Safest Countries in the World 2026

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185

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SAFEST COUNTRIES INDEX

100

Top 6 Safest Countries

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Iceland

Low

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Denmark

Low

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Austria

Low

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French Polynesia

Low

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Singapore

Low

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New Zealand

Low

185 of 185 countries

#	Country ↕	SCI 2026 ↓	GPI 2025 ↕	GTI 2025 ↕	Risk ↕	US News 2024
1	🇮🇸Iceland	95	1.095	0.123	Low	13th
2	🇩🇰Denmark	94	1.393	0.720	Low	5th
3	🇦🇹Austria	92	1.294	0.582	Low	4th
4	🇵🇫French Polynesia	92	—	—	Low	—
5	🇸🇬Singapore	90	1.357	—	Low	19th
6	🇳🇿New Zealand	90	1.282	0.217	Low	8th
7	🇦🇼Aruba	90	—	—	Low	—
8	🇨🇭Switzerland	89	1.294	1.265	Low	1th
9	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	89	—	—	Low	—
10	🇨🇦Canada	88	1.491	1.870	Low	6th
11	🇨🇿Czechia	88	1.435	2.906	Low	27th
12	🇲🇨Monaco	88	—	—	Low	—
13	🇸🇮Slovenia	87	1.409	—	Low	32th
14	🇱🇺Luxembourg	87	1.392	—	Low	—
15	🇦🇺Australia	86	1.505	1.973	Low	9th
16	🇫🇮Finland	86	1.420	0.949	Low	7th
17	🇩🇪Germany	85	1.533	4.748	Medium	17th
18	🇳🇴Norway	85	1.644	1.198	Low	2th
19	🇵🇱Poland	84	1.713	1.962	Low	22th
20	🇶🇦Qatar	84	1.593	—	Low	24th
21	🇯🇵Japan	83	1.440	0.949	Low	16th
22	🇪🇸Spain	83	1.578	1.256	Medium	21th
23	🇸🇪Sweden	83	1.709	1.842	Low	3th
24	🇲🇹Malta	83	1.530	—	Low	—
25	🇮🇪Ireland	82	1.432	1.510	Low	10th
26	🇵🇹Portugal	82	1.367	0.588	Low	15th
27	🇪🇪Estonia	81	1.740	—	Low	—
28	🇭🇷Croatia	80	1.618	—	Low	—
29	🇳🇱Netherlands	80	1.650	2.984	Low	11th
30	🇭🇺Hungary	79	1.779	1.048	Low	—
31	🇸🇰Slovakia	79	1.647	—	Low	—
32	🇲🇺Mauritius	79	1.578	—	Low	—
33	🇨🇾Cyprus	79	1.617	—	Low	—
34	🇹🇼Taiwan	78	1.798	—	Low	—
35	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	78	1.954	—	Low	23th
36	🇧🇪Belgium	77	1.723	3.412	Medium	—
37	🇱🇻Latvia	77	1.836	—	Low	—
38	🇱🇹Lithuania	77	1.807	—	Low	—
39	🇰🇷South Korea	76	1.779	—	Low	20th
40	🇬🇧United Kingdom	75	1.764	3.071	Medium	14th
41	🇬🇷Greece	75	1.730	1.658	Low	—
42	🇧🇳Brunei	75	1.742	—	Low	—
43	🇨🇱Chile	73	1.861	1.236	Medium	25th
44	🇮🇹Italy	72	1.735	2.047	Medium	26th
45	🇲🇻Maldives	72	1.686	—	Low	—
46	🇷🇴Romania	71	1.791	—	Low	—
47	🇸🇨Seychelles	71	1.748	—	Low	—
48	🇧🇬Bulgaria	70	1.812	—	Low	—
49	🇨🇺Cuba	70	1.748	—	Medium	—
50	🇧🇹Bhutan	70	1.499	—	Low	—
51	🇷🇸Serbia	69	1.855	—	Low	—
52	🇲🇰North Macedonia	69	1.787	—	Low	—
53	🇦🇱Albania	68	1.792	—	Low	—
54	🇫🇷France	68	2.163	5.212	Medium	—
55	🇻🇳Vietnam	68	1.810	0.971	Low	—
56	🇨🇻Cape Verde	68	1.622	—	Low	—
57	🇴🇲Oman	67	1.742	—	Low	—
58	🇺🇾Uruguay	67	1.845	—	Low	—
59	🇲🇳Mongolia	66	1.611	—	Low	—
60	🇲🇾Malaysia	66	1.754	3.281	Low	—
61	🇺🇸United States	65	2.440	5.765	Medium	—
62	🇰🇼Kuwait	65	1.836	—	Low	—
63	🇫🇲Micronesia	65	1.749	—	Low	—
64	🇧🇭Bahrain	64	1.839	—	Low	—
65	🇼🇸Samoa	64	1.598	—	Low	—
66	🇲🇦Morocco	63	1.989	3.121	Medium	—
67	🇨🇷Costa Rica	63	1.864	—	Medium	—
68	🇹🇴Tonga	63	1.716	—	Low	—
69	🇨🇳China	62	2.046	1.563	Medium	—
70	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	62	1.936	1.847	Medium	—
71	🇧🇼Botswana	62	1.693	—	Medium	—
72	🇦🇷Argentina	62	1.927	1.432	Medium	—
