Across the globe, gun violence is a shockingly prevalent occurrence. Poor and lax gun control regulations are to blame for the most, if not all, of the bloodshed that firearms are blamed for.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are killed by gun violence, and the figure will only climb if greater attention is not given to the absence of gun regulation.
After Brazil, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Indonesia, the countries with the greatest rates of gun violence are India, Mexico, and Ethiopia. Iceland, Brunei, Malta, the Maldives, and Bahrain are the five nations with the lowest rates of gun violence..
There are a lot of different gun laws in different countries. In the meanwhile, keep a watch on how little control the government systems have over the ownership of guns. Owning a gun is not a difficult task in many places throughout the world, which may surprise you.
Argentina
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Australia
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Austria
- Open carry laws: Depends
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: Unknown
Brazil
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: Yes
Canada
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Cambodia
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Chile
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
China
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Cyprus
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
The Czech Republic
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Denmark
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
East Timor
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: Unknown
Egypt
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: Unknown
Eritrea
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Estonia
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: Yes
Finland
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
France
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Germany
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Guatemala
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Honduras
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Hungary
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal:
Iceland
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal:
India
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Indonesia
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Iraq
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: Yes
Iran
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: Unknown
Ireland
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Israel
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Italy
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Jamaica
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Japan
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Kenya
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: Yes
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Kuwait
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Lebanon
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Lithuania
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Malaysia
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: Unknown
Mexico
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit:
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Namibia
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
The Netherlands
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
New Zealand
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: Yes
Nigeria
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
North Korea
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Norway
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal:
Pakistan
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: Yes
- Automatic rifles legal: No
The Philippines
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Poland
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: Yes
- Automatic rifles legal: Yes
Romania
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Russia
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
American Samoa
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Serbia
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Singapore
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Slovakia
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Slovenia
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: No
South Africa
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: Yes
- Automatic rifles legal: No
South Korea
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Spain
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Switzerland
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: Yes
Sweden
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Taiwan
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: Unknown
- Automatic rifles legal: Unknown
Thailand
- Open carry laws: Unknown
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Turkey
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Uganda
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Ukraine
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
