Indexes/Safety

Safety Index

Personal and civil safety — violent crime, property crime, and the risk of disorder or conflict spilling into daily life.

Median: 58
Mean: 55
Top decile from: 88
Highest: 98

What this index measures

High · scored 0–100

01
Violent and property crime rates
02
Civil unrest and conflict exposure
03
Rule of law and policing quality

Safety is the least volatile signal in the set. Movements of more than a few points between editions usually reflect a real political event.

How the score is weighted

Each input is normalised to 0–100 across all 209 jurisdictions, then combined at the weights below. Weights sum to 100 and are held constant across every jurisdiction in an edition, so scores stay comparable.

High in the composite

Violent crime35% of the score
Homicide and assault rates per capita.
Property crime20% of the score
Theft, burglary and fraud exposure.
Conflict and civil unrest25% of the score
Internal conflict, protest violence, terrorism risk.
Rule of law and policing20% of the score
Order, security and criminal justice quality.

Who leads it

The ten highest scores on this signal, with their overall standing beside them — the gap between the two columns is the trade-off.

01
Iceland
Europe
98ovr 70
02
Vatican City
Europe
98ovr 64
03
Switzerland
Europe
95ovr 72
04
Monaco
Europe
95ovr 72
05
Liechtenstein
Europe
95ovr 69
06
Andorra
Europe
92ovr 75
07
New Zealand
Oceania
92ovr 73
08
Isle of Man
Europe
92ovr 73
09
Jersey
Europe
92ovr 73
10
Guernsey
Europe
92ovr 73

Distribution · top 60 scoresrange 0–98

How regions compare

Average score per region against its best case. A wide gap means the region is worth searching; a narrow one means the whole region behaves the same way.

Europe
79 / 98
Oceania
62 / 92
Asia
56 / 88
Americas
51 / 88
Africa
39 / 72
Middle East
37 / 68

