed by Brazil (38,020) and Mexico (28,053). Tokelau and Niue tie for the lowest (0.01).

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Median

142

Middle half 23.31 – 608

Average

1,314

204 countries

Lowest (best)

0.01

Tokelau

Highest (worst)

48,087

United States

Over time · 2020–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

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Tokelau
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Tuvalu

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204 countries · # = rank by Gun Deaths

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1	Tokelau	0.01	—	0.25 per 100k	—	0.24 rate per 100k	—	0.01 rate per 100k
1	Niue	0.01	0.01	0.34 per 100k	0.01	0.38 rate per 100k	—	0.02 rate per 100k
3	Cook Islands	0.09	0.02	0.12 per 100k	0.07	0.49 rate per 100k	—	—
4	Palau	0.12	0.06	0.31 per 100k	0.04	0.24 rate per 100k	0.02	0.12 rate per 100k
5	Tuvalu	0.15	0.07	0.68 per 100k	0.05	0.48 rate per 100k	0.02	0.21 rate per 100k
6	Nauru	0.17	0.09	0.7 per 100k	0.07	0.57 rate per 100k	0.02	0.12 rate per 100k
7	Kiribati	0.18	0.04	0.03 per 100k	0.13	0.1 rate per 100k	—	—
8	Brunei	0.2	0.13	0.03 per 100k	0.07	0.01 rate per 100k	0.01	—
9	Tonga	0.26	0.1	0.1 per 100k	0.11	0.11 rate per 100k	0.04	0.04 rate per 100k
10	Marshall Islands	0.38	0.19	0.45 per 100k	0.12	0.3 rate per 100k	0.06	0.15 rate per 100k
11	American Samoa	0.44	0.07	0.14 per 100k	0.33	0.68 rate per 100k	0.04	0.08 rate per 100k
12	Micronesia	0.46	0.26	0.25 per 100k	0.04	0.04 rate per 100k	0.16	0.16 rate per 100k
13	Fiji	0.67	0.49	0.05 per 100k	0.07	0.01 rate per 100k	0.11	0.01 rate per 100k
14	San Marino	0.74	0.01	0.03 per 100k	0.73	2.08 rate per 100k	—	0.01 rate per 100k
15	Monaco	0.9	0.03	0.08 per 100k	0.86	2.2 rate per 100k	0.02	0.04 rate per 100k
16	Andorra	0.98	0.17	0.19 per 100k	0.8	0.88 rate per 100k	0.01	0.01 rate per 100k
17	Bermuda	1.23	1.16	1.84 per 100k	0.02	0.04 rate per 100k	0.04	0.07 rate per 100k
18	Maldives	1.34	1.02	0.19 per 100k	0.28	0.05 rate per 100k	0.04	0.01 rate per 100k
19	Seychelles	1.59	1.41	1.33 per 100k	0.15	0.14 rate per 100k	0.03	0.03 rate per 100k
20	Grenada	1.76	0.71	0.63 per 100k	0.02	0.02 rate per 100k	1.02	0.9 rate per 100k
21	Northern Mariana Islands	1.77	1.06	2.24 per 100k	0.69	1.45 rate per 100k	0.02	0.04 rate per 100k
22	Singapore	1.79	0.29	0.01 per 100k	0.95	0.02 rate per 100k	0.54	0.01 rate per 100k
23	Samoa	1.84	0.92	0.42 per 100k	0.74	0.34 rate per 100k	0.18	0.08 rate per 100k
24	Vanuatu	2.12	0.16	0.05 per 100k	1.43	0.43 rate per 100k	0.52	0.16 rate per 100k
25	Dominica	3.12	2.85	4.13 per 100k	0.1	0.14 rate per 100k	0.17	0.25 rate per 100k
26	Mauritius	3.31	0.68	0.05 per 100k	2	0.16 rate per 100k	0.64	0.05 rate per 100k
27	Qatar	3.65	0.89	0.03 per 100k	0.36	0.01 rate per 100k	2.4	0.08 rate per 100k
28	Malta	4.26	1.67	0.3 per 100k	1.88	0.34 rate per 100k	0.72	0.13 rate per 100k
29	Sao Tome and Principe	4.37	3.63	1.64 per 100k	0.37	0.17 rate per 100k	0.36	0.16 rate per 100k
