The previous article listed this link for the murder rates in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
The list shows 6 different categories. Here's how they break down:
Category 1
25 countries, murder rate of .9 or less per 100,000
Category 2
36 countries, murder rate of 1.0-1.9
Category 3
45 countries, murder rate of 2.0-4.9
Category 4
27 countries, murder rate of 5.0-9.9
Category 5
37 countries, murder rate of 10.9-19.9
Category 6
37 countries, murder rate of 20.0-91.6
Notice that each category is significantly higher than the previous one, especially when you get to Category 6. An item in Category 6 could easily be 80 times or more higher than an item in Category 1. While a change from Category 2 to Category 3 could be a double or triple, a change from Category 2 to Category 5 could be 19x. So be aware that Categories 5 and 6 are extremely worse than earlier Categories.
It is also interesting that there are a lot of countries that have extremely bad murder rates. The cases are not isolated. As noted earlier, the United States is in Category 3 at 4.2. That puts the US at 99th out of 207, but remember that a number of countries following the US have exponentially higher rates, not just slightly higher.
When gun ownership per capita of each country is related to its murder rate, interesting patterns emerge. Number of Guns per capita by Country.
Data is listed below. There are 178 countries listed for guns per capita and 2 have no murder rate data, so we have 176 countries that we can compare these two stats to.
Here are the 25 countries with the highest rate of gun ownership compared to their murder rate.
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Country
|
Guns
per 100
residents
(2007)
|
Rank
(2007)
|
Murder Rate Category
|
| United States |
88.8
|
1
|
3
|
| Serbia |
58.2
|
2
|
2
|
| Yemen |
54.8
|
3
|
3
|
| Switzerland |
45.7
|
4
|
1
|
| Cyprus |
36.4
|
5
|
2
|
| Saudi Arabia |
35
|
6
|
2
|
| Iraq |
34.2
|
7
|
3
|
| Finland |
32
|
8
|
3
|
| Uruguay |
31.8
|
9
|
4
|
| Sweden |
31.6
|
10
|
1
|
| Norway |
31.3
|
11
|
1
|
| France |
31.2
|
12
|
2
|
| Canada |
30.8
|
13
|
2
|
| Austria |
30.4
|
14
|
1
|
| Germany |
30.3
|
15
|
1
|
| Iceland |
30.3
|
15
|
1
|
| Oman |
25.5
|
17
|
1
|
| Bahrain |
24.8
|
18
|
1
|
| Kuwait |
24.8
|
18
|
3
|
| Macedonia |
24.1
|
20
|
2
|
| Montenegro |
23.1
|
21
|
3
|
| New Zealand |
22.6
|
22
|
1
|
| Greece |
22.5
|
23
|
2
|
| United Arab Emirates |
22.1
|
24
|
1
|
| Northern Ireland |
21.9
|
25
|
2
|
Of the 25 highest countries gun ownership per capita, 10 countries are in Category 1, 8 in Category 2, 6 in Category 3, and 1 Category 4. An extremely low murder rate in the countries with the highest rates of guns per capita.
Now for the lowest 25 countries gun ownership per capita. 2 countries are in Category 1, 1 country in Category 2, 7 countries in Category 3, 5 countries in Category 4, 7 countries in Category 5, and 3 countries in Category 6. A much higher murder rate exists here in spite of the fact that only 1 person or less in 100 has a gun in this category while in the highest countries the gun ownership was from 21.9 to 88.8 people per 100 had a gun.
Below country 61 in ranking for gun ownership, there are only 3 countries in Category 1 out of 115 countries.
