Gun and Murder Statistics#1 - Correlation


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Sheet 1: Correlation


Correlation Of Murders With Gun Ownership?
Yes – weakly negative! (inverse relationship)
Country Murders Rank Guns Rank
Correlation Coefficients
Afghanistan 2.4 114 4.6 102
-0.3410 Spearman's rho
Albania 4.0 92 8.6 67
-0.2264 Pearson's r
Algeria 1.5 134 7.6 75


Angola 19.0 33 17.3 32


Argentina 3.4 97 10.2 60
In layman's terms
Armenia 1.4 139 12.5 50
These statistics show that having more guns
Australia 1.0 152 15.0 40
within a country's borders does not lead
Austria 0.6 168 30.4 14
to an increase in the murder rate –
Azerbaijan 2.2 117 3.5 111
In fact, there is a defined correlation between
Bahamas 27.4 17 5.3 94
having more guns and a lower murder rate.
Bahrain 0.6 169 24.8 18


Bangladesh 2.7 110 0.5 165
Charts
Barbados 11.3 56 7.8 73
A scattergram of each analysis is also
Belarus 4.9 83 7.3 76
included with the trendline having the
Belgium 1.7 128 17.2 34
highest coefficient of determination.
Belize 41.4 6 10.0 61


Benin 15.1 43 1.4 133


Bhutan 1.0 153 3.5 112


Bolivia 8.9 64 2.8 115


Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5 135 17.3 33


Botswana 14.5 46 4.9 98


Brazil 21.0 27 8.0 72


Brunei 0.5 171 1.4 134


Bulgaria 2.0 123 6.2 86


Burkina Faso 18.0 35 1.1 145


Burundi 21.7 24 1.2 141


Cambodia 3.4 98 4.3 105


Cameroon 19.7 32 2.8 116


Canada 1.6 131 30.8 13


Cape Verde 11.6 54 5.4 92


Central African Republic 29.3 16 1.0 149


Chad 15.8 39 1.1 146


Chile 3.2 102 10.7 57


China 1.0 154 4.9 99


Colombia 31.0 14 5.9 88


Comoros 12.2 52 1.8 123


Congo 30.8 15 2.7 118


Costa Rica 10.0 63 9.9 62


Côte d'Ivoire 56.9 3 2.4 120


Croatia 1.4 140 21.7 25


Cuba 5.0 82 4.8 100


Cyprus 1.7 129 36.4 6


Czech Republic 1.7 130 16.3 36


Democratic Republic of the Congo 21.7 25 1.4 135


Denmark 0.9 158 12.0 52


Djibouti 3.4 99 2.8 117


Dominican Republic 25.0 18 5.1 95


Ecuador 15.2 41 1.3 138


Egypt 1.2 143 3.5 113


El Salvador 69.2 2 5.8 89


Equatorial Guinea 20.7 28 19.9 28


Eritrea 17.8 36 0.5 166


Estonia 5.2 80 9.2 63


Ethiopia 22.5 22 0.4 170


Fiji 2.8 108 0.5 167


Finland 2.2 118 45.3 4


France 1.1 148 31.2 12


Gabon 13.8 48 14.0 44


Gambia 10.8 58 0.8 153


Georgia 4.3 88 7.3 77


Germany 0.8 162 30.3 15


Ghana 15.7 40 0.4 171


Greece 1.5 136 22.5 23


Guatemala 38.5 7 13.1 47


Guinea 22.5 23 1.2 142


Guinea-Bissau 20.2 29 1.6 125


Guyana 18.6 34 14.6 43


Haiti 6.9 75 0.6 160


Honduras 91.6 1 6.2 87


Hungary 1.3 142 5.5 90


Iceland 0.3 173 30.3 16


India 3.4 100 4.2 106


Indonesia 8.1 70 0.5 168


Iran 3.0 106 7.3 78


Iraq 2.0 124 34.2 8


