Country rankings
School Shootings by Country
United States has the highest School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN) (288), followed by Mexico (8) and South Africa (6). Estonia has the lowest (1).
Crime & Safety18 countries · 1 metricUpdated Nov 7, 2024Original page
12 sources
- Serbia school shooting and other major killings of children - Reuters
- School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where - Education Week
- A former student opens fire at an Austrian school, killing 10 and taking his own life - The Associated Press
- School Shootings - US vs. World - CNN
- Gunfire on School Grounds in the United States - Everytown Research
- School shooting - Britannica
- List of school shootings in the United States - Wiki
- 27 school shootings have taken place so far this year - NPR
- K-12 School Shooting Database - Center for Homeland Defense and Security
- Fact Check: How Many School Shootings Have Happened in 2023?
- Gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people in Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting - AP
- K-12 School Shooting Database - k12ssdb.org
School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN)Better directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
18 of 235 countriesSchool Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN)
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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
1.5
Middle half 1 – 3.75
Average
18.22
18 countries
Highest
288
United States
Lowest
1
Estonia
Data
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18 countries · # = rank by School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN)
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 288 |
| 2 |  Mexico | 8 |
| 3 |  South Africa | 6 |
| 4 |  Pakistan | 4 |
| 4 |  Nigeria | 4 |
| 6 |  Afghanistan | 3 |
| 7 |  Brazil | 2 |
| 7 |  France | 2 |
| 7 |  Canada | 2 |
| 10 |  China | 1 |
| 10 |  Russia | 1 |
| 10 |  Turkey | 1 |
| 10 |  Germany | 1 |
| 10 |  Kenya | 1 |
| 10 |  Azerbaijan | 1 |
| 10 |  Greece | 1 |
| 10 |  Hungary | 1 |
| 10 |  Estonia | 1 |
What correlates with School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN)?
Pearson r against 2,008 other country metrics sharing at least 11 countries, 17 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN)?
- United States has the highest School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN), at 288, followed by Mexico (8) and South Africa (6).
- Which country has the lowest School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN)?
- Estonia has the lowest School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN), at 1.
- What is the median School Shootings 2009-2018 (CNN) across countries?
- The median is 1.5 across the 18 countries with data.
- Where does this school shootings by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Serbia school shooting and other major killings of children - Reuters; School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where - Education Week; A former student opens fire at an Austrian school, killing 10 and taking his own life - The Associated Press; School Shootings - US vs. World - CNN.