Data for 2008

Global Violent Deaths, 2008

Figures for 2008, as Small Arms Survey published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Violent Deaths, 2008 covers 209 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 80.81; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 5.79. Against 2007, 195 values changed (107 up, 88 down), 1 country joined.

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Global Violent Deaths · Data for 2008

HighestVenezuela

80.81

Lowest6 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

209countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
188distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Global Violent Deaths, 2008, as published. Small Arms Survey ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Global Violent Deaths, 2008: every country, as published by Small Arms Survey.
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1	VenezuelaVENSouth America	80.81
2	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	79.62
3	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	67.29
4	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	66.03
5	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	65.14
6	HondurasHNDCentral America	64.59
7	IraqIRQWestern Asia	56.63
8	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	53.97
9	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	51.68
10	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	51.20
11	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	50.58
12	ColombiaCOLSouth America	46.22
13	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	42.55
14	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	41.32
15	BelizeBLZCentral America	38.78
16	BrazilBRASouth America	32.03
17	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	31.62
18	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	27.91
19	BahamasBHSCaribbean	27.35
20	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	27.06
21	GuyanaGUYSouth America	25.98
22	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	25.44
23	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	24.57
24	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	24.19
25	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	23.81
26	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	22.74
27	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	21.99
28	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	21.08
29	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	20.82
30	EcuadorECUSouth America	20.64
31	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	20.27
32	NicaraguaNICCentral America	20.03
33	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	19.92
34	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	17.53
35	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	17.07
36	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	16.86
37	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	16.16
38	PanamaPANCentral America	16.13
39	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	15.84
40	ParaguayPRYSouth America	15.77
41	MaliMLIWestern Africa	15.18
42	EritreaERIEastern Africa	14.95
43	MexicoMEXCentral America	14.84
=44	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	14.83
=44	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	14.83
46	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	13.51
47	PeruPERSouth America	13.40
48	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	13.28
49	Costa RicaCRICentral America	13.20
50	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	13.12
51	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	12.92
52	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	12.64
53	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	12.09
54	GuineaGINWestern Africa	11.87
55	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11.79
56	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	11.72
57	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	11.58
58	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	11.41
59	DominicaDMACaribbean	11.29
60	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11.21
61	GabonGABMiddle Africa	11.13
62	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	10.78
63	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	10.68
64	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	10.60
65	YemenYEMWestern Asia	10.51
66	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	10.35
67	SenegalSENWestern Africa	9.99
68	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	9.96
69	SamoaWSMPolynesia	9.82
70	BoliviaBOLSouth America	9.78
71	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	9.74
72	SurinameSURSouth America	9.48
73	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	9.39
=74	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	9.29
=74	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	9.29
76	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	9.27
77	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	9.24
78	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	9.13
79	BermudaBMUNorthern America	9.10
80	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	8.57
81	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	8.29
82	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	8.14
=83	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	8.11
=83	UruguayURYSouth America	8.11
85	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	8.10
86	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	7.63
87	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	7.38
88	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	7.31
89	HaitiHTICaribbean	7.09
90	ArgentinaARGSouth America	6.88
=91	BelarusBLREastern Europe	6.72
=91	KenyaKENEastern Africa	6.72
93	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6.67
94	United StatesUSANorthern America	6.65
95	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	6.63
96	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	6.59
97	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	6.54
98	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	6.48
99	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	6.41
100	NigerNERWestern Africa	6.38
101	BeninBENWestern Africa	6.23
102	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	6.22
103	UkraineUKREastern Europe	6.15
104	ArubaABWCaribbean	5.92
105	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	5.79
106	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	5.68
107	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	5.67
108	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	5.53
109	PalauPLWMicronesia	5.35
110	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	5.34
111	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	5.29
=112	CubaCUBCaribbean	5.27
=112	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	5.27
114	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	5.25
115	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	5.11
=116	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	4.84
=116	TongaTONPolynesia	4.84
118	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	4.75
119	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	4.51
120	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	4.37
121	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	4.36
122	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	4.24
123	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4.17
124	ChileCHLSouth America	4.05
125	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	4.01
=126	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	3.79
=126	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	3.79
128	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	3.78
129	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3.56
130	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3.49
131	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	3.46
132	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	3.40
133	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.37
134	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3.14
135	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	3.13
136	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.01
137	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	2.90
138	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.87
139	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	2.82
140	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2.68
141	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	2.67
142	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2.63
143	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	2.53
144	IsraelISRWestern Asia	2.45
145	FijiFJIMelanesia	2.37
146	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	2.26
147	CanadaCANNorthern America	2.20
148	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	2.18
149	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	2.13
150	JordanJORWestern Asia	2.12
151	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	2.11
=152	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	2.08
=152	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	2.08
154	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.02
155	OmanOMNWestern Asia	1.96
156	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	1.95
157	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1.93
=158	FranceFRAWestern Europe	1.90
=158	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1.90
160	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	1.88
161	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	1.85
162	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	1.83
163	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.78
164	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	1.75
165	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	1.70
166	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	1.67
167	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	1.66
=168	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1.60
=168	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1.60
170	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1.55
171	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	1.50
172	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	1.47
173	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	1.46
174	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	1.42
=175	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	1.38
=175	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	1.38
=177	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1.31
=177	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	1.31
179	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	1.27
180	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.26
181	ItalyITASouthern Europe	1.20
=182	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	1.19
=182	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	1.19
184	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	1.13
185	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	1.06
186	SpainESPSouthern Europe	1.04
187	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	1.01
188	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.98
=189	MacauMACEastern Asia	0.97
=189	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.97
191	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.92
192	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.86
193	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.82
=194	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.80
=194	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.80
196	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.75
197	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.72
198	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.65
199	GuamGUMMicronesia	0.63
200	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.61
=201	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.59
=201	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.59
203	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.26
=204	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.00
=204	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	0.00
=204	NauruNRUMicronesia	0.00
=204	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.00
=204	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.00
=204	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	0.00

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

204Tuvalushared0.00
204São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.00
204San Marinoshared0.00
204Naurushared0.00
204Monacoshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.79. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 208 in both
107 · 88rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka34.41 → 67.29+32.88
Saint Kitts and Nevis37.68 → 53.97+16.29
Trinidad and Tobago37.75 → 51.20+13.45
Georgia9.31 → 22.74+13.43
Honduras53.24 → 64.59+11.35

Fell most

Iraq116.25 → 56.63−59.62
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines42.39 → 17.53−24.86
Afghanistan32.95 → 25.44−7.51
Colombia53.20 → 46.22−6.98
El Salvador72.28 → 66.03−6.25

+ Kosovo

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

188 distinct values among 209
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
Small Arms Survey publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

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Small Arms Survey (2008). Global Violent Deaths, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/violent-deaths/2008

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