Safety & security

Freedom from violent crime, political violence and arbitrary rule.

History

Safety & security: component score, 0–100

Ranking on this component

Year

Component score and the score of each indicator in it (0–100). Countries with partial indicator coverage are included but marked.

#	Country	Score	Intentional homicides	Political stability & abse…	Rule of law	Overall rank
1	Singapore	95	100	95	89	19
2	Japan	94	100	92	91	13
3	Greenland(2/3 indicators)	94	–	95	93	–
4	Switzerland	94	95	88	98	7
5	Norway	93	93	86	100	1
6	Tuvalu(2/3 indicators)	91	–	100	83	–
7	Denmark	91	91	82	100	3
8	Iceland	91	85	94	94	2
9	Finland	91	89	84	100	5
10	Monaco(2/3 indicators)	91	–	95	86	–
11	Aruba(2/3 indicators)	90	–	98	83	–
12	Luxembourg	90	82	91	98	12
13	New Zealand	90	83	93	95	11
14	San Marino(2/3 indicators)	90	–	99	81	25
15	Ireland	89	94	81	93	9
16	Palau(2/3 indicators)	88	–	95	81	42
17	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(2/3 indicators)	88	–	100	76	–
18	Australia	88	91	83	90	6
19	Netherlands	88	93	73	96	4
20	American Samoa(2/3 indicators)	87	–	96	79	–
21	Czechia	87	92	88	82	14
22	Sweden	87	87	78	97	8
23	Austria	87	90	75	96	15
24	Samoa(2/3 indicators)	87	–	95	78	64
25	Macao SAR, China	86	96	90	72	–
26	Korea, Rep.	85	97	79	80	24
27	New Caledonia(2/3 indicators)	85	–	91	79	–
28	Liechtenstein	85	57	100	97	–
29	Estonia	84	82	81	90	17
30	Marshall Islands(2/3 indicators)	84	–	96	72	–
31	Qatar	84	100	87	65	43
32	Slovenia	84	95	81	76	23
33	Hong Kong SAR, China	84	99	79	74	21
34	French Polynesia(2/3 indicators)	83	–	90	77	–
35	Guam(2/3 indicators)	83	–	89	77	–
36	Germany	83	90	65	94	10
37	Kiribati(2/3 indicators)	83	–	95	70	82
38	Vanuatu	83	100	88	60	108
39	Malta	83	95	83	69	28
40	Portugal	82	93	76	78	31
41	Lithuania	82	72	87	87	22
42	Tonga(2/3 indicators)	82	–	96	68	67
43	Canada	82	77	78	89	16
44	Bhutan	81	73	98	71	76
45	United Kingdom	80	87	69	84	20
46	Oman	80	100	79	61	52
47	Brunei Darussalam(2/3 indicators)	80	–	94	65	40
48	United Arab Emirates	80	93	83	62	35
49	Belgium	79	87	65	84	18
50	Cayman Islands	78	61	100	72	–
51	Italy	77	95	70	66	38
52	Poland	77	91	75	65	26
53	Cyprus	77	91	72	68	27
54	Latvia	77	73	78	79	29
55	Croatia	77	94	77	59	36
56	Slovak Republic	77	87	79	64	34
57	Spain	76	93	61	75	33
58	Virgin Islands (U.S.)(2/3 indicators)	76	–	88	65	–
59	Kuwait	75	100	70	55	56
60	Mauritius	75	75	83	66	63
61	Malaysia	74	93	72	58	51
62	Naoero(2/3 indicators)	74	–	92	55	–
63	Hungary	73	93	73	54	41
64	Andorra(1/3 indicators)	72	72	–	–	–
65	Montenegro	72	92	71	53	49
66	France	72	84	55	76	30
67	Fiji	71	77	81	57	62
68	Barbados	71	48	96	69	54
69	Greece	71	91	65	57	39
70	Romania	71	87	66	59	50
71	Bermuda	70	53	88	71	–
72	Uruguay	70	38	96	75	44
73	Bahrain	69	100	54	53	55
74	Solomon Islands(2/3 indicators)	67	–	82	53	107
75	Seychelles	66	46	87	65	46
76	Bulgaria	66	87	63	47	48
77	Antigua and Barbuda	65	39	91	65	–
78	Jordan	65	89	52	53	93
79	Cabo Verde	64	50	83	60	90
80	Albania	64	84	62	45	73
81	Ghana	63	79	62	50	118
82	Grenada	63	33	94	64	81
83	North Macedonia	63	82	66	42	69
84	United States	63	54	59	75	32
85	Indonesia	62	100	45	42	95
86	China	62	97	57	32	88
87	Costa Rica	62	26	94	66	59
88	Chile	62	52	65	68	45
89	Botswana	61	37	90	57	109
90	Serbia	61	84	57	43	68
91	Kosovo	60	78	53	50	–
92	Israel	60	81	33	65	37
93	Rwanda	59	65	60	51	136
94	Uzbekistan	58	83	61	30	94
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	58	86	48	39	84
96	Mongolia	57	54	73	46	70
97	Namibia	57	38	76	58	115
98	Saudi Arabia(2/3 indicators)	57	–	60	54	57
99	Sao Tome and Principe(2/3 indicators)	57	–	75	38	121
100	Dominica	56	14	95	60	–
101	Moldova	56	72	52	44	58
102	Suriname	56	51	75	42	105
103	Azerbaijan	56	76	58	35	98
104	Puerto Rico (US)	56	31	73	64	–
105	Morocco	56	80	49	38	111
106	Nepal	55	76	50	40	137
107	Maldives(2/3 indicators)	55	–	60	50	74
108	Kazakhstan	55	72	54	38	53