30	Antigua and Barbuda	4.62	1.29	1.42 per 100k	0.03	0.03 rate per 100k	3.29	3.63 rate per 100k
31	Oman	4.89	3.31	0.06 per 100k	0.97	0.02 rate per 100k	0.6	0.01 rate per 100k
32	Bahrain	5.16	3.58	0.23 per 100k	0.94	0.06 rate per 100k	0.65	0.04 rate per 100k
33	Iceland	5.97	0.24	0.06 per 100k	5.68	1.47 rate per 100k	0.05	0.01 rate per 100k
34	Bhutan	6.09	1.33	0.18 per 100k	4.58	0.61 rate per 100k	0.18	0.02 rate per 100k
35	Luxembourg	6.52	0.56	0.09 per 100k	5.78	0.88 rate per 100k	0.18	0.03 rate per 100k
36	Guam	6.56	4.14	2.62 per 100k	2.42	1.54 rate per 100k	0.01	—
37	Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.42	6.56	13.65 per 100k	0.02	0.04 rate per 100k	0.84	1.75 rate per 100k
38	Solomon Islands	9.3	2.5	0.29 per 100k	4.24	0.49 rate per 100k	2.55	0.3 rate per 100k
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.28	13.19	11.36 per 100k	0.12	0.11 rate per 100k	0.97	0.84 rate per 100k
40	Greenland	14.49	1.4	2.47 per 100k	12.62	22.3 rate per 100k	0.47	0.84 rate per 100k
41	Cyprus	16.03	4.75	0.35 per 100k	10.03	0.73 rate per 100k	1.25	0.09 rate per 100k
42	Kuwait	16.65	14.82	0.32 per 100k	1.45	0.03 rate per 100k	0.38	0.01 rate per 100k
43	United Arab Emirates	17.35	4.84	0.05 per 100k	10.99	0.11 rate per 100k	1.52	0.01 rate per 100k
44	Barbados	17.64	14.91	4.95 per 100k	0.94	0.31 rate per 100k	1.78	0.59 rate per 100k
45	Timor-Leste	18.25	13.05	0.91 per 100k	1.47	0.1 rate per 100k	3.73	0.26 rate per 100k
46	Estonia	20.33	3.28	0.24 per 100k	16.05	1.19 rate per 100k	1	0.07 rate per 100k
47	South Korea	20.65	4.9	0.01 per 100k	12.26	0.02 rate per 100k	3.5	0.01 rate per 100k
48	Comoros	21.1	17.41	1.97 per 100k	2.53	0.29 rate per 100k	1.16	0.13 rate per 100k
49	Moldova	21.89	9.37	0.26 per 100k	8.35	0.23 rate per 100k	4.17	0.12 rate per 100k
50	Latvia	22.38	5.3	0.28 per 100k	14.98	0.79 rate per 100k	2.11	0.11 rate per 100k
51	Saint Lucia	23.27	21.5	12.02 per 100k	0.29	0.16 rate per 100k	1.47	0.82 rate per 100k
52	Montenegro	23.33	4.51	0.69 per 100k	18.49	2.83 rate per 100k	0.32	0.05 rate per 100k
53	Ireland	26.23	4.76	0.09 per 100k	17.86	0.34 rate per 100k	3.62	0.07 rate per 100k
54	Mongolia	26.27	4.95	0.14 per 100k	18.68	0.54 rate per 100k	2.64	0.08 rate per 100k
55	Lithuania	27.38	5.7	0.2 per 100k	18.9	0.67 rate per 100k	2.77	0.1 rate per 100k
56	North Macedonia	27.94	10.95	0.59 per 100k	14.98	0.81 rate per 100k	2	0.11 rate per 100k
57	Tajikistan	27.99	10.8	0.1 per 100k	1.35	0.01 rate per 100k	15.84	0.15 rate per 100k
58	Kyrgyzstan	28.67	7.65	0.11 per 100k	7.39	0.1 rate per 100k	13.63	0.19 rate per 100k
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.24	3.16	0.1 per 100k	25.28	0.79 rate per 100k	0.8	0.03 rate per 100k
60	Cape Verde	29.84	23.42	4.74 per 100k	5.76	1.16 rate per 100k	0.66	0.13 rate per 100k
61	Taiwan	31.15	14.2	0.06 per 100k	15.63	0.07 rate per 100k	1.32	0.01 rate per 100k
62	Romania	33.62	8.73	0.05 per 100k	12.62	0.07 rate per 100k	12.28	0.06 rate per 100k
63	Suriname	33.88	22.71	3.82 per 100k	8.09	1.36 rate per 100k	3.08	0.52 rate per 100k
