Intentional Homicide Rate by Firearms

This key economic indicator for the Small Arm sector has been recently updated.

  1. In 2019, Intentional Homicide Rate by Firearms in El Salvador jumped by 2.7% from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2011 Saint Vincent and Grenadines Intentional Homicide Rate by Firearms rose 23.7% year on year to 26.4 Units (Deaths) Per Hundred Thousand Persons.
  3. In 2019 El Salvador was number 1 in Intentional Homicide Rate by Firearms.
  4. In 2016 Saint Vincent and Grenadines was ranked number 4 in Intentional Homicide Rate by Firearms with 26.4 Units (Deaths) Per Hundred Thousand Persons, from 57 in 2015.

Top Countries in Intentional Homicide Rate by Firearms

Units (Deaths) Per Hundred Thousand Persons - 1999 to 2019

# 59 Countries Units (Deaths) Per Hundred Thousand Persons Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
El Salvador
76 2019 +2.7 % +8.6 % View data
2 #2
Honduras
43 2019 -0.9 % -4.9 % View data
3 #3
Jamaica
36 2019 +0.3 % +7.9 % View data
4 #4
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
26 2016 NA +23.7 % View data
5 #5
Trinidad and Tobago
25 2019 +0.4 % +2.0 % View data
6 #6
Belize
22 2019 +0.9 % +1.9 % View data
7 #7
Brazil
22 2019 +1.4 % +1.5 % View data
8 #8
Mexico
16 2019 +3.2 % +10.9 % View data
9 #9
Colombia
15 2019 -6.1 % -5.7 % View data
10 #10
Puerto Rico
15 2019 -2.6 % -2.9 % View data
11 #11
Saint Lucia
10 2014 +20.0 % -3.4 % View data
12 #12
Dominican Republic
8 2019 -6.0 % -6.6 % View data
13 #13
Barbados
7 2019 +2.9 % +3.1 % View data
14 #14
Panama
7 2019 -2.9 % -8.3 % View data
15 #15
Bermuda
6 2019 -3.5 % +5.0 % View data
16 #16
Paraguay
5 2019 -1.8 % +0.4 % View data
16 #16
Uruguay
5 2019 +1.9 % +2.4 % View data
18 #18
Guyana
5 2019 +2.0 % NA View data
19 #19
Peru
3 2019 +0.0 % -4.3 % View data
19 #19
United States
3 2019 +0.0 % +4.9 % View data
21 #21
Cape Verde
3 2019 -3.3 % -10.0 % View data
22 #22
Montenegro
2 2019 +0.0 % +1.8 % View data
23 #23
Chile
2 2019 +0.0 % -1.2 % View data
23 #23
Thailand
2 2019 -5.9 % -7.8 % View data
25 #25
Albania
1 2019 -6.7 % -10.2 % View data
26 #26
Ecuador
1 2019 -31.3 % -24.2 % View data
27 #27
Armenia
1 2019 +0.0 % +21.7 % View data
27 #27
Jordan
1 2016 NA +0.0 % View data
29 #29
Grenada
1 2019 +0.0 % NA View data
29 #29
Malta
1 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
31 #31
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
31 #31
Canada
1 2019 +0.0 % +8.4 % View data
33 #33
Cyprus
1 2019 +0.0 % +10.8 % View data
33 #33
Uganda
1 2016 NA -6.5 % View data
35 #35
Lithuania
0 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
35 #35
Sweden
0 2019 +0.0 % +5.9 % View data
37 #37
Iceland
0 2019 +50.0 % NA View data
37 #37
Kazakhstan
0 2015 +50.0 % NA View data
37 #37
Latvia
0 2019 +0.0 % +8.4 % View data
37 #37
Northern Ireland
0 2019 +0.0 % +24.6 % View data
37 #37
Sri Lanka
0 2017 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
42 #42
Azerbaijan
0 2019 +0.0 % -7.8 % View data
42 #42
Bulgaria
0 2019 +0.0 % -7.8 % View data
42 #42
Croatia
0 2019 +0.0 % -12.9 % View data
42 #42
Finland
0 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
42 #42
India
0 2019 -33.3 % -7.8 % View data
42 #42
Switzerland
0 2019 +0.0 % +14.9 % View data
48 #48
Australia
0 2019 +0.0 % -12.9 % View data
48 #48
Austria
0 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
48 #48
Cuba
0 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
48 #48
Czech Republic
0 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
48 #48
Germany
0 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
48 #48
Hungary
0 2019 +0.0 % NA View data
48 #48
Mongolia
0 2016 +0.0 % -24.2 % View data
48 #48
Netherlands
0 2019 +0.0 % -12.9 % View data
48 #48
Serbia
0 2019 -50.0 % -12.9 % View data
48 #48
Spain
0 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
48 #48
Tanzania
0 2015 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
59 #59
Slovenia
0 2016 -100.0 % -100.0 % View data

Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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