United Kingdom
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
United States
Open carry laws: Occasionally
Legal to carry without a permit: Occasionally
Automatic rifles legal: No
Uruguay
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Venezuela
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: Yes
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Vietnam
- Open carry laws: No
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
Yemen
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: Yes
- Automatic rifles legal: Yes
Zambia
- Open carry laws: Yes
- Legal to carry without a permit: No
- Automatic rifles legal: No
| Country | Firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population per year | Homicide rate per year | Suicide rate per year | Total death number per year | 2022 Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 45.6000 | 26.4900 | 0.1300 | 2942 | 6550.3890 |
| Eswatini | 37.1600 | 37.1600 | 426 | 1184.8170 | |
| Jamaica | 30.7200 | 30.3800 | 0.3400 | 905 | 2985.0940 |
| Panama | 15.1100 | 14.3600 | 0.5700 | 641 | 4446.9640 |
| Uruguay | 11.5200 | 4.7800 | 4.6800 | 399 | 3496.0160 |
| Montenegro | 8.9100 | 2.4200 | 6.4900 | 56 | 627.9500 |
| Paraguay | 7.7600 | 5.7800 | 1.1600 | 546 | 7305.8430 |
| Barbados | 6.6000 | 3.1200 | 19 | 288.0230 | |
| Costa Rica | 6.3000 | 5.6300 | 1.1000 | 318 | 5182.3540 |
| Nicaragua | 4.6800 | 3.7200 | 0.3400 | 306 | 6779.1000 |
| Serbia | 3.4900 | 0.6100 | 2.4900 | 306 | 8653.0160 |
| Finland | 3.2500 | 0.3200 | 2.9400 | 180 | 5554.9600 |
| Switzerland | 3.0100 | 0.1500 | 2.7400 | 258 | 8773.6370 |
| Austria | 2.9000 | 0.1200 | 2.6900 | 259 | 9066.7100 |
| Estonia | 2.6700 | 0.1500 | 2.1100 | 35 | 1321.9100 |
| Slovenia | 2.6400 | 0.2000 | 2.3400 | 55 | 2078.0340 |
| Croatia | 2.3500 | 0.2400 | 2.1700 | 97 | 4059.2860 |
| Israel | 2.0900 | 1.0400 | 0.6700 | 178 | 8922.8920 |
| Georgia | 1.9800 | 0.4900 | 0.0900 | 79 | 3968.7380 |
| Cyprus | 1.8700 | 1.0500 | 0.5800 | 22 | 1223.3870 |
| Slovakia | 1.8300 | 0.2600 | 0.9400 | 99 | 5460.1930 |
| Norway | 1.7500 | 0.1000 | 1.6300 | 94 | 5511.3700 |
| Bulgaria | 1.7300 | 0.3400 | 1 | 121 | 6844.5970 |
| Denmark | 1.4700 | 0.1100 | 1.3500 | 84 | 5834.9500 |
| Latvia | 1.4300 | 0.1800 | 0.9400 | 27 | 1848.8370 |
| Luxembourg | 1.1900 | 0 | 1.1600 | 7 | 642.3710 |
| New Zealand | 1.0700 | 0.1100 | 0.8400 | 51 | 4898.2030 |
| Moldova | 1.0300 | 0.4500 | 0.4200 | 41 | 4013.1710 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1.0100 | 0.5300 | 0.0700 | 64 | 6728.2710 |
| Ireland | 0.8000 | 0.2500 | 0.2800 | 39 | 5020.1990 |
| Kuwait | 0.3600 | 0.3600 | 0 | 15 | 4380.3260 |
| Qatar | 0.1500 | 0.1500 | 4 | 2979.9150 | |
| Iceland | 0.0700 | 0 | 1.2500 | 0 | 345.3930 |
| Hong Kong | 0.0300 | 0 | 0.0300 | 2 | 7604.2990 |
| Singapore | 0.0250 | 0.0050 | 0.0165 | 1 | 5943.5460 |
| Belarus | 0.1400 | 9432.8000 | |||
| Honduras | 60 | 66.6400 | 0.4100 | 5846 | 10221.2470 |
| Venezuela | 49.2200 | 26.4800 | 0.1400 | 14036 | 29266.9910 |
| Guatemala | 34.1000 | 29.6200 | 0.3400 | 5993 | 18584.0390 |
| Brazil | 21.9000 | 20.7000 | 0.5000 | 46215 | 215353.5930 |
| Colombia | 18.6500 | 17.7400 | 0.5900 | 9387 | 51512.7620 |
| United States | 12.2100 | 4.4600 | 7.3200 | 40175 | 334805.2690 |
| Philippines | 8.9000 | 8.9000 | 9620 | 112508.9940 | |
| South Africa | 8.3000 | 8.2000 | 0.1000 | 4859 | 60756.1350 |
| Mexico | 7.6400 | 6.3400 | 0.4400 | 9745 | 131562.7720 |
| Argentina | 6.9300 | 3.0700 | 1.2000 | 3102 | 46010.2340 |
| Peru | 5.5300 | 4.2200 | 0.0700 | 1797 | 33684.2080 |
| France | 2.8300 | 0.2100 | 2.1600 | 1843 | 65584.5180 |
| Chile | 2.4000 | 1.0200 | 0.7000 | 455 | 19250.1950 |
| Canada | 2.0500 | 0.6100 | 1.5200 | 767 | 38388.4190 |
| Czech Republic | 2.0100 | 0.1500 | 1.6600 | 215 | 10736.7840 |
| Turkey | 1.9500 | 1.0300 | 0.8100 | 1626 | 85561.9760 |
| Sweden | 1.6000 | 0.3200 | 1.2300 | 160 | 10218.9710 |
| Portugal | 1.5800 | 0.4200 | 1.0100 | 161 | 10140.5700 |
| Greece | 1.5200 | 0.5300 | 0.8600 | 159 | 10316.6370 |
| Ukraine | 1.3600 | 1.3600 | 598 | 43192.1220 | |
| Italy | 1.3100 | 0.3500 | 0.8700 | 793 | 60262.7700 |
| Belgium | 1.2400 | 0.1400 | 1.0300 | 143 | 11668.2780 |
| Australia | 1.0400 | 0.1800 | 0.8000 | 262 | 26068.7920 |
| Germany | 0.9900 | 1.0100 | 0.0200 | 826 | 83883.5960 |
| Hungary | 0.9500 | 0.1100 | 0.8100 | 92 | 9606.2590 |
| Taiwan | 0.8700 | 0.6000 | 0.1200 | 207 | 23888.5950 |
| Spain | 0.6200 | 0.1500 | 0.4200 | 290 | 46719.1420 |
| Netherlands | 0.5800 | 0.2900 | 0.2800 | 99 | 17211.4470 |
| Cuba | 0.5000 | 0.2000 | 0.3000 | 56 | 11305.6520 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.3900 | 0.3000 | 0.0900 | 57 | 15331.4280 |
| India | 0.2850 | 0.3000 | 0.1400 | 3893 | 1406631.7760 |
| Poland | 0.2600 | 0.0400 | 0.0900 | 98 | 37739.7850 |
| United Kingdom | 0.2300 | 0.0600 | 0.1500 | 155 | 68497.9070 |
| Romania | 0.1400 | 0.0400 | 0.0600 | 27 | 19031.3350 |
| South Korea | 0.0800 | 0.0200 | 0.0400 | 41 | 51329.8990 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.0700 | 0.2700 | 0.0100 | 7 | 10300.2050 |
| Japan | 0.0600 | 0 | 0.0400 | 76 | 125584.8380 |
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