64	United States Virgin Islands	34.42	31.8	37.84 per 100k	2.19	2.61 rate per 100k	0.43	0.51 rate per 100k
65	Equatorial Guinea	34.49	21.24	1.31 per 100k	12.53	0.77 rate per 100k	0.72	0.04 rate per 100k
66	Gambia	35.15	17.33	0.69 per 100k	12.9	0.51 rate per 100k	4.92	0.2 rate per 100k
67	Gabon	35.44	20.02	1.05 per 100k	14.39	0.75 rate per 100k	1.03	0.05 rate per 100k
68	Slovenia	39.93	2.48	0.12 per 100k	36.92	1.74 rate per 100k	0.54	0.03 rate per 100k
69	Belarus	43	6.75	0.07 per 100k	27.56	0.29 rate per 100k	8.7	0.09 rate per 100k
70	Armenia	44.23	19.55	0.65 per 100k	8.98	0.3 rate per 100k	15.7	0.52 rate per 100k
71	Uzbekistan	44.83	17.31	0.05 per 100k	17.09	0.05 rate per 100k	10.44	0.03 rate per 100k
72	Azerbaijan	46.24	23.26	0.22 per 100k	8.04	0.08 rate per 100k	14.94	0.14 rate per 100k
73	Japan	47.9	8.13	0.01 per 100k	21.06	0.02 rate per 100k	18.7	0.02 rate per 100k
74	North Korea	53.53	27.41	0.1 per 100k	6.79	0.03 rate per 100k	19.34	0.07 rate per 100k
75	Djibouti	56.97	48.71	3.51 per 100k	4.4	0.32 rate per 100k	3.85	0.28 rate per 100k
76	Tunisia	58.02	27.04	0.23 per 100k	21.49	0.18 rate per 100k	9.48	0.08 rate per 100k
77	Hungary	59.86	4.36	0.05 per 100k	53.33	0.55 rate per 100k	2.17	0.02 rate per 100k
78	Denmark	62.13	5.27	0.09 per 100k	55.27	0.94 rate per 100k	1.59	0.03 rate per 100k
79	Turkmenistan	63.65	26.82	0.48 per 100k	11.89	0.21 rate per 100k	24.94	0.44 rate per 100k
80	Guyana	65.1	60.72	7.44 per 100k	2.29	0.28 rate per 100k	2.1	0.26 rate per 100k
81	Belize	68.4	59.63	14.42 per 100k	2.56	0.62 rate per 100k	6.21	1.5 rate per 100k
82	Slovakia	71.88	10.4	0.19 per 100k	51.68	0.95 rate per 100k	9.8	0.18 rate per 100k
83	Norway	73.37	3.68	0.07 per 100k	69.34	1.27 rate per 100k	0.35	0.01 rate per 100k
84	Botswana	74.78	52.44	2.14 per 100k	20.8	0.85 rate per 100k	1.55	0.06 rate per 100k
85	Netherlands	75.61	31.91	0.18 per 100k	41.2	0.23 rate per 100k	2.49	0.01 rate per 100k
86	New Zealand	83.69	40.02	0.78 per 100k	43.28	0.85 rate per 100k	0.39	0.01 rate per 100k
87	Bulgaria	83.7	17.58	0.25 per 100k	52.62	0.76 rate per 100k	13.51	0.2 rate per 100k
88	Libya	85.72	57.67	0.78 per 100k	25.69	0.35 rate per 100k	2.36	0.03 rate per 100k
89	Albania	90.87	59.81	2.47 per 100k	26.5	1.09 rate per 100k	4.57	0.19 rate per 100k
90	Guinea-Bissau	92.06	66.09	3.05 per 100k	17.45	0.8 rate per 100k	8.52	0.39 rate per 100k
91	Papua New Guinea	92.94	41.67	0.38 per 100k	12.07	0.11 rate per 100k	39.19	0.35 rate per 100k
92	Georgia	102	31.36	0.88 per 100k	36.56	1.02 rate per 100k	33.83	0.94 rate per 100k
93	Croatia	102	13.44	0.35 per 100k	80.76	2.08 rate per 100k	7.78	0.2 rate per 100k
94	Mauritania	104	74.66	1.62 per 100k	22.64	0.49 rate per 100k	6.27	0.14 rate per 100k
95	Cuba	109	47.48	0.42 per 100k	44.63	0.39 rate per 100k	17.1	0.15 rate per 100k
96	Bahamas	116	115	27.81 per 100k	0.69	0.17 rate per 100k	0.27	0.07 rate per 100k
97	Poland	118	20.34	0.05 per 100k	75.5	0.19 rate per 100k	22.29	0.06 rate per 100k
98	United Kingdom	122	13.83	0.02 per 100k	102	0.15 rate per 100k	5.91	0.01 rate per 100k
