Homicide by Firearms - Homicides by firearm

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Mexico is the top country by homicides by firearm in the world. As of 2022, homicides by firearm in Mexico was 22,309 that accounts for 53.92% of the world's homicides by firearm. The top 5 countries (others are Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Argentina) account for 92.06% of it. The world's total homicides by firearm was estimated at 41,372 in 2022.

“Homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person

Homicides by firearm (number)

	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Iceland			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jordan				57	79				71	47	35	48	34	27	48
Australia		34	38	31	40	33	36	27	32	23	25	38	20	25	27
Belarus			18	21	13	11	20
Republic of North Macedonia			28	19	15	13	23	18	5	16		12	4	5
Jamaica			1,097	792	778	884	715	974	1,100	1,344	1,015	1,119	1,118	1,250	1,264
Armenia		7	10	6	7	11	8	26	15	18	6	19
Uganda			330	259	245	192			167	171			249	303
Georgia							29				32
Albania			88	86	100	90	70	46	43	44	46	47	41	50	32
Lithuania		17	10	9	4	11	11	11	3	7	4	2	3
Andorra			0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina			26	7	37	21	23	32	19	23	15	21	12	14	16
Romania		13	7	9	9	5	4	4
Barbados			11	14	7	9	17	19	16	23	18	31	26	17	33
Austria		13	12	10	2	4	9	5	9	16	8	9	12	16	13
Belgium		62	58	50	39	30	53
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland			65	50	35	35	23	32
Nicaragua			408					223	211	187	402	219		137
Uruguay			96	97	163	159	163	200	162	170	298	246	219	184	233
Israel			69	75	70		45
Puerto Rico		679	923	1,036	905	830	630	556	631
China, Macao Special Administrative Region			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka			80	72	62	43	51	45	48	51	74	16
Greece							28		26	22	35	25	27	28	33
Mongolia			4	4	4	8	8	3	3	2	6	0	2	3
Norway			2	69	4	3	5
Ireland			23	16	18	20	17
Poland		24	11	18	20	17	18	11
Peru				898	1,082	1,260	1,273	1,049	1,031	984	1,081	751	978
Azerbaijan			27		20	28	27	30	18	18	15	19	18	17
Cyprus				3	12	6	3	6	6	2	2	2	3	5	2
Malta		1	2	0	5	5	3	2	0	2	1	3	4	0
Mexico		5,088	18,217	18,433	16,734	14,530	11,944	12,801	15,926	21,917	25,699	25,867	25,635	24,496	22,309
Netherlands		53	33	49	49	28	40	31	26	36	32	33	32	34	38
Algeria					40	46	41	86	55	53	38	36	58	62	43
Denmark		9	11	13					10	8	3
State of Palestine			7	7	7									19
Mauritius			2	0	0									2	0
Panama		214	582	579	482		439	320	285	266	294	365	402	445
Czechia		18	13	18	10	10	10	2	7	8		9	5	8	10
Bahrain					1	0	2
Chile			126	172	114	164	255	262	277	334	377	353	505	433	713
Cuba		49	23	24	30	22	13	28
Spain			70	54	52	53	56	45	39	63	49	53	37	39	50
New Zealand		8	7	3	3	8	6	7	8	11	12	61
Trinidad and Tobago		274	356	250	292	320	304	340		377	416	433	312
Cabo Verde				30	27	22	26	15	31	12	11
Dominican Republic			1,618	1,573	1,458		1,143		623	614	529	464	485	680	755
Serbia		37	42	27	13	29	19	14	13	31	41	26	20	11	17
Republic of Moldova		19	10		17	6	4			9	8	9	7
Japan		13	10	12	3	11	4			3	4	4
Luxembourg			0	0			1
Central African Republic									568
Namibia			44	40	59
Liechtenstein		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Italy		321	237	246	250	218	175						102	91	119
Brunei Darussalam				0	0
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)		8,681	11,635	12,490	14,366
Argentina								1,581		1,245	1,214	1,128	1,209	1,095	1,049
Slovakia		14	17	13	14	13	13	3	15	10	6	15	3	3	4
Bulgaria		43	32	41	25	24	18	21	11	17
Canada		215	175	159	171	134	155	179	223	267	251	264	279	298	342
Grenada		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0
Republic of Korea				13	2	5	9	11						0
El Salvador		3,145	2,922	3,046	1,604	1,678	3,005	5,536	4,257	3,007	2,601	1,754	926	706	303
Iran (Islamic Republic of)						399	434	302
Eswatini										7				17
Honduras			5,198	6,009	5,978	5,599	4,871	3,931	3,961	2,807	2,655	3,007	2,729	2,952
Colombia		14,763	12,528	12,768	12,925	11,918	9,861	9,274	8,824	8,876	8,116	8,105	8,324	9,403	9,403
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Guyana				33	26	44		43	32	22	20	33	27	24
Morocco						8	2	15	3	5	9	34		2	9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		5	9	10	12				29	24	22	10	18	21
Philippines			4,887	5,221					4,495	3,256	1,701	1,218
Suriname									15	8	20	10	13	16	21
Slovenia		11	6	10	4	2	4	1	1	3	2	6	0	0	3
Hungary		23	15	13	14	12	3	14	4	0	12	3	7	2	4
Egypt			430	1,839
Kyrgyzstan		43			11	13	22			11	3	10	14
United Republic of Tanzania			30	39	40	50	77	54
Ecuador		1,384	1,708	1,468	1,206		695	545	449	505	464	652	807	1,824	4,062
Finland		12	15	16	17	15	11	12	9	6	12	5
Dominica			5	1			0	0	2	6	7	7	7	1
Bahamas		36	69	94	87	105	105	112	94	107	81	79	58	104	117
Latvia		7	2	4	3	1	5	5
United States of America		10,158	8,874	8,653	8,855	8,454	8,312	9,103	10,398	11,020	10,484	10,537	13,620
Kazakhstan			96	100	92	71	46	60		64			20
Costa Rica		211	349	300	261	278	327	385	384	435	401	380	405	428
Belize			81	85	100	57	71	71	82	82	96	91	79	91	91
France			250		278	264			91	64
Germany		170	84	92	99	93	81	82	57	43	37	40	54
Croatia		31	28	13	16	10	16	7	14	24	5	15	11	7	9
Thailand			2,268	1,953	2,000	1,745	1,642	1,269	1,034
Sweden		10	15	17	17	26	28	33	30	40	43	45	48	45	63
Singapore					0			0
Portugal			48	22	28		21
Bhutan								0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia		5	5	9	2	3	2	0
Qatar		2	0	1	0	4	1
Switzerland		27	13	22	13	18	7	17	16	14	13	11	9	8	12
Paraguay			414	385	418	383	350	398	418	349	297	350	288	322
India	8,370	5,643	3,064	3,369	3,781	3,621	3,655	3,722	3,775
Guatemala			5,009	4,676	4,226	4,258	4,128		5,438	1,402	1,131	1,060	617	605
Brazil		30,675	30,447	33,819	37,707	38,464	40,864	42,015					33,994
Montenegro				16		5	12	10	16	11	7	13	12	7	12
Saint Lucia			28	31	21	14	17			32	22	31	40	47	55
Kenya						88	173	205	63	184	46
Antigua and Barbuda								1	4	10	3	2	3	4	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis									29	19	16	9	6	12
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)								11	19	43	31	32	22	37	47
Tajikistan													6
Myanmar						18	16	13	20	122	110	169
Uzbekistan								13	11	7	3	4
United Arab Emirates												0		4
Oman								0	2	0	1	3			3
Monaco						0		0

Homicides by firearm (number)

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