There are a lot more ideas and conclusions that can be reached by looking at this data but one things is obvious...In general, the murder rate is extremely lower in countries with higher guns per capita than in lower guns per capita. The complete data follows:
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Country
|
Guns
per 100
residents
(2007)
|
Rank
(2007)
|
Murder Rate Category
|
| United States |
88.8
|
1
|
3
|
| Serbia |
58.2
|
2
|
2
|
| Yemen |
54.8
|
3
|
3
|
| Switzerland |
45.7
|
4
|
1
|
| Cyprus |
36.4
|
5
|
2
|
| Saudi Arabia |
35
|
6
|
2
|
| Iraq |
34.2
|
7
|
3
|
| Finland |
32
|
8
|
3
|
| Uruguay |
31.8
|
9
|
4
|
| Sweden |
31.6
|
10
|
1
|
| Norway |
31.3
|
11
|
1
|
| France |
31.2
|
12
|
2
|
| Canada |
30.8
|
13
|
2
|
| Austria |
30.4
|
14
|
1
|
| Germany |
30.3
|
15
|
1
|
| Iceland |
30.3
|
15
|
1
|
| Oman |
25.5
|
17
|
1
|
| Bahrain |
24.8
|
18
|
1
|
| Kuwait |
24.8
|
18
|
3
|
| Macedonia |
24.1
|
20
|
2
|
| Montenegro |
23.1
|
21
|
3
|
| New Zealand |
22.6
|
22
|
1
|
| Greece |
22.5
|
23
|
2
|
| United Arab Emirates |
22.1
|
24
|
1
|
| Northern Ireland |
21.9
|
25
|
2
|
| Croatia |
21.7
|
26
|
2
|
| Panama |
21.7
|
26
|
6
|
| Lebanon |
21
|
28
|
3
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
19.9
|
29
|
6
|
| Qatar |
19.2
|
31
|
1
|
| Latvia |
19
|
32
|
3
|
| Peru |
18.8
|
33
|
5
|
| Angola |
17.3
|
34
|
5
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
17.3
|
34
|
2
|
| Belgium |
17.2
|
36
|
2
|
| Paraguay |
17
|
37
|
5
|
| Czech Republic |
16.3
|
38
|
2
|
| Thailand |
15.6
|
39
|
3
|
| Libya |
15.5
|
40
|
3
|
| Luxembourg |
15.3
|
41
|
3
|
| Australia |
15
|
42
|
2
|
| Mexico |
15
|
42
|
6
|
| Mauritius |
14.7
|
44
|
3
|
| Guyana |
14.6
|
45
|
5
|
| Gabon |
14
|
46
|
5
|
| Slovenia |
13.5
|
47
|
1
|
| Suriname |
13.4
|
48
|
3
|
| Guatemala |
13.1
|
49
|
6
|
| South Africa |
12.7
|
50
|
6
|
| Namibia |
12.6
|
51
|
5
|
| Armenia |
12.5
|
52
|
2
|
| Turkey |
12.5
|
52
|
3
|
| Denmark |
12
|
54
|
1
|
| Italy |
11.9
|
55
|
1
|
| Malta |
11.9
|
55
|
2
|
| Pakistan |
11.6
|
57
|
4
|
| Jordan |
11.5
|
58
|
2
|
| Chile |
10.7
|
59
|
3
|
| Venezuela |
10.7
|
59
|
6
|
| Spain |
10.4
|
61
|
1
|
| Argentina |
10.2
|
62
|
3
|
| Belize |
10
|
63
|
6
|
| Costa Rica |
9.9
|
64
|
5
|
| Estonia |
9.2
|
65
|
4
|
| Somalia |
9.1
|
66
|
2
|
| Transnistria |
9.1
|
66
|
|
| Russia |
8.9
|
68
|
5
|
| Zambia |
8.9
|
68
|
6
|
| Albania |
8.6
|
70
|
3
|
| Ireland |
8.6
|
70
|
2
|
| Portugal |
8.5
|
72
|
2
|
| Slovakia |
8.3
|
73
|
2
|
| Jamaica |
8.1
|
74
|
6
|
| Brazil |
8
|
75
|
6
|
| Barbados |
7.8
|
76
|
5
|
| Nicaragua |
7.7
|
77
|
5
|
| Algeria |
7.6
|
78
|
2
|
| Belarus |
7.3
|
79
|
3
|
| Georgia |
7.3
|
79
|
3
|
| Iran |
7.3
|
79
|
3
|
| Israel |
7.3
|
79
|
2
|
| Moldova |
7.1
|
83
|
4
|
| Ukraine |
6.6
|
84
|
4
|
| Maldives |
6.5
|
85
|
2
|
