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Duquet, Nils and Maarten Van Alstein. 2015 ‘Number of Gun Owners in the European Union (2013).’ Firearms and Violent Deaths in Europe: An Exploratory Analysis of the Linkages Between Gun Ownership, Firearms Legislation and Violent Death; Chapter 1 (Figure 3), pp. 11-12. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute. 25 June

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Flash Eurobarometer 383: Firearms in the European Union (2013)

A more recent self-reporting study that included a question on gun ownership is the 2013 Eurobarometer poll on firearms policy (Figure 3). This study reported that 5% of the population in the European Union own a firearm and another 5% used to own a firearm. There are currently at least 25 million gun owners in the EU…

Figure 3: Estimates of gun ownership in Europe according to Eurobarometer, 2013

Country: % of respondents that own a firearm - % of respondents that used to own a firearm

Cyprus: 18 - 13
Finland: 13 - 3
Slovenia: 9 - 4
Lithuania: 8 - 6
Sweden: 8 - 4
Bulgaria: 7 - 7
Denmark: 7 - 7
France: 7 - 7
Austria: 7 - 4
Greece: 7 - 3
Croatia: 6 - 11
Ireland: 7 - 7
Portugal: 6 - 7
Czech Republic: 6 - 5
Italy: 6 - 3
Germany: 5 - 7
Latvia: 5 - 6
Luxembourg: 5 - 5
Spain: 5 - 4
Malta: 5 - 2
Belgium: 3 - 7
Estonia: 3 - 6
Hungary: 3 - 4
Romania: 2 - 6
Poland: 2 - 5
United Kingdom: 2 - 4
Netherlands: 1 - 4

Source: Eurobarometer (2013), Firearms in the European Union, Flash Eurobarometer 383, T12.

ID: Q12047

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