99	Eswatini	126	104	8.78 per 100k	18.55	1.56 rate per 100k	3	0.25 rate per 100k
100	Greece	128	28.49	0.27 per 100k	83.41	0.78 rate per 100k	16.25	0.15 rate per 100k
101	Republic of the Congo	130	90.46	1.48 per 100k	35.28	0.58 rate per 100k	4.19	0.07 rate per 100k
102	Lebanon	142	55.33	0.97 per 100k	22.58	0.4 rate per 100k	64.38	1.13 rate per 100k
103	Portugal	143	29.08	0.28 per 100k	99.59	0.95 rate per 100k	13.84	0.13 rate per 100k
104	Kazakhstan	147	45.27	0.22 per 100k	41.81	0.2 rate per 100k	59.42	0.29 rate per 100k
105	Finland	149	9.71	0.17 per 100k	138	2.48 rate per 100k	1.89	0.03 rate per 100k
106	Sweden	155	24.55	0.23 per 100k	127	1.2 rate per 100k	2.64	0.02 rate per 100k
107	Jordan	160	141	1.07 per 100k	6.68	0.05 rate per 100k	12.02	0.09 rate per 100k
108	Malaysia	161	113	0.33 per 100k	36.11	0.11 rate per 100k	12.03	0.04 rate per 100k
109	Sri Lanka	165	93.73	0.41 per 100k	19.38	0.09 rate per 100k	52.27	0.23 rate per 100k
110	Laos	168	140	1.86 per 100k	8.31	0.11 rate per 100k	19.63	0.26 rate per 100k
111	Palestine	168	126	2.32 per 100k	1.97	0.04 rate per 100k	40.7	0.75 rate per 100k
112	Liberia	170	88.96	1.55 per 100k	44.95	0.78 rate per 100k	36.3	0.63 rate per 100k
113	Czechia	176	11.59	0.11 per 100k	154	1.41 rate per 100k	9.89	0.09 rate per 100k
114	Israel	177	87.12	0.87 per 100k	75.07	0.75 rate per 100k	14.43	0.14 rate per 100k
115	Cambodia	194	139	0.81 per 100k	16.39	0.1 rate per 100k	38.31	0.22 rate per 100k
116	Belgium	200	30.32	0.26 per 100k	161	1.39 rate per 100k	8.29	0.07 rate per 100k
117	Switzerland	217	12.26	0.14 per 100k	199	2.21 rate per 100k	6.54	0.07 rate per 100k
118	Serbia	221	48.69	0.54 per 100k	164	1.83 rate per 100k	8.58	0.1 rate per 100k
119	Australia	224	41.48	0.15 per 100k	178	0.66 rate per 100k	4.4	0.02 rate per 100k
120	Lesotho	230	172	8.98 per 100k	49.38	2.57 rate per 100k	7.97	0.42 rate per 100k
121	Namibia	258	223	7.42 per 100k	27.39	0.91 rate per 100k	7.42	0.25 rate per 100k
122	Trinidad and Tobago	258	251	18.1 per 100k	3.36	0.24 rate per 100k	3.76	0.27 rate per 100k
123	Austria	258	10.05	0.11 per 100k	244	2.69 rate per 100k	4.39	0.05 rate per 100k
124	Spain	259	40.26	0.08 per 100k	180	0.38 rate per 100k	39.03	0.08 rate per 100k
125	Togo	260	178	2.09 per 100k	64.13	0.75 rate per 100k	17.4	0.2 rate per 100k
126	Senegal	261	80.33	0.43 per 100k	127	0.68 rate per 100k	53.47	0.29 rate per 100k
127	Central African Republic	277	165	2.52 per 100k	84.7	1.29 rate per 100k	27.2	0.41 rate per 100k
128	China	279	127	0.01 per 100k	63.12	—	89.25	0.01 rate per 100k
129	Sierra Leone	318	218	2.72 per 100k	72.55	0.91 rate per 100k	28.02	0.35 rate per 100k
130	Morocco	320	78.01	0.21 per 100k	126	0.34 rate per 100k	115.48	0.31 rate per 100k
131	Indonesia	322	212	0.07 per 100k	85.18	0.03 rate per 100k	25.01	0.01 rate per 100k
132	Rwanda	328	197	1.42 per 100k	61.3	0.44 rate per 100k	69.07	0.5 rate per 100k
133	Algeria	345	158	0.36 per 100k	116	0.26 rate per 100k	71.3	0.16 rate per 100k