| Kenya |
6.4
|
86
|
6
|
| Swaziland |
6.4
|
86
|
5
|
| Bulgaria |
6.2
|
88
|
2
|
| England and Wales |
6.2
|
88
|
2
|
| Honduras |
6.2
|
88
|
6
|
| Colombia |
5.9
|
91
|
6
|
| El Salvador |
5.8
|
92
|
6
|
| Hungary |
5.5
|
93
|
2
|
| Scotland |
5.5
|
93
|
2
|
| Sudan |
5.5
|
93
|
6
|
| Cape Verde |
5.4
|
96
|
5
|
| Seychelles |
5.4
|
96
|
4
|
| Bahamas |
5.3
|
98
|
6
|
| Dominican Republic |
5.1
|
99
|
6
|
| Mozambique |
5.1
|
99
|
4
|
| Morocco |
5
|
101
|
2
|
| Botswana |
4.9
|
102
|
5
|
| China |
4.9
|
102
|
2
|
| Cuba |
4.8
|
104
|
4
|
| Philippines |
4.7
|
105
|
4
|
| Afghanistan |
4.6
|
106
|
3
|
| Taiwan |
4.6
|
106
|
3
|
| Zimbabwe |
4.6
|
106
|
5
|
| Cambodia |
4.3
|
109
|
3
|
| India |
4.2
|
110
|
3
|
| Burma |
4
|
111
|
|
| Netherlands |
3.9
|
112
|
2
|
| Syria |
3.9
|
112
|
3
|
| Turkmenistan |
3.8
|
114
|
3
|
| Azerbaijan |
3.5
|
115
|
3
|
| Egypt |
3.5
|
115
|
2
|
| Bhutan |
3.5
|
115
|
2
|
| Palestine |
3.4
|
118
|
3
|
| Bolivia |
2.8
|
119
|
4
|
| Cameroon |
2.8
|
119
|
5
|
| Djibouti |
2.8
|
119
|
3
|
| Congo |
2.7
|
122
|
6
|
| Lesotho |
2.7
|
122
|
6
|
| Ivory Coast |
2.4
|
124
|
6
|
| Senegal |
2
|
125
|
5
|
| Mongolia |
1.9
|
126
|
4
|
| Comoros |
1.8
|
127
|
5
|
| Vietnam |
1.7
|
128
|
2
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
1.6
|
129
|
6
|
| Liberia |
1.6
|
129
|
5
|
| Mauritania |
1.6
|
129
|
3
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1.6
|
129
|
6
|
| Malaysia |
1.5
|
133
|
3
|
| Nigeria |
1.5
|
133
|
3
|
| Sri Lanka |
1.5
|
133
|
3
|
| Uzbekistan |
1.5
|
133
|
3
|
| Benin |
1.4
|
137
|
5
|
| Brunei |
1.4
|
137
|
1
|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1.4
|
137
|
6
|
| Tanzania |
1.4
|
137
|
6
|
| Uganda |
1.4
|
137
|
6
|
| Ecuador |
1.3
|
142
|
4
|
| Kazakhstan |
1.3
|
142
|
4
|
| Poland |
1.3
|
142
|
2
|
| Burundi |
1.2
|
145
|
6
|
| Laos |
1.2
|
145
|
3
|
| Guinea |
1.2
|
145
|
6
|
| Papua New Guinea |
1.2
|
145
|
5
|
| Burkina Faso |
1.1
|
149
|
5
|
| Chad |
1.1
|
149
|
5
|
| South Korea |
1.1
|
149
|
3
|
| Mali |
1.1
|
149
|
4
|
| Central African Republic |
1
|
153
|
6
|
| Tajikistan |
1
|
153
|
3
|
| Togo |
1
|
153
|
5
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
.9
|
156
|
6
|
| Gambia |
.8
|
157
|
5
|
| Madagascar |
.8
|
157
|
4
|
| Nepal |
.8
|
157
|
3
|
| Lithuania |
.7
|
160
|
4
|
| Malawi |
.7
|
160
|
6
|
| Niger |
.7
|
160
|
3
|
| Romania |
.7
|
160
|
3
|
| Haiti |
.6
|
164
|
4
|
| Japan |
.6
|
164
|
1
|
| North Korea |
.6
|
164
|
5
|
| Rwanda |
.6
|
164
|
5
|
| Sierra Leone |
.6
|
164
|
5
|
| Bangladesh |
.5
|
169
|
3
|
| Eritrea |
.5
|
169
|
5
|
| Fiji |
.5
|
169
|
3
|
| Indonesia |
.5
|
169
|
4
|
| Singapore |
.5
|
169
|
1
|
| Ethiopia |
.4
|
174
|
6
|
| Ghana |
.4
|
174
|
5
|
| Solomon Islands |
.4
|
174
|
3
|
| Timor-Leste |
.3
|
177
|
4
|
| Tunisia |
.1
|
178
|
2
|
