Small Arms Survey

Formation| 1999
Headquarters| Geneva

Director

| Daniel de Torres

Parent organization

| Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Website| https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/

The Small Arms Survey (SAS) is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland . It provides information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence, as a resource for governments, policy-makers, researchers, and activists, as well as research on small arms issues.

The survey monitors national and international initiatives (governmental and non-governmental), and acts as a forum and clearinghouse for the sharing of information. It also disseminates best practice measures and initiatives dealing with small arms issues.

SAS's mandate is to look at all aspects of small arms and armed violence. It provides research and analysis by which to support governments to reduce the incidence of armed violence and illicit trafficking through evidence-based analysis.

The project's staff includes international experts in security studies, political science, law, international public policy, development studies, economics, conflict resolution, and sociology. The staff works closely with a worldwide network of researchers and partners.[1][2][3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Focus projects
* 3 2018 report
* 3.1 Global distribution of firearms
* 3.2 American gun ownership
* 4 Reception
* 5 Publications
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## History

The Small Arms Survey was established in 1999 «on the initiative» of Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)[4] and «in conjunction with other interested governments».[5] They placed the project under the tutelage of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID).[4]

In July 1999, Keith Krause (born 1960) became the founder and programme director. The Canadian political scientist, who wrote his PhD thesis at Oxford University on the issue of international arms transfers and has been a professor of international politics at the IHEID since 1994, remained in that position until December 2015.[6]

## Focus projects

The Small Arms Survey hosts the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development Secretariat.[7]

The Small Arms Survey's Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan project supports violence reduction initiatives, including disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programmes, incentive schemes for civilian arms collections and security sector reform, and arms control interventions across Sudan.[8][9]

The Security Assessment in North Africa project supports efforts to build a more secure environment in North Africa and the Sahel-Sahara region. The project produces evidence-based research and analysis on the availability and circulation of small arms, the dynamics of emerging armed groups, and related insecurity. The research stresses the effects of the recent uprisings and armed conflicts in the region on community safety.[10]

## 2018 report

In 2018, Small Arms Survey reported that there are over one billion small arms distributed globally, of which 857 million (about 85 percent) are in civilian hands.[11][12] According to Small Arms Survey's estimates, U.S. civilians alone account for 393 million (about 46 percent) of the worldwide total of civilian held firearms.[13][12] This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents."[12]

According to the report, the world's armed forces control about 133 million (about 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries: the Russian Federation (30.3 million) and China (27.5 million).[11] And, the world's law enforcement agencies control about 23 million (about 2 percent) of the global total of small arms.[11]

### Global distribution of firearms

Small Arms Survey estimates of worldwide firearms holdings, 2017[14][15][16][17]

Location  | Civilian held firearms  | Population 2017  | Civilian held firearms per 100 persons  | Military held firearms  | Law enforcement held firearms

