List of countries by intentional homicide rate per year per
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UNODC murder rates most recent year |
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The main point
we are making here is that all the European contries and canada |
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where there are strong gun controls have a
lower homicide rate than the USA. |
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Subregion |
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United States |
4.8 |
14,748 |
Americas |
Northern America |
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Latvia |
3.1 |
70 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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Liechtenstein |
2.8 |
1 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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Luxembourg |
2.5 |
12 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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Lebanon |
2.2 |
95 |
Asia |
Western Asia |
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Finland |
2.2 |
118 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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Israel |
2.1 |
159+ |
Asia |
Western Asia |
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Bulgaria |
2 |
147 |
Europe |
Eastern Europe |
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Romania |
2 |
421 |
Europe |
Eastern Europe |
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Macedonia |
1.9 |
40 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Cyprus |
1.7 |
19 |
Asia |
Western Asia |
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Czech Republic |
1.7 |
181 |
Europe |
Eastern Europe |
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Belgium |
1.7 |
180 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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Canada |
1.6 |
554 |
Americas |
Northern America |
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Maldives |
1.6 |
5 |
Asia |
Southern Asia |
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Slovakia |
1.5 |
84 |
Europe |
Eastern Europe |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.5 |
56 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Greece |
1.5 |
176 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Croatia |
1.4 |
62 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Hungary |
1.3 |
133 |
Europe |
Eastern Europe |
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Andorra |
1.3 |
1 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Ireland |
1.2 |
54 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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United Kingdom |
1.2 |
722 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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Portugal |
1.2 |
124 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Serbia |
1.2 |
123 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Poland |
1.1 |
436 |
Europe |
Eastern Europe |
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France |
1.1 |
682 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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Netherlands |
1.1 |
179 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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China |
1 |
13,410 |
Asia |
Eastern Asia |
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Saudi Arabia |
1 |
265+ |
Asia |
Western Asia |
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Sweden |
1 |
91 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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Malta |
1 |
4 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Australia |
1 |
229 |
Oceania |
Australasia |
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Denmark |
0.9 |
47 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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Italy |
0.9 |
529 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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New Zealand |
0.9 |
39 |
Oceania |
Australasia |
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Spain |
0.8 |
390 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Germany |
0.8 |
690 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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Slovenia |
0.7 |
15 |
Europe |
Southern Europe |
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Switzerland |
0.7 |
52 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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Norway |
0.6 |
29 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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Austria |
0.6 |
56 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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Japan |
0.4 |
506 |
Asia |
Eastern Asia |
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Singapore |
0.3 |
16 |
Asia |
South-Eastern Asia |
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Iceland |
0.3 |
1 |
Europe |
Northern Europe |
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Monaco |
0 |
0 |
Europe |
Western Europe |
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