73	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	62	1.741	—	Low	—
74	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	61	1.793	—	Low	—
75	🇲🇪Montenegro	61	1.703	—	Low	—
76	🇽🇰Kosovo	60	1.801	—	Low	—
77	🇰🇮Kiribati	60	1.621	—	Low	—
78	🇦🇲Armenia	59	1.939	—	Medium	—
79	🇵🇦Panama	59	1.860	—	Medium	—
80	🇫🇯Fiji	59	1.809	—	Low	—
81	🇮🇩Indonesia	58	1.976	4.521	Medium	—
82	🇻🇺Vanuatu	58	1.623	—	Low	—
83	🇹🇭Thailand	57	2.012	3.847	Medium	—
84	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	57	1.704	—	Low	—
85	🇳🇦Namibia	56	1.866	—	Medium	—
86	🇲🇩Moldova	56	2.005	—	Medium	—
87	🇯🇴Jordan	55	1.881	1.342	Medium	—
88	🇬🇪Georgia	55	1.979	—	Medium	—
89	🇬🇦Gabon	55	1.859	—	Medium	—
90	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	55	2.041	2.174	Medium	—
91	🇵🇪Peru	53	2.191	2.384	Medium	—
92	🇵🇾Paraguay	53	1.812	—	Medium	—
93	🇹🇳Tunisia	52	1.976	3.021	Medium	—
94	🇿🇲Zambia	52	1.749	—	Medium	—
95	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	52	1.986	2.147	Medium	—
96	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	52	1.741	—	Medium	—
97	🇸🇷Suriname	52	1.981	—	Medium	—
98	🇸🇳Senegal	51	1.852	2.914	Medium	—
99	🇹🇿Tanzania	51	1.917	3.017	Medium	—
100	🇰🇭Cambodia	50	1.879	—	Medium	—
101	🇬🇾Guyana	50	2.004	—	Medium	—
102	🇮🇳India	49	2.314	5.487	Medium	—
103	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	49	2.374	—	Medium	—
104	🇹🇷Turkey	48	2.369	4.021	Medium	—
105	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	48	2.097	1.628	Medium	—
106	🇬🇭Ghana	47	1.924	2.741	Medium	—
107	🇪🇬Egypt	47	2.287	4.632	High	—
108	🇧🇴Bolivia	47	1.940	1.024	Medium	—
109	🇷🇼Rwanda	47	1.902	—	Medium	—
110	🇱🇦Laos	46	1.841	—	Medium	—
111	🇧🇷Brazil	45	2.348	2.674	High	—
112	🇲🇼Malawi	45	1.840	—	Medium	—
113	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	45	2.041	—	Medium	—
114	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	45	2.162	—	Medium	—
115	🇵🇭Philippines	44	2.363	6.154	High	—
116	🇹🇯Tajikistan	44	2.066	1.447	Medium	—
117	🇿🇦South Africa	44	2.336	2.841	High	—
118	🇰🇲Comoros	44	1.917	—	Medium	—
119	🇩🇿Algeria	43	2.031	3.864	High	—
120	🇧🇸Bahamas	43	2.341	—	High	—
121	🇨🇴Colombia	42	2.611	4.712	High	—
122	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	42	1.845	1.931	Medium	—
123	🇪🇨Ecuador	42	1.974	2.843	High	—
124	🇬🇲Gambia	42	1.952	—	Medium	—
125	🇳🇵Nepal	41	1.944	1.024	Medium	—
126	🇩🇯Djibouti	41	2.046	—	Medium	—
127	🇧🇩Bangladesh	40	2.009	3.841	Medium	—
128	🇳🇮Nicaragua	40	2.177	—	High	—
129	🇸🇿Eswatini	40	2.049	—	Medium	—
130	🇧🇿Belize	40	2.284	—	High	—
131	🇦🇴Angola	39	2.134	2.148	High	—
132	🇲🇽Mexico	38	2.802	4.918	High	—
133	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	38	2.181	4.217	High	—
134	🇯🇲Jamaica	38	2.209	—	High	—
135	🇸🇻El Salvador	38	2.141	1.844	High	—
136	🇧🇾Belarus	38	2.513	—	High	—
137	🇹🇬Togo	38	2.031	3.741	High	—
138	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	38	2.091	—	High	—
139	🇲🇬Madagascar	38	2.041	—	High	—
140	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	38	2.004	—	High	—
141	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	38	2.481	1.847	High	—
142	🇭🇳Honduras	37	2.439	2.014	High	—
143	🇰🇪Kenya	37	2.358	4.862	High	—
144	🇱🇷Liberia	37	2.108	—	High	—
145	🇨🇲Cameroon	36	2.496	5.441	High	—
146	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	35	2.298	—	High	—
147	🇺🇬Uganda	35	2.349	4.198	High	—
148	🇱🇸Lesotho	35	1.958	