|  |  |  |  |
Total firearms = approximately 1,013,000,000 | 857,000,000 | - | - | 133,000,000 | 23,000,000
Afghanistan | 4,270,000 | 34,169,000 | 12.5 | 331,170 | 239,000
Albania | 350,000 | 2,911,000 | 12.0 | 21,750 | 19,000
Algeria | 877,000 | 41,064,000 | 2.1 | 637,720 | 363,000
American Samoa | 400 | 56,000 | 0.7 | - | 90
Andorra | 10,000 | 69,000 | 14.1 | - | 976
Angola | 2,982,000 | 26,656,000 | 11.2 | 203,300 | 60,000
Antigua and Barbuda | 5,000 | 94,000 | 5.4 | 438 | 800
Argentina | 3,256,000 | 44,272,000 | 7.4 | 679,770 | 391,000
Armenia | 186,000 | 3,032,000 | 6.1 | 509,240 | 18,000
Aruba | 3,000 | 105,000 | 2.6 | - | 700
Australia | 3,573,000 | 24,642,000 | 14.5 | 214,520 | 69,000
Austria | 2,577,000 | 8,592,000 | 30.0 | 240,880 | 37,900
Azerbaijan | 362,000 | 9,974,000 | 3.6 | 537,920 | 18,000
Bahamas | 74,000 | 397,000 | 18.8 | 2,470 | 5,000
Bahrain | 181,000 | 1,419,000 | 12.8 | 25,796 | 20,000
Bangladesh | 659,000 | 164,828,000 | 0.4 | 410,305 | 333,000
Barbados | 10,000 | 286,000 | 3.5 | 1,675 | 2,000
Belarus | 581,000 | 9,459,000 | 6.1 | 780,600 | 165,000
Belgium | 1,451,000 | 11,444,000 | 12.7 | 80,880 | 78,000
Belize | 37,000 | 375,000 | 10.0 | 3,690 | 2,000
Benin | 33,000 | 11,459,000 | 0.3 | 8,700 | 26,000
Bermuda | 3,000 | 61,000 | 4.6 | - | 500
Bhutan | 6,000 | 793,000 | 0.8 | 15,200 | 4,000
Bolivia | 218,000 | 11,053,000 | 2.0 | 87,590 | 42,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,185,000 | 3,793,000 | 31.2 | 27,300 | 29,000
Botswana | 97,000 | 2,344,000 | 4.1 | 17,100 | 11,000
Brazil | 17,510,000 | 211,243,000 | 8.3 | 1,316,300 | 803,000
Brunei Darussalam | 6,000 | 434,000 | 1.4 | 20,220 | 4,000
Bulgaria | 590,000 | 7,045,000 | 8.4 | 176,640 | 59,400
Burkina Faso | 175,000 | 19,173,000 | 0.9 | 43,780 | 43,000
Burundi | 238,000 | 11,936,000 | 2.0 | 75,960 | 24,278
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) | 31,000 | 533,000 | 5.7 | 2,280 | 19,000
Cambodia | 717,000 | 16,076,000 | 4.5 | 258,670 | 64,000
Cameroon | 510,000 | 24,514,000 | 2.1 | 27,360 | 15,000
Canada | 12,708,000 | 36,626,000 | 34.7 | 233,949 | 103,000
Cayman Islands | 6,000 | 62,000 | 9.2 | - | 400
Central African Republic | 94,000 | 5,099,000 | 1.8 | 8,580 | 10,000
Chad | 151,000 | 14,965,000 | 1.0 | 25,020 | 34,000
Channel Islands | 23,000 | 165,000 | 14.0 | - | 500
Chile | 2,220,000 | 18,313,000 | 12.1 | 311,900 | 66,000
China | 49,735,000 | 1,388,233,000 | 3.6 | 27,466,400 | 1,971,000
China, Macao SAR | 22,000 | 606,000 | 3.6 | - | 4,000
Christmas Island | 0 | 2,000 | 0.0 | - | 50
Colombia | 4,971,000 | 49,068,000 | 10.1 | 350,689 | 283,000
Comoros | 12,000 | 826,000 | 1.5 | 600 | 2,000
Congo, Republic of | 119,000 | 4,866,000 | 2.4 | 12,000 | 11,000