Ireland 1.2 144 8.6 68


Israel 2.1 121 7.3 79


Italy 0.9 159 11.9 53


Jamaica 52.2 4 8.1 71


Japan 0.4 172 0.6 161


Jordan 1.8 127 11.5 56


Kazakhstan 8.8 65 1.3 139


Kenya 20.1 30 6.4 84


Kuwait 2.2 119 24.8 19


Kyrgyzstan 20.1 31 0.9 152


Laos 4.6 86 1.2 143


Latvia 3.1 104 19.0 30


Lebanon 2.2 120 21.0 27


Lesotho 35.2 11 2.7 119


Liberia 10.1 62 1.6 126


Libya 2.9 107 15.5 38


Lithuania 6.6 77 0.7 156


Luxembourg 2.5 112 15.3 39


Macedonia 1.9 126 24.1 20


Madagascar 8.1 71 0.8 154


Malawi 36.0 10 0.7 157


Malaysia 2.3 115 1.5 129


Maldives 1.6 132 6.5 83


Mali 8.0 72 1.1 147


Malta 1.0 155 11.9 54


Mauritania 14.7 45 1.6 127


Mauritius 2.5 113 14.7 42


Mexico 22.7 21 15.0 41


Moldova 7.5 74 7.1 80


Mongolia 8.7 67 1.9 122


Montenegro 3.5 96 23.1 21


Morocco 1.4 141 5.0 97


Mozambique 8.8 66 5.1 96


Myanmar 10.2 60 4.0 107


Namibia 17.2 37 12.6 49


Nepal 2.8 109 0.8 155


Netherlands 1.1 149 3.9 108


New Zealand 0.9 160 22.6 22


Nicaragua 13.6 49 7.7 74


Niger 3.8 93 0.7 158


Nigeria 12.2 53 1.5 130


North Korea 15.2 42 0.6 162


Norway 0.6 170 31.3 11


Oman 0.7 165 25.5 17


Pakistan 7.8 73 11.6 55


Palestine 4.1 91 3.4 114


Panama 21.6 26 21.7 26


Papua New Guinea 13.0 50 1.2 144


Paraguay 11.5 55 17.0 35


Peru 10.3 59 18.8 31


Philippines 5.4 79 4.7 101


Poland 1.1 150 1.3 140


Portugal 1.2 145 8.5 69


Qatar 0.9 161 19.2 29


Romania 2.0 125 0.7 159


Russia 10.2 61 8.9 65


Rwanda 17.1 38 0.6 163


Saudi Arabia 1.0 156 35.0 7


Senegal 8.7 68 2.0 121


Serbia 1.2 146 37.8 5


Seychelles 8.3 69 5.4 93


Sierra Leone 14.9 44 0.6 164


Singapore 0.3 174 0.5 169


Slovakia 1.5 137 8.3 70


Slovenia 0.7 166 13.5 45


Solomon Islands 3.7 94 0.4 172


Somalia 1.5 138 9.1 64


South Africa 31.8 13 12.7 48


South Korea 2.6 111 1.1 148


Spain 0.8 163 10.4 59


Sri Lanka 3.6 95 1.5 131


Sudan 24.2 20 5.5 91


Suriname 4.6 87 13.4 46


Swaziland 12.9 51 6.4 85


Sweden 1.0 157 31.6 10


Switzerland 0.7 167 45.7 3


Syria 2.3 116 3.9 109


Taiwan 3.2 103 4.6 103


Tajikistan 2.1 122 1.0 150


Tanzania 24.5 19 1.4 136


Thailand 4.8 84 15.6 37


Timor-Leste 6.9 76 0.3 173


Togo 10.9 57 1.0 151


Trinidad And Tobago 35.2 12 1.6 128


Tunisia 1.1 151 0.1 174


Turkey 3.3 101 12.5 51


Turkmenistan 4.2 89 3.8 110


Uganda 36.3 9 1.4 137


Ukraine 5.2 81 6.6 81


United Arab Emirates 0.8 164 22.1 24


United Kingdom 1.2 147 6.6 82


United States 4.8 85 88.8 1


Uruguay 5.9 78 31.8 9


Uzbekistan 3.1 105 1.5 132


Venezuela 45.1 5 10.7 58


Vietnam 1.6 133 1.7 124


Yemen 4.2 90 54.8 2


Zambia 38 8 8.9 66


Zimbabwe 14.3 47 4.6 104


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