This is a list of countries by the estimated percent of households with guns. It is further broken down by the estimated percent of households with handguns. Also, by the estimated percent of adults living in armed households. The data is from GunPolicy.org which is hosted by the Sydney Medical School, at the University of Sydney in Australia. GunPolicy.org consolidates this data from various sources. To avoid problems with vetting the data for hundreds of countries from hundreds of sources, the table below only uses data compiled by GunPolicy.org.[1]
See also: Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country. It provides estimates of the total number of civilian guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that possesses guns. This is because individuals can possess more than one gun.
Table
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Sources column links to the specific country pages at GunPolicy.org[1]
Location | Year | Firearm % |
Year | Handgun % |
Year | Adults % |
Refs [1] |
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Albania | 2012 | 6.5 | [2] | ||||
Argentina | 2008 | 15 | [3] | ||||
Australia | 2005 | 6.2 | 2005 | 0.3 | [4] | ||
Austria | 2005 | 15.1 | 2005 | 5.6 | 2015 | 7 | [5] |
Belgium | 2010 | 5.1 | 2005 | 5.2 | 2015 | 3 | [6] |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2010 | 34 | 2012 | 4.6 | [7] | ||
Bulgaria | 2005 | 9.7 | 2005 | 6.6 | 2015 | 7 | [8] |
Canada | 2005 | 15.5 | 2005 | 2.9 | [9] | ||
Croatia | 2012 | 4.3 | 2015 | 6 | [10] | ||
Denmark | 2005 | 12.6 | 2005 | 1.2 | 2015 | 7 | [11] |
Estonia | 2005 | 7.0 | 2005 | 3.6 | 2015 | 3 | [12] |
Finland | 2005 | 37.9 | 2005 | 6.3 | 2015 | 13 | [13] |
France | 2005 | 16.1 | 2005 | 3.7 | 2015 | 7 | [14] |
Germany | 2005 | 12.5 | 2005 | 4.2 | 2015 | 5 | [15] |
Greece | 2005 | 20.6 | 2005 | 1.4 | 2015 | 7 | [16] |
Hungary | 2005 | 10.4 | 2005 | 2.2 | 2015 | 3 | [17] |
Iceland | 2005 | 23.5 | 2005 | 1.4 | [18] | ||
Ireland | 2005 | 12.4 | 2005 | 1.0 | 2015 | 6 | [19] |
Italy | 2005 | 12.9 | 2005 | 5.3 | 2015 | 6 | [20] |
Japan | 2005 | 0.8 | 2005 | 0.0 | [21] | ||
Luxembourg | 2005 | 12.3 | 2005 | 7.0 | 2015 | 5 | [22] |
Mexico | 2005 | 2.8 | [23] | ||||
Netherlands | 2005 | 4.8 | 2005 | 1.3 | 2015 | 1 | [24] |
New Zealand | 2005 | 16.6 | 2005 | 0.6 | [25] | ||
Northern Ireland | 2005 | 12.7 | 2005 | 2.1 | [26] | ||
Norway | 2005 | 26.1 | 2005 | 3.7 | [27] | ||
Poland | 2005 | 4.4 | 2005 | 0.9 | 2015 | 2 | [28] |
Portugal | 2005 | 18.3 | 2005 | 3.9 | 2015 | 6 | [29] |
Scotland | 2005 | 6.7 | 2005 | 0.7 | [30] | ||
Spain | 2005 | 12.0 | 2005 | 0.5 | 2015 | 5 | [31] |
Sweden | 2010 | 16 | 2005 | 1.6 | 2015 | 8 | [32] |
Switzerland | 2005 | 28.6 | 2005 | 10.3 | [33] | ||
United Kingdom | 2005 | 6.0 | 2005 | 0.4 | 2015 | 2 | [34] |
United States | 2017 | 42.0 | 2012 | 21.9 | [35] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c GunPolicy.org is hosted by the Sydney Medical School, at the University of Sydney in Australia. Choose any country or region from the sidebar menus for more info. For the data go to the "Gun Numbers" section of any country page, and then to "Civilian Guns". Note the reference numbers next to the gun data. Click the numbers for a detailed popup reference. For a shorter reference find the number in the numbered reference list at the bottom of the country page. "Full Citation" links are for the detailed popup reference.
- ^ Guns in Albania
- ^ Guns in Argentina
- ^ Guns in Australia
- ^ Guns in Austria
- ^ Guns in Belgium
- ^ Guns in Bosnia & Herzegovina
- ^ Guns in Bulgaria
- ^ Guns in Canada
- ^ Guns in Croatia
- ^ Guns in Denmark
- ^ Guns in Estonia
- ^ Guns in Finland
- ^ Guns in France
- ^ Guns in Germany
- ^ Guns in Greece
- ^ Guns in Hungary
- ^ Guns in Iceland
- ^ Guns in Ireland
- ^ Guns in Italy
- ^ Guns in Japan
- ^ Guns in Luxembourg
- ^ Guns in Mexico
- ^ Guns in the Netherlands
- ^ Guns in New Zealand
- ^ Guns in Northern Ireland
- ^ Guns in Norway
- ^ Guns in Poland
- ^ Guns in Portugal
- ^ Guns in Scotland
- ^ Guns in Spain
- ^ Guns in Sweden
- ^ Guns in Switzerland
- ^ Guns in the United Kingdom
- ^ Guns in the United States