Data for 2012

Global Violent Deaths, 2012

Figures for 2012, as Small Arms Survey published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Violent Deaths, 2012 covers 209 countries. Syria is highest, at 232.42; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 5.42. Against 2011, 200 values changed (84 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Global Violent Deaths · Data for 2012

HighestSyria

232.42

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
2012the year it describes
189distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Small Arms Survey.
derived
1	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	232.42
2	HondurasHNDCentral America	95.87
3	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	83.76
4	VenezuelaVENSouth America	83.05
5	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	59.22
6	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	57.81
7	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	54.22
8	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	52.18
9	BelizeBLZCentral America	49.70
10	ColombiaCOLSouth America	43.40
11	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	42.10
12	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	38.83
13	BahamasBHSCaribbean	37.96
14	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	37.22
15	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	36.06
16	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	35.84
17	BrazilBRASouth America	34.53
18	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	33.08
19	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	32.51
20	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	32.45
21	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	31.74
22	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	30.43
23	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	28.79
24	IraqIRQWestern Asia	26.99
25	MexicoMEXCentral America	25.77
26	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	25.47
27	GuyanaGUYSouth America	22.77
28	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	20.32
29	PanamaPANCentral America	19.41
30	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	19.18
31	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	18.62
32	YemenYEMWestern Asia	18.10
33	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	18.03
34	NicaraguaNICCentral America	17.99
35	EritreaERIEastern Africa	17.01
36	MaliMLIWestern Africa	16.85
37	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	16.15
38	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	15.94
39	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	14.89
40	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	14.68
41	EcuadorECUSouth America	14.30
42	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	14.18
43	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	14.02
44	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	13.61
45	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	13.57
46	BoliviaBOLSouth America	13.54
47	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	13.27
48	HaitiHTICaribbean	12.49
49	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	12.47
50	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	12.46
51	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	12.06
52	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	11.74
53	ParaguayPRYSouth America	11.65
54	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	11.37
55	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11.36
56	DominicaDMACaribbean	11.27
57	GuineaGINWestern Africa	11.26
58	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	11.12
59	TogoTGOWestern Africa	10.94
60	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	10.87
61	BermudaBMUNorthern America	10.81
62	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	10.80
63	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	10.72
64	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	10.39
65	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	10.33
66	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	10.02
67	Costa RicaCRICentral America	9.98
68	GabonGABMiddle Africa	9.72
69	UruguayURYSouth America	9.59
70	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	9.53
71	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	9.52
72	SenegalSENWestern Africa	9.48
73	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	9.09
=74	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	8.81
=74	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	8.81
76	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	8.74
77	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	8.70
78	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	8.60
79	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	8.46
80	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	8.18
81	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	8.11
82	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	7.77
83	PeruPERSouth America	7.67
84	KenyaKENEastern Africa	7.63
85	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	7.62
86	ArgentinaARGSouth America	7.58
87	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	7.04
88	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	6.91
89	SurinameSURSouth America	6.84
90	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	6.48
91	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	6.47
92	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	6.45
93	BeninBENWestern Africa	6.42
94	CubaCUBCaribbean	6.34
95	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	6.21
96	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	6.12
97	United StatesUSANorthern America	5.97
98	UkraineUKREastern Europe	5.91
99	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	5.76
100	NigerNERWestern Africa	5.73
101	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	5.68
=102	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	5.67
=102	PalauPLWMicronesia	5.67
104	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	5.44
105	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	5.42
106	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	5.35
=107	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	5.29
=107	SamoaWSMPolynesia	5.29
109	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	4.91
110	ArubaABWCaribbean	4.87
111	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	4.78
112	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	4.60
113	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	4.51
=114	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	4.32
=114	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	4.32
116	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	4.19
117	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	4.16
118	BelarusBLREastern Europe	4.15
119	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3.91
120	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3.79
121	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3.77
122	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3.58
123	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	3.56
124	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.52
125	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3.40
126	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.26
127	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.24
128	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	3.20
129	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	3.17
130	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	3.08
131	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	3.02
132	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.01
133	ChileCHLSouth America	2.87
134	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2.80
135	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2.68
136	FijiFJIMelanesia	2.66
137	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.60
138	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	2.55
139	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	2.51
140	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	2.40
141	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	2.39
142	JordanJORWestern Asia	2.30
143	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	2.29
144	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2.21
145	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	2.20
=146	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	2.14
=146	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.14
=148	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.09
=148	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	2.09
150	IsraelISRWestern Asia	2.04
151	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.00
152	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	1.98
153	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	1.95
154	GuamGUMMicronesia	1.88
=155	CanadaCANNorthern America	1.87
=155	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.87
157	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1.79
=158	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	1.77
=158	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	1.77
160	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.73
161	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	1.70
=162	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1.59
=162	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	1.59
=164	FranceFRAWestern Europe	1.45
=164	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	1.45
166	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.43
167	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	1.37
168	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	1.35
=169	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1.33
=169	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	1.33
171	OmanOMNWestern Asia	1.29
=172	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	1.28
=172	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	1.28
174	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	1.25
175	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	1.24
176	PolandPOLEastern Europe	1.23
177	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	1.21
178	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.14
179	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	1.07
180	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	1.05
181	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1.03
=182	ItalyITASouthern Europe	1.02
=182	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	1.02
184	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1.00
185	TongaTONPolynesia	0.97
186	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.96
=187	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.95
=187	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.95
189	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.91
190	MacauMACEastern Asia	0.89
191	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.85
=192	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.81
=192	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.81
194	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.78
195	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.69
196	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.65
197	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.62
198	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.45
199	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.38
200	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	0.37
201	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.36
202	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.31
203	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.24
=204	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.00
=204	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.00
=204	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.00
=204	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	0.00
=204	NauruNRUMicronesia	0.00
=204	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.00

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

204San Marinoshared0.00
204Naurushared0.00
204Monacoshared0.00
204Luxembourgshared0.00
204Liechtensteinshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 209 in both
84 · 116rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Syria46.30 → 232.42+186.12
Botswana6.35 → 32.51+26.16
Greenland1.77 → 15.94+14.17
Somalia21.45 → 31.74+10.29
Grenada4.68 → 14.89+10.21

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis78.88 → 42.10−36.78
El Salvador87.35 → 54.22−33.13
Seychelles18.50 → 3.24−15.26
Cayman Islands12.09 → 1.70−10.39
Côte d’Ivoire22.28 → 14.18−8.10

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

189 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.
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Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

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Small Arms Survey (2012). Global Violent Deaths, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/violent-deaths/2012

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