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.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.__TOC__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 people. 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. Country table
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+ Percent of households with firearms.Percent of households with handguns.Percent of adults in armed households.LocationYearFirearm%YearHandgun%YearAdults% 20126.5Guns in Albania 200815Guns in Argentina 2005 6.2 2005 0.3 Guns in Australia 2005 15.1 2005 5.6 2015 7 Guns in Austria 2010 5.1 2005 5.2 2015 3 Guns in Belgium 2010 34 2012 4.6 Guns in Bosnia & Herzegovina 2005 9.7 2005 6.6 2015 7 Guns in Bulgaria 2005 15.5 2005 2.9 Guns in Canada 2012 4.3 2015 6 Guns in Croatia 2005 12.6 2005 1.2 2015 7 Guns in Denmark 2005 7.0 2005 3.6 2015 3 Guns in Estonia 2005 37.9 2005 6.3 2015 13 Guns in Finland 2005 16.1 2005 3.7 2015 7 Guns in France 2005 12.5 2005 4.2 2015 5 Guns in Germany 2005 20.6 2005 1.4 2015 7 Guns in Greece 2005 10.4 2005 2.2 2015 3 Guns in Hungary 2005 23.5 2005 1.4 Guns in Iceland 2005 12.4 2005 1.0 2015 6 Guns in Ireland 2005 12.9 2005 5.3 2015 6 Guns in Italy 2005 0.8 2005 0.0 2005 12.3 2005 7.0 2015 5 Guns in Luxembourg 2005 2.8 Guns in Mexico 2005 4.8 2005 1.3 2015 1 Guns in the Netherlands 2005 16.6 2005 0.6 2005 12.7 2005 2.1 Guns in Northern Ireland 2005 26.1 2005 3.7 Guns in Norway 2005 4.4 2005 0.9 2015 2 Guns in Poland 2005 18.3 2005 3.9 2015 6 Guns in Portugal 2005 6.7 2005 0.7 Guns in Scotland 2005 12.0 2005 0.5 2015 5 2010 16 2005 1.6 2015 8 Guns in Sweden 2005 28.6 2005 10.3 2005 6.0 2005 0.4 2015 2 Guns in the United Kingdom 2017 42.0 2012 21.9
See also Gun politics Small arms trade Small Arms and Light Weapons List of countries by firearm-related death rate Index of gun politics articles List of countries by intentional homicide rate Overview of gun laws by nation Long gun Handgun :Category: Firearms
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