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English: Percent ownership of handguns and firearms by country in 2004-2005. The percentages in the chart are by household.

Source: Table 18 on page 279 of Criminal Victimisation in International Perspective, by the International Crime Victims Survey. Table 18 heading: "Ownership of firearms and handguns in countries and main cities (percentages). 1989-2005 ICVS and 2005 EU ICS." From the report intro: "A large portion of the latest data in this report comes from the European Survey on Crime and Safety (EU ICS), organised by a consortium led by Gallup Europe, co-financed by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Technology Development."

Note the 2004-5 household numbers in the timeline chart in the article linked below. Those numbers match the 2004-5 numbers in Table 18 discussed above.

  • Self-Reported Gun Ownership in U.S. Is Highest Since 1993. By Lydia Saad. October 26, 2011. Gallup report. "Forty-seven percent of American adults currently report that they have a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property. This is up from 41% a year ago and is the highest Gallup has recorded since 1993, albeit marginally above the 44% and 45% highs seen during that period."... "The new result comes from Gallup's Oct. 6-9 Crime poll."
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Data table:

Percent of households with firearms
Country Firearm % Handgun %
Australia 6.2 0.3
Austria 15.1 5.6
Belgium 11.4 5.2
Bulgaria 9.7 6.6
Canada 15.5 2.9
Denmark 12.6 1.2
England & Wales 6.1 0.5
Estonia 7.0 3.6
Finland 37.9 6.3
France 16.1 3.7
Germany 12.5 4.2
Greece 20.6 1.4
Hungary 10.4 2.2
Iceland 23.5 1.4
Ireland 12.4 1.0
Italy 12.9 5.3
Japan 0.8 0.0
Luxembourg 12.3 7.0
Mexico 0.0 2.8
Netherlands 4.8 1.3
New Zealand 16.6 0.6
Northern Ireland 12.7 2.1
Norway 26.1 3.7
Poland 4.4 0.9
Portugal 18.3 3.9
Scotland 6.7 0.7
Spain 12.0 0.5
Sweden 19.3 1.6
Switzerland 28.6 10.3
United Kingdom 6.0 0.4
United States 42.8 17.6
Average 14.2 3.4

The averages come from the reference. "UK excluded to avoid double count".

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