A map of Europe’s countries ranked by gun possession

Published on 12 April 2015

This map, published by Wikipedia and elaborated through data from the Small Arms Survey 2007, shows the estimated total number of civilian-owned guns in a country per 100 residents.
In Europe, Serbia is ranked as number one (and number 2 in the world, behind the United States), with 69.7 estimated guns per 100 inhabitant. It is followed by Switzerland, with 45.7 guns per 100 residents, and Cyprus, with 36.1. Four Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland) are amongst the top ten European countries, Romania being the last, with 0.5 guns per 100 inhabitants.

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