Full ranking

#	Jurisdiction	Region	Safety	Overall
001	Iceland	Europe	98	70
002	Vatican City	Europe	98	64
003	Switzerland	Europe	95	72
004	Monaco	Europe	95	72
005	Liechtenstein	Europe	95	69
006	Andorra	Europe	92	75
007	New Zealand	Oceania	92	73
008	Isle of Man	Europe	92	73
009	Jersey	Europe	92	73
010	Guernsey	Europe	92	73
011	Finland	Europe	92	68
012	Luxembourg	Europe	92	67
013	Norway	Europe	92	66
014	Portugal	Europe	90	75
015	San Marino	Europe	90	73
016	Denmark	Europe	90	65
017	Cayman Islands	Americas	88	77
018	Gibraltar	Europe	88	76
019	Cyprus	Europe	88	75
020	Singapore	Asia	88	73
021	Slovenia	Europe	88	68
022	Austria	Europe	88	67
023	Ireland	Europe	88	66
024	Japan	Asia	88	65
025	Estonia	Europe	85	75
026	Bermuda	Americas	85	73
027	Malta	Europe	85	72
028	Netherlands	Europe	85	67
029	Czech Republic	Europe	85	67
030	Sweden	Europe	85	66
031	British Virgin Islands	Americas	82	74
032	Spain	Europe	82	72
033	Australia	Oceania	82	70
034	Lithuania	Europe	82	68
035	Taiwan	Asia	82	67
036	Canada	Americas	82	66
037	South Korea	Asia	82	65
038	Slovakia	Europe	82	64
039	Latvia	Europe	80	69
040	Germany	Europe	80	68
041	Croatia	Europe	78	67
042	Brunei	Asia	78	64
043	Belgium	Europe	78	64
044	Macau	Asia	78	62
045	Italy	Europe	75	66
046	Poland	Europe	75	64
047	United Kingdom	Europe	75	62
048	Hungary	Europe	75	61
049	Montenegro	Europe	72	70
050	Mauritius	Africa	72	67
051	Uruguay	Americas	72	66
052	Romania	Europe	72	63
053	Cape Verde	Africa	72	61
054	Hong Kong	Asia	72	60
055	Greece	Europe	70	67
056	Bulgaria	Europe	70	66
057	France	Europe	70	65
058	St Kitts and Nevis	Americas	68	71
059	Grenada	Americas	68	70
060	Chile	Americas	68	65
061	Serbia	Europe	68	64
062	Oman	Middle East	68	63
063	Seychelles	Africa	68	62
064	North Macedonia	Europe	68	61
065	Botswana	Africa	68	58
066	Cook Islands	Oceania	68	58
067	Niue	Oceania	68	55
068	Bhutan	Asia	68	52
069	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	65	70
070	Vanuatu	Oceania	65	64
071	Albania	Europe	65	62
072	Tonga	Oceania	65	55
073	Moldova	Europe	65	55
074	Belarus	Europe	65	50
075	St Lucia	Americas	62	69
076	Dominica	Americas	62	68
077	Barbados	Americas	62	65
078	Maldives	Asia	62	62
079	Tunisia	Africa	62	59
080	Qatar	Middle East	62	59
081	Fiji	Oceania	62	58
082	Kazakhstan	Asia	62	57
083	Armenia	Asia	62	57
084	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	62	57
085	Rwanda	Africa	62	55
086	Samoa	Oceania	62	55
087	Palau	Oceania	62	53
088	Cuba	Americas	62	50
089	Mongolia	Asia	62	50
090	Uzbekistan	Asia	62	49
091	China	Asia	62	46
092	Kosovo	Europe	60	54
093	Tuvalu	Oceania	60	50
094	Bahamas	Americas	58	69
095	Malaysia	Asia	58	66
096	Bahrain	Middle East	58	60
097	Morocco	Africa	58	59
098	St Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	58	59
099	Ghana	Africa	58	57
100	Namibia	Africa	58	56
101	Vietnam	Asia	58	56
102	Marshall Islands	Oceania	58	51
103	Azerbaijan	Asia	58	51
104	Sao Tome & Principe	Africa	58	50
105	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	58	49
106	Nauru	Oceania	58	48
107	Turkmenistan	Asia	58	41
108	Panama	Americas	55	68
109	Costa Rica	Americas	55	66
110	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	55	59
111	Senegal	Africa	55	54
112	Jordan	Middle East	55	54
113	Micronesia	Oceania	55	50
114	Nepal	Asia	55	49
115	Kiribati	Oceania	55	48
116	Laos	Asia	55	48
117	Timor-Leste	Asia	55	48
118	Georgia	Europe	52	69
119	Israel	Middle East	52	62
120	Belize	Americas	52	58
121	Argentina	Americas	52	58
122	Indonesia	Asia	52	57
123	Kuwait	Middle East	52	56
124	Sri Lanka	Asia	52	53
125	Tanzania	Africa	52	52
126	Tajikistan	Asia	52	44
127	Turkey	Asia	50	60
128	India	Asia	48	54
129	Cambodia	Asia	48	51
130	Suriname	Americas	48	50
131	Benin	Africa	48	48
132	Gambia	Africa	48	48
133	Malawi	Africa	48	48
134	Madagascar	Africa	48	48
135	Solomon Islands	Oceania	48	48
136	Russia	Europe	48	48
137	Eswatini	Africa	48	47
138	Algeria	Africa	48	47
139	Djibouti	Africa	48	46
140	Comoros	Africa	48	46
141	Peru	Americas	45	56
142	Guyana	Americas	45	50
143	Thailand	Asia	42	60
144	Brazil	Americas	42	58
145	Dominican Republic	Americas	42	55
146	Ecuador	Americas	42	55
147	Kenya	Africa	42	52
148	Philippines	Asia	42	52
149	Bolivia	Americas	42	50
150	Ivory Coast	Africa	42	49
151	Zambia	Africa	42	49
152	Nicaragua	Americas	42	49
153	Egypt	Africa	42	49
154	Gabon	Africa	42	46
155	Togo	Africa	42	46
156	Mauritania	Africa	42	42
157	Paraguay	Americas	40	62
158	Colombia	Americas	40	61
159	UAE	Middle East	38	59
160	USA	Americas	38	53
161	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	38	53
162	Guatemala	Americas	38	51
163	Uganda	Africa	38	47
164	Sierra Leone	Africa	38	46
165	Mozambique	Africa	38	46
166	Bangladesh	Asia	38	45
167	Lesotho	Africa	38	44
168	Cameroon	Africa	38	44
169	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	38	39
170	Iran	Middle East	38	38
171	Mexico	Americas	35	61
172	South Africa	Africa	35	57
173	El Salvador	Americas	35	50
174	Liberia	Africa	35	44
175	Zimbabwe	Africa	35	43
176	Eritrea	Africa	35	34
177	North Korea	Asia	35	31
178	Jamaica	Americas	32	52
179	Nigeria	Africa	32	44
180	Angola	Africa	32	43
181	Pakistan	Asia	32	43
182	Guinea	Africa	32	42
183	Ethiopia	Africa	32	42
184	Congo	Africa	32	41
185	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	32	40
186	Burundi	Africa	32	40
187	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	28	43
188	Lebanon	Middle East	25	42
189	Burkina Faso	Africa	25	40
190	Western Sahara	Africa	25	31
191	Honduras	Americas	22	46
192	Niger	Africa	18	36
193	Mali	Africa	15	36
194	Chad	Africa	15	34
195	Iraq	Middle East	15	34
196	DR Congo	Africa	12	34
197	Venezuela	Americas	8	35
198	Haiti	Americas	8	32
199	Central African Republic	Africa	5	29
200	Libya	Africa	5	28
201	Ukraine	Europe	0	39
202	Myanmar	Asia	0	32
203	Palestine	Middle East	0	30
204	Syria	Middle East	0	27
205	Sudan	Africa	0	26
206	South Sudan	Africa	0	26
207	Somalia	Africa	0	26
208	Yemen	Middle East	0	26
209	Afghanistan	Asia	0	24

At the other end

The five lowest scores on this signal: Afghanistan (0), Yemen (0), Somalia (0), South Sudan (0), Sudan (0). A weak score here is not disqualifying on its own — read it against the composite.

Where this comes from

Each input is normalised to a 0–100 scale and weighted into the score above. We cite the underlying publication rather than the aggregator wherever one exists.

Edition 2026.1 · reviewed quarterly

01Global Peace Index
Institute for Economics & Peace
Conflict exposure, militarisation and societal safety scoring.
02Global Study on Homicide
UNODC
Violent crime rates on a comparable per-capita basis.
03Rule of Law Index
World Justice Project
Order, security and criminal justice sub-factors.