Costa Rica | 493,000 | 4,906,000 | 10.0 | - | 17,000
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 1,049,000 | 23,816,000 | 4.4 | 33,045 | 15,000
Croatia | 576,000 | 4,210,000 | 13.7 | 75,120 | 39,000
Cuba | 234,000 | 11,390,000 | 2.1 | 958,100 | 42,000
Curaçao | 4,000 | 160,000 | 2.6 | - | 600
Cyprus, North | 61,000 | 349,000 | 17.4 | - | 2,000
Cyprus, Rep. of | 285,000 | 839,000 | 34.0 | 99,000 | 11,000
Czech Republic | 1,323,000 | 10,555,000 | 12.5 | 157,233 | 76,000
Democratic Republic of Congo | 946,000 | 82,243,000 | 1.2 | 161,100 | 46,000
Denmark | 567,000 | 5,712,000 | 9.9 | 124,120 | 20,000
Djibouti | 28,000 | 911,000 | 3.1 | 19,855 | 5,000
Dominica | 5,000 | 73,000 | 6.2 | - | 600
Dominican Republic | 795,000 | 10,767,000 | 7.4 | 106,495 | 46,000
Ecuador | 402,000 | 16,626,000 | 2.4 | 253,668 | 41,000
Egypt | 3,931,000 | 95,215,000 | 4.1 | 1,544,750 | 1,530,000
El Salvador | 737,000 | 6,167,000 | 12.0 | 127,840 | 30,000
England and Wales | 2,731,000 | 58,877,000 | 4.6 | - | 28,000
Equatorial Guinea | 112,000 | 894,000 | 12.5 | 2,760 | 2,000
Eritrea | 23,000 | 5,482,000 | 0.4 | 668,550 | 12,000
Estonia | 65,000 | 1,306,000 | 5.0 | 38,760 | 18,000
Ethiopia | 377,000 | 104,345,000 | 0.4 | 525,600 | 79,000
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2,000 | 3,000 | 62.1 | - | 30
Faroe Islands | 5,000 | 49,000 | 9.9 | - | 200
Fiji | 5,000 | 903,000 | 0.5 | 16,700 | 2,000
Finland | 1,793,000 | 5,541,000 | 32.4 | 475,030 | 14,000
France | 12,732,000 | 64,939,000 | 19.6 | 566,430 | 497,000
French Guiana | 55,000 | 283,000 | 19.6 | – | 2,000
French Polynesia | 7,000 | 289,000 | 2.5 | - | 400
Gabon | 61,000 | 1,801,000 | 3.4 | 5,640 | 4,000
Gambia | 137,000 | 2,120,000 | 6.5 | 1,080 | 5,000
Georgia | 402,000 | 3,973,000 | 10.1 | 63,950 | 41,000
Germany | 15,822,000 | 80,636,000 | 19.6 | 483,016 | 466,000
Ghana | 2,280,000 | 28,657,000 | 8.0 | 18,600 | 28,000
Gibraltar | 1,000 | 32,000 | 4.1 | - | 600
Greece | 1,920,000 | 10,893,000 | 17.6 | 642,510 | 99,000
Greenland | 13,000 | 56,000 | 22.3 | – | 300
Grenada | 5,000 | 108,000 | 4.6 | – | 1,000
Guadeloupe | 40,000 | 472,000 | 8.5 | - | 2,000
Guam | 20,000 | 174,000 | 11.5 | - | 500
Guatemala | 2,062,000 | 17,005,000 | 12.1 | 160,600 | 43,000
Guinea | 130,000 | 13,291,000 | 1.0 | 23,080 | 13,000
Guinea-Bissau | 29,000 | 1,933,000 | 1.5 | 10,260 | 4,000
Guyana | 122,000 | 774,000 | 15.8 | 10,890 | 4,000
Haiti | 291,000 | 10,983,000 | 2.6 | 380 | 15,000
Holy See | 0 | 1,000 | 0.0 | - | 200
Honduras | 1,171,000 | 8,305,000 | 14.1 | 107,720 | 29,000
Hong Kong SAR, China | 265,000 | 7,402,000 | 3.6 | - | 28,000
Hungary | 1,023,000 | 9,788,000 | 10.5 | 147,880 | 17,000