134	Nicaragua	352	291	4.28 per 100k	28.42	0.42 rate per 100k	31.74	0.47 rate per 100k
135	Burundi	367	58.66	0.41 per 100k	92.39	0.65 rate per 100k	215.81	1.51 rate per 100k
136	Benin	413	272	1.91 per 100k	104	0.73 rate per 100k	36.59	0.26 rate per 100k
137	Uruguay	425	197	5.79 per 100k	145	4.26 rate per 100k	83.46	2.45 rate per 100k
138	Nepal	430	48.83	0.16 per 100k	379	1.22 rate per 100k	2.16	0.01 rate per 100k
139	Sudan	441	143	0.38 per 100k	184	0.49 rate per 100k	113.43	0.3 rate per 100k
140	Guinea	448	288	2.03 per 100k	97.35	0.69 rate per 100k	63.26	0.45 rate per 100k
141	Ukraine	478	128	0.33 per 100k	294	0.75 rate per 100k	55.56	0.14 rate per 100k
142	Syria	503	475	2.67 per 100k	15.44	0.09 rate per 100k	12.17	0.07 rate per 100k
143	Zimbabwe	520	438	2.75 per 100k	67.18	0.42 rate per 100k	14.11	0.09 rate per 100k
144	Panama	521	508	12.09 per 100k	8.1	0.19 rate per 100k	4.78	0.11 rate per 100k
145	Bolivia	525	379	3.14 per 100k	56.87	0.47 rate per 100k	88.96	0.74 rate per 100k
146	Costa Rica	527	478	9.18 per 100k	42.58	0.82 rate per 100k	6.51	0.13 rate per 100k
147	Yemen	561	174	0.49 per 100k	165	0.46 rate per 100k	221.75	0.62 rate per 100k
148	Jamaica	561	437	15.36 per 100k	15.72	0.55 rate per 100k	108.04	3.8 rate per 100k
149	Puerto Rico	572	528	16.02 per 100k	37.72	1.14 rate per 100k	5.62	0.17 rate per 100k
150	Eritrea	582	460	6.55 per 100k	53.17	0.76 rate per 100k	68.59	0.98 rate per 100k
151	Myanmar	585	322	0.56 per 100k	72.2	0.13 rate per 100k	190.66	0.33 rate per 100k
152	Egypt	586	254	0.23 per 100k	91.81	0.08 rate per 100k	240.76	0.22 rate per 100k
153	Italy	608	87.68	0.15 per 100k	438	0.74 rate per 100k	81.95	0.14 rate per 100k
154	Madagascar	609	238	0.77 per 100k	153	0.5 rate per 100k	217.7	0.71 rate per 100k
155	Vietnam	610	149	0.14 per 100k	154	0.15 rate per 100k	307.76	0.3 rate per 100k
156	Chile	624	308	1.61 per 100k	86.37	0.45 rate per 100k	229.27	1.2 rate per 100k
157	Saudi Arabia	626	24.91	0.08 per 100k	183	0.56 rate per 100k	417.88	1.27 rate per 100k
158	Paraguay	646	527	8.33 per 100k	98.38	1.56 rate per 100k	20.48	0.32 rate per 100k
159	Angola	665	404	1.12 per 100k	213	0.59 rate per 100k	47.07	0.13 rate per 100k
160	South Sudan	675	478	4.85 per 100k	51.26	0.52 rate per 100k	146.48	1.49 rate per 100k
161	Burkina Faso	725	525	2.16 per 100k	173	0.71 rate per 100k	27.21	0.11 rate per 100k
162	Mozambique	746	610	1.83 per 100k	88.99	0.27 rate per 100k	46.89	0.14 rate per 100k
163	Ghana	803	550	1.65 per 100k	205	0.61 rate per 100k	48.74	0.15 rate per 100k
164	Chad	853	447	2.32 per 100k	194	1.01 rate per 100k	211.93	1.1 rate per 100k
165	Mali	859	566	2.34 per 100k	129	0.53 rate per 100k	163.83	0.68 rate per 100k
166	Germany	921	36.84	0.04 per 100k	861	1.02 rate per 100k	22.91	0.03 rate per 100k
167	Iran	922	572	0.65 per 100k	324	0.37 rate per 100k	26.56	0.03 rate per 100k
168	Bangladesh	937	454	0.26 per 100k	482	0.28 rate per 100k	1.5	—
169	Canada	975	247	0.64 per 100k	708	1.84 rate per 100k	20.42	0.05 rate per 100k
170	Zambia	1,012	900	4.3 per 100k	78.32	0.37 rate per 100k	33.26	0.16 rate per 100k
