Now that's a stat to start the weekend off with. Just goes to prove what a screwed up planet we live on.

Some more.......

  • You're more likely to be murdered if aged between 15 and 49 (In 2017 approx. 75% of those murdered belonged in this age range.)


  • El Salvador tops the list for most gun related murders per 100,000 people in 2017, followed closely by Venezuela. There's a sizeable gap to Guatemala in third. Honduras was 4th, Colombia 5th, Jamaica 6th, U.S Virgin Islands 7th, Puerto Rico 8th, Brazil 9th and Bahamas 10th.


  • The Philippines ranks 17th in the above list and is ranked the worst country in the world outside of South & Central America, and the Caribbean.


  • Singapore tops the list for the least amount of gun related murders per 100,000 people in 2017, followed by 2) Japan 3) Indonesia 4) South Korea 5) China 6) Oman 7) United Kingdom 8) Iceland 9) Bangladesh 10) Romania.


  • In comparison......El Salvador (#1) had 41.32 gun related deaths per 100,000, Brazil 20.41, Mexico 11.49, The Philippines 9.54, USA 4.63, Afghanistan 4.55, South Africa 4.30, Thailand 3.38, Greenland 1.90, Russia 0.84, Canada 0.50, Australia 0.18, North Korea 0.11, United Kingdom 0.06, China 0.04, Singapore 0.02


  • Out of the home nations, the country with the lowest gun related murders per 100,000 was England!