109	Armenia	54	75	42	44	72
110	Timor-Leste(2/3 indicators)	53	–	76	31	97
111	Dominican Republic	53	38	78	43	77
112	Tajikistan	53	90	54	15	123
113	Mauritania	53	89	46	24	151
114	Argentina	53	60	57	41	71
115	Algeria	53	86	43	29	117
116	India	53	70	40	47	114
117	St. Lucia	52	4	90	62	78
118	Lao PDR(2/3 indicators)	52	–	77	27	142
119	Bahamas, The	52	10	90	55	47
120	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	51	0	90	62	80
121	Viet Nam(2/3 indicators)	51	–	62	39	101
122	Cuba(2/3 indicators)	50	–	70	31	85
123	St. Kitts and Nevis	50	0	86	65	–
124	Kyrgyz Republic	50	80	48	22	87
125	Sierra Leone	50	75	49	25	160
126	Tanzania	50	64	51	34	135
127	Gambia, The(2/3 indicators)	49	–	61	37	140
128	Senegal(2/3 indicators)	49	–	55	43	130
129	Panama	49	37	69	41	89
130	Georgia(2/3 indicators)	49	–	45	53	65
131	Malawi(2/3 indicators)	48	–	51	44	153
132	Paraguay	47	50	59	32	92
133	Ukraine	47	64	50	28	61
134	Sri Lanka(2/3 indicators)	46	–	52	41	100
135	Lesotho(2/3 indicators)	46	–	54	37	143
136	Zambia(2/3 indicators)	46	–	59	33	144
137	El Salvador	45	47	62	28	113
138	Belize	44	13	83	37	102
139	Philippines	44	61	40	32	106
140	Tunisia	44	59	36	38	116
141	Benin(2/3 indicators)	44	–	50	37	146
142	Guyana	43	24	67	39	110
143	Thailand(2/3 indicators)	43	–	43	42	79
144	Turkiye	42	67	35	25	112
145	Cambodia(2/3 indicators)	42	–	65	19	129
146	West Bank and Gaza	42	94	10	20	141
147	Peru	41	44	44	34	91
148	Jamaica	40	0	75	46	86
149	Bolivia	40	61	47	13	99
150	Liberia(2/3 indicators)	40	–	55	24	149
151	Kenya	39	58	24	35	124
152	Lebanon	39	75	23	18	122
153	Turkmenistan(2/3 indicators)	38	–	68	9	119
154	Papua New Guinea(2/3 indicators)	38	–	44	32	145
155	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.(2/3 indicators)	38	–	70	5	–
156	Trinidad and Tobago	37	3	71	38	75
157	Comoros(2/3 indicators)	36	–	55	16	139
158	Madagascar(2/3 indicators)	36	–	48	23	154
159	Brazil	35	23	47	36	83
160	Cote d'Ivoire(2/3 indicators)	35	–	38	32	138
161	Togo(2/3 indicators)	35	–	39	30	157
162	Gabon(2/3 indicators)	35	–	54	16	127
163	Uganda	35	43	34	28	156
164	Congo, Rep.(2/3 indicators)	35	–	54	15	161
165	Russian Federation	34	50	37	16	66
166	Eswatini	33	35	41	24	163
167	Nicaragua	33	37	60	3	120
168	Djibouti(2/3 indicators)	33	–	46	20	169
169	Zimbabwe	33	50	34	14	166
170	Belarus(2/3 indicators)	32	–	51	14	60
171	Guatemala	32	18	56	21	126
172	South Africa	32	1	45	49	125
173	Equatorial Guinea(2/3 indicators)	31	–	58	5	147
174	Egypt, Arab Rep.(2/3 indicators)	31	–	35	27	131
175	Angola(2/3 indicators)	31	–	46	15	165
176	Guinea-Bissau(2/3 indicators)	29	–	45	14	162
177	Pakistan	29	61	5	20	150
178	Colombia	28	17	35	33	96
179	Cameroon	27	50	19	13	159
180	Myanmar	26	72	4	0	158
181	Mexico	25	17	42	16	104
182	Guinea(2/3 indicators)	25	–	33	16	167
183	Honduras	24	10	46	15	132
184	Bangladesh(2/3 indicators)	21	–	21	21	148
185	Afghanistan	21	63	1	0	176
186	Eritrea(2/3 indicators)	21	–	42	0	–
187	Ecuador	21	0	42	21	103
188	Nigeria	18	29	7	20	155
189	Burundi(2/3 indicators)	18	–	24	12	174
190	Niger(2/3 indicators)	17	–	13	22	172
191	Burkina Faso(2/3 indicators)	16	–	9	23	170
192	Venezuela, RB	16	35	14	0	128
193	Iran, Islamic Rep.(2/3 indicators)	16	–	18	14	133
194	Ethiopia(2/3 indicators)	14	–	10	19	173
195	Mozambique(2/3 indicators)	14	–	13	15	168
196	Haiti	12	3	29	3	175
197	South Sudan(2/3 indicators)	10	–	21	0	182
198	Chad(2/3 indicators)	10	–	13	8	180
199	Mali(2/3 indicators)	9	–	0	17	171
200	Iraq(2/3 indicators)	8	–	5	10	152
201	Central African Republic(2/3 indicators)	6	–	11	0	179
202	Libya(2/3 indicators)	5	–	10	1	134
203	Congo, Dem. Rep.(2/3 indicators)	3	–	4	3	177
204	Sudan(2/3 indicators)	3	–	6	0	178
205	Somalia, Fed. Rep.(2/3 indicators)	0	–	0	0	181
206	Syrian Arab Republic(2/3 indicators)	0	–	0	0	164
207	Turks and Caicos Islands(1/3 indicators)	0	0	–	–	–
208	Yemen, Rep.(2/3 indicators)	0	–	0	0	–