171	Cameroon	1,066	711	2.1 per 100k	295	0.87 rate per 100k	60.54	0.18 rate per 100k
172	Niger	1,195	687	2.58 per 100k	205	0.77 rate per 100k	302.97	1.14 rate per 100k
173	Afghanistan	1,203	569	1.57 per 100k	97.22	0.27 rate per 100k	537.29	1.48 rate per 100k
174	Ivory Coast	1,253	909	2.69 per 100k	251	0.74 rate per 100k	92.91	0.27 rate per 100k
175	Dominican Republic	1,263	1,091	9.73 per 100k	116	1.04 rate per 100k	55.18	0.49 rate per 100k
176	Malawi	1,273	1,058	5.1 per 100k	123	0.59 rate per 100k	92.41	0.45 rate per 100k
177	Somalia	1,282	960	4.39 per 100k	99.89	0.46 rate per 100k	222.05	1.02 rate per 100k
178	Peru	1,408	1,018	2.82 per 100k	68.84	0.19 rate per 100k	320.8	0.89 rate per 100k
179	Tanzania	1,437	1,233	1.89 per 100k	159	0.24 rate per 100k	44.76	0.07 rate per 100k
180	France	1,898	221	0.32 per 100k	1,532	2.19 rate per 100k	144.65	0.21 rate per 100k
181	Uganda	1,912	1,451	3.18 per 100k	250	0.55 rate per 100k	210.55	0.46 rate per 100k
182	Honduras	2,003	1,881	17.56 per 100k	66.36	0.62 rate per 100k	55.23	0.52 rate per 100k
183	Russia	2,024	691	0.46 per 100k	1,052	0.71 rate per 100k	282.24	0.19 rate per 100k
184	Pakistan	2,061	760	0.31 per 100k	1,294	0.53 rate per 100k	6.84	—
185	Kenya	2,295	1,655	3.18 per 100k	206	0.4 rate per 100k	433.71	0.83 rate per 100k
186	Thailand	2,502	1,985	3.02 per 100k	448	0.68 rate per 100k	68.38	0.1 rate per 100k
187	Turkey	2,550	1,048	1.22 per 100k	992	1.15 rate per 100k	510.64	0.59 rate per 100k
188	Argentina	2,555	1,263	2.66 per 100k	903	1.9 rate per 100k	388.38	0.82 rate per 100k
189	DR Congo	2,631	1,246	1.32 per 100k	1,067	1.13 rate per 100k	317.95	0.34 rate per 100k
190	El Salvador	2,683	2,632	42.54 per 100k	19.16	0.31 rate per 100k	31.47	0.51 rate per 100k
191	Guatemala	3,339	2,667	16.19 per 100k	58.35	0.35 rate per 100k	613.5	3.72 rate per 100k
192	Ecuador	3,701	3,500	19.71 per 100k	90.53	0.51 rate per 100k	110.87	0.62 rate per 100k
193	Ethiopia	4,244	3,028	2.67 per 100k	506	0.45 rate per 100k	709.85	0.63 rate per 100k
194	Haiti	4,397	3,785	28.05 per 100k	56.65	0.42 rate per 100k	555.72	4.12 rate per 100k
195	Iraq	5,279	3,663	8.29 per 100k	653	1.48 rate per 100k	962.35	2.18 rate per 100k
196	Nigeria	5,770	4,701	1.92 per 100k	651	0.27 rate per 100k	418.36	0.17 rate per 100k
197	South Africa	5,984	5,119	7.99 per 100k	627	0.98 rate per 100k	237.66	0.37 rate per 100k
198	Philippines	6,196	5,913	5.16 per 100k	116	0.1 rate per 100k	167.35	0.15 rate per 100k
199	Venezuela	11,196	9,643	37.59 per 100k	729	2.84 rate per 100k	823.99	3.21 rate per 100k
200	Colombia	12,369	11,949	22.93 per 100k	326	0.63 rate per 100k	94.42	0.18 rate per 100k
201	India	21,092	8,165	0.57 per 100k	12,874	0.89 rate per 100k	53.67	—
202	Mexico	28,053	26,534	20.11 per 100k	636	0.48 rate per 100k	883.1	0.67 rate per 100k
203	Brazil	38,020	35,855	16.91 per 100k	1,488	0.7 rate per 100k	675.76	0.32 rate per 100k
204	United States	48,087	19,799	5.9 per 100k	27,642	8.24 rate per 100k	645.58	0.19 rate per 100k