Iceland | 106,000 | 334,000 | 31.7 | 650 | 590
India | 71,101,000 | 1,342,513,000 | 5.3 | 3,900,000 | 1,700,000
Indonesia | 82,000 | 263,510,000 | 0.0 | 1,711,450 | 429,000
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5,890,000 | 80,946,000 | 7.3 | 3,333,550 | 98,000
Iraq | 7,588,000 | 38,654,000 | 19.6 | 611,000 | 56,000
Ireland | 342,000 | 4,749,000 | 7.2 | 26,636 | 3,000
Israel | 557,000 | 8,323,000 | 6.7 | 1,016,900 | 41,000
Italy | 8,609,000 | 59,798,000 | 14.4 | 502,960 | 273,000
Jamaica | 246,000 | 2,813,000 | 8.8 | 8,681 | 12,000
Japan | 377,000 | 126,045,000 | 0.3 | 745,514 | 252,000
Jordan | 1,473,000 | 7,877,000 | 18.7 | 286,450 | 60,000
Kazakhstan | 504,000 | 18,064,000 | 2.8 | 375,690 | 65,000
Kenya | 750,000 | 48,467,000 | 1.5 | 45,790 | 51,527
Kiribati | 900 | 116,000 | 0.8 | - | 200
Korea, DPR (North) | 76,000 | 25,405,000 | 0.3 | 8,363,100 | 76,000
Korea, Republic of (South) | 79,000 | 50,705,000 | 0.2 | 2,688,020 | 115,000
Kosovo | 436,000 | 1,831,000 | 23.8 | 9,500 | 21,000
Kuwait | 685,000 | 4,100,000 | 16.7 | 82,580 | 11,000
Kyrgyzstan | 171,000 | 6,125,000 | 2.8 | 145,010 | 18,000
Lao, People's Democratic Republic | 215,000 | 7,038,000 | 3.0 | 224,690 | 21,000
Latvia | 205,000 | 1,945,000 | 10.5 | 27,936 | 17,000
Lebanon | 1,927,000 | 6,039,000 | 31.9 | 130,150 | 41,000
Lesotho | 105,000 | 2,185,000 | 4.8 | 2,400 | 5,000
Liberia | 97,000 | 4,730,000 | 2.1 | 2,520 | 5,000
Libya | 851,000 | 6,409,000 | 13.3 | - | \-
Liechtenstein | 11,000 | 38,000 | 28.8 | - | 200
Lithuania | 385,000 | 2,831,000 | 13.6 | 81,240 | 17,000
Luxembourg | 110,000 | 584,000 | 18.9 | 2,340 | 5,000
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of | 621,000 | 2,083,000 | 29.8 | 29,530 | 21,000
Madagascar | 168,000 | 25,613,000 | 0.7 | 25,320 | 20,000
Malawi | 47,000 | 18,299,000 | 0.3 | 24,480 | 8,400
Malaysia | 217,000 | 31,164,000 | 0.7 | 428,170 | 102,000
Maldives | 23,000 | 376,000 | 6.2 | 9,500 | 3,000
Mali | 206,000 | 18,690,000 | 1.1 | 15,800 | 3,000
Malta | 119,000 | 421,000 | 28.3 | 5,547 | 1,637
Marshall Islands | 300 | 53,000 | 0.5 | - | 80
Martinique | 34,000 | 396,000 | 8.5 | - | 1,000
Mauritania | 120,000 | 4,266,000 | 2.8 | 22,820 | 10,000
Mauritius | 106,000 | 1,281,000 | 8.3 | 4,845 | 11,000
Mexico | 16,809,000 | 130,223,000 | 12.9 | 895,285 | 591,000
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 700 | 106,000 | 0.7 | - | 200
Moldova, Republic of | 121,000 | 4,055,000 | 3.0 | 98,600 | 21,000
Monaco | 7,000 | 38,000 | 19.6 | - | 1,000
Mongolia | 242,000 | 3,052,000 | 7.9 | 323,400 | 7,000
Montenegro | 245,000 | 626,000 | 39.1 | 5,396 | 8,000
Montserrat | 300 | 5,000 | 5.4 | - | 90
Morocco | 1,690,000 | 35,241,000 | 4.8 | 588,020 | 91,000