What correlates with Gun Deaths (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,363 other country metrics sharing at least 123 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher Gun Deaths tend to score higher on these

Violent Gun Deaths IHMEGun Deaths by Country
r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 203
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Coronavirus DeathsCoronavirus by Country
r = +0.87 · very strong · n = 199
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LinkedIn UsersLinkedIn Users by Country
r = +0.83 · very strong · n = 197
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ChristiansMost Christian Countries
r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 190
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LDS Mormon PopulationLatter-Day Saints (LDS) Population by Country
r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 143
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People w/ Cocaine Use Disorder (GBD)Most Cocaine Use by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 203
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Places that have a higher Gun Deaths tend to score lower on these

Travelpass Cost per DayVerizon Travelpass Countries
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 172
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Single Phase VoltageElectrical Plug Types by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 193
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Single Phase VoltageMains Electricity by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 189
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Residential VoltageVoltage by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 191
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 144
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US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 197
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Gun Deaths?: United States has the highest Gun Deaths in 2023, at 48,087, followed by Brazil (38,020) and Mexico (28,053).
Which countries have the lowest Gun Deaths?: Tokelau and Niue tie for the lowest Gun Deaths in 2023, at 0.01.
What is the median Gun Deaths across countries?: The median is 142 across the 204 countries with data in 2023.
Where does the Gun Violence by Country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cause of death or injury - GBD; Country Pages - Gun Policy; Deaths From Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World - NPR; Debunking Myths About Gun Violence - John Hopkins.

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