Mozambique | 1,337,000 | 29,538,000 | 4.5 | 60,000 | 24,000
Myanmar | 877,000 | 54,836,000 | 1.6 | 788,900 | 76,000
Namibia | 396,000 | 2,569,000 | 15.4 | 11,880 | 15,000
Nauru | 0 | 10,000 | 0.0 | - | 60
Nepal | 444,000 | 29,187,000 | 1.5 | 183,540 | 62,000
Netherlands | 442,000 | 17,033,000 | 2.6 | 108,676 | 96,000
New Caledonia | 115,000 | 270,000 | 42.5 | - | 700
New Zealand | 1,212,000 | 4,605,000 | 26.3 | 38,280 | 13,000
Nicaragua | 323,000 | 6,218,000 | 5.2 | 261,800 | 8,590
Niger | 117,000 | 21,564,000 | 0.5 | 11,110 | 10,000
Nigeria | 6,154,000 | 191,836,000 | 3.2 | 224,200 | 362,400
Northern Ireland | 206,000 | 1,873,000 | 11.0 | - | 13,000
Northern Mariana Islands | 1,000 | 56,000 | 2.6 | - | 80
Norway | 1,537,000 | 5,331,000 | 28.8 | 188,646 | 13,000
Oman | 792,000 | 4,741,000 | 16.7 | 118,360 | 31,000
Pakistan | 43,917,000 | 196,744,000 | 22.3 | 2,315,480 | 944,000
Palau | 100 | 22,000 | 0.5 | - | 30
Palestinian Territories | 56,000 | 4,952,000 | 1.1 | 44,410 | 33,000
Panama | 436,000 | 4,051,000 | 10.8 | - | 30,000
Papua New Guinea | 79,000 | 7,934,000 | 1.0 | 7,200 | 4,800
Paraguay | 1,140,000 | 6,812,000 | 16.7 | 235,780 | 21,000
Peru | 633,000 | 32,166,000 | 2.0 | 473,400 | 142,000
Philippines | 3,776,000 | 103,797,000 | 3.6 | 454,700 | 139,043
Poland | 968,000 | 38,564,000 | 2.5 | 307,200 | 188,000
Portugal | 2,186,000 | 10,265,000 | 21.3 | 333,640 | 89,000
Puerto Rico | 422,000 | 3,679,000 | 11.5 | - | 26,000
Puntland | 246,000 | 1,995,000 | 12.3 | 3,600 | 8,000
Qatar | 390,000 | 2,338,000 | 16.7 | 30,680 | 5,000
Réunion | 171,000 | 873,000 | 19.6 | - | 2,000
Romania | 506,000 | 19,238,000 | 2.6 | 240,180 | 251,000
Russian Federation | 17,620,000 | 143,375,000 | 12.3 | 30,272,900 | 2,432,000
Rwanda | 66,000 | 12,160,000 | 0.5 | 66,500 | 14,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,000 | 57,000 | 3.4 | - | 600
Saint Lucia | 6,000 | 188,000 | 3.4 | - | 1,000
Saint Martin (France) | 3,000 | 32,000 | 8.5 | - | 100
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,000 | 110,000 | 3.4 | - | 1,000
Samoa | 20,000 | 196,000 | 10.1 | - | 400
San Marino | 5,000 | 32,000 | 14.4 | - | 300
São Tomé and Principe | 7,000 | 198,000 | 3.4 | 570 | 100
Saudi Arabia | 5,468,000 | 32,743,000 | 16.7 | 481,350 | 214,000
Scotland | 305,000 | 5,436,000 | 5.6 | - | 2,000
Senegal | 323,000 | 16,054,000 | 2.0 | 16,320 | 6,000
Serbia | 2,719,000 | 6,946,000 | 39.1 | 384,422 | 53,100
Seychelles | 4,000 | 98,000 | 4.1 | 798 | 200
Sierra Leone | 35,000 | 6,733,000 | 0.5 | 10,200 | 12,000
Singapore | 20,000 | 5,785,000 | 0.3 | 574,140 | 9,000
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 2,000 | 40,000 | 4.2 | - | 300
Slovakia | 355,000 | 5,432,000 | 6.5 | 33,150 | 43,000
Slovenia | 324,000 | 2,071,000 | 15.6 | 131,686 | 13,000
Solomon Islands | 1,000 | 606,000 | 0.2 | - | 70
Somalia | 1,145,000 | 9,225,000 | 12.4 | 37,620 | 8,000
Somaliland | 456,000 | 3,823,000 | 11.9 | 23,750 | 4,000
South Africa | 5,351,000 | 55,436,000 | 9.7 | 350,636 | 250,481
South Sudan | 1,255,000 | 13,096,000 | 9.6 | 351,500 | 42,000
Spain | 3,464,000 | 46,070,000 | 7.5 | 333,660 | 264,196
Sri Lanka | 494,000 | 20,905,000 | 2.4 | 509,700 | 134,000
Sudan | 2,768,000 | 42,166,000 | 6.6 | 590,170 | 129,000
Suriname | 88,000 | 552,000 | 15.9 | 5,985 | 2,000
Swaziland | 64,000 | 1,320,000 | 4.8 | 5,700 | 4,000
Sweden | 2,296,000 | 9,921,000 | 23.1 | 139,180 | 38,000
Switzerland | 2,332,000 | 8,454,000 | 27.6 | 324,484 | 34,000
Syrian Arab Republic | 1,547,000 | 18,907,000 | 8.2 | 655,500 | 124,000
Taiwan (Republic of China) | 10,000 | 23,405,000 | 0.0 | 2,022,150 | 76,000
Tajikistan | 37,000 | 8,858,000 | 0.4 | 56,490 | 9,000
Tanzania, United Republic of Africa | 427,000 | 56,878,000 | 0.8 | 190,050 | 37,000
Thailand | 10,342,000 | 68,298,000 | 15.1 | 1,052,815 | 230,000
Timor-Leste (East Timor) | 3,000 | 1,237,000 | 0.3 | 2,527 | 4,000
Togo | 58,000 | 7,692,000 | 0.8 | 12,850 | 5,000
Tonga | 9,000 | 108,000 | 8.0 | - | 200
Trinidad and Tobago | 43,000 | 1,369,000 | 3.2 | 7,695 | 9,000
Tunisia | 123,000 | 11,495,000 | 1.1 | 68,020 | 73,000
Turkey | 13,249,000 | 80,418,000 | 16.5 | 1,390,180 | 620,000
Turkmenistan | 23,000 | 5,503,000 | 0.4 | 184,700 | 27,000
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,000 | 35,000 | 3.3 | - | 100
Tuvalu | 100 | 10,000 | 1.2 | - | 26
Uganda | 331,000 | 41,653,000 | 0.8 | 116,660 | 54,000
Ukraine | 4,396,000 | 44,405,000 | 9.9 | 6,600,000 | 289,000
United Arab Emirates | 1,569,000 | 9,398,000 | 16.7 | 163,800 | 41,000
United Kingdom
Combined civilian, military and law enforcement numbers for (England and Wales), (Northern Ireland) & (Scotland). | 3,242,000 | 66,186,000 | 4.9 | 539,680 | 43,000
United States of America | 393,347,000 | 326,474,000 | 120.5 | 4,535,380 | 1,016,000
Uruguay | 1,198,000 | 3,457,000 | 34.7 | 62,130 | 30,000
Uzbekistan | 127,000 | 30,691,000 | 0.4 | 268,400 | 150,000
Vanuatu | 11,000 | 276,000 | 3.9 | - | 350
Venezuela | 5,895,000 | 31,926,000 | 18.5 | 353,300 | 173,000
Vietnam | 1,562,000 | 95,415,000 | 1.6 | 3,829,200 | 285,000
Virgin Islands (U.K.) | 300 | 31,000 | 0.8 | - | 500
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 18,000 | 107,000 | 16.6 | - | 300
Yemen | 14,859,000 | 28,120,000 | 52.8 | 28,500 | \-
Zambia | 158,000 | 17,238,000 | 0.9 | 41,040 | 16,000
Zimbabwe | 455,000 | 16,338,000 | 2.8 | 91,580 | 23,000

### American gun ownership

American gun show, Houston, Texas

American civilians own over 393 million guns. "Americans made up 4 percent of the world's population but owned about 46 percent of the entire global stock of 857 million civilian firearms."[18] That is three times as many guns as the combined stockpile of the world's armed forces.[19] American civilians own more guns "than those held by civilians in the other top 25 countries combined."[20]

"American civilians own nearly 100 times as many firearms as the U.S. military and nearly 400 times as many as law enforcement."[21] Americans bought more than 2 million guns in May 2018 alone.[21] That is more than twice as many guns, as possessed by every law enforcement agency in the United States put together.[21] In April and May 2018, Americans bought 4.7 million guns, which is more than all the firearms stockpiled by the United States military.[21] In 2017, Americans bought 25.2 million guns, 2.5 million more guns than possessed by every law enforcement agency in the world put together.[21] Between 2012 and 2017, Americans bought 135 million guns, that's 2 million more guns than the combined stockpile of all the world's armed forces.[21]

## Reception

The Small Arms Survey's reports are widely used and considered to be accurate, though all of the figures involve "some degree of estimation", and estimates for certain countries are highly uncertain.[22][23]

In response to a report about the number of firearms in Finland, the Finnish Ministry of the Interior issued a statement saying that the number was inflated and completely wrong.[24][25]

## Publications

The project's flagship publication is the Small Arms Survey, an annual review of global small arms issues such as production, stockpiles, brokering, legal and illicit arms transfers, the effects of small arms, and national, bilateral, and multilateral measures to deal with the problems associated with small arms.[26] Published by Cambridge University Press, it is recognized as the principal international source of impartial and reliable information on all aspects of small arms. It is widely used by policy-makers, government officials and non-governmental organizations.[27]

* The Small Arms Survey 2007, titled Guns in the City.[28]
* The Small Arms Survey 2009, titled Shadows of War.[29]
* The Small Arms Survey 2010, titled Gangs, Groups, and Guns.[30]
* The Small Arms Survey 2011, titled States of Security.[31]
* The Small Arms Survey 2012, titled Moving Targets[32]
* The Small Arms Survey 2013, titled Everyday Dangers[33]
* The Small Arms Survey 2014, titled Women and Guns.[34]
* The Small Arms Survey 2015, titled Weapons and the World.[35]
* The Small Arms Survey 2018, titled Small Arms Survey reveals: More than one billion firearms in the world.[11]
* The Small Arms Survey 2018, titled Estimating Global Civilian Held Firearms Numbers.[36][15]
* The Small Arms Survey 2018, titled Estimating Global Military Owned Firearms Numbers.[37][16]
* The Small Arms Survey 2018, titled Estimating Global Law Enforcement Firearms Numbers.[38][17]

In addition to its annual yearbook, the Small Arms Survey publishes a wide range of periodical research findings. These include a Book Series, Occasional Papers, Special Reports, Working Papers, and short Issue Briefs and Research Notes.[35] These publications present substantial research findings on data, methodological, and conceptual issues related to small arms or detailed country and regional case studies. Most of these are published in hard copy and are also accessible on the project's web site.[2]

## See also

* Conflict Armament Research
* Gun ownership
* Gun politics
* Small arms
* Small arms proliferation

## References

1. ↑ "Home". Small Arms Survey. 2011-06-10. http://www.smallarmssurvey.org.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Small Arms Survey | GPPlatform". Gpplatform.ch. http://www.gpplatform.ch/node/1876.
3. ↑ "The Graduate Institute – Geneva; Small Arms Survey". Un-instraw.org. 2010-12-16. http://www.un-instraw.org/gtcop/wiki/item/87-the-graduate-institute-geneva-small-arms-survey.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "IUHEI: Small Arms Survey (SAS) - Texts". https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Texte/?ProjectID=27870&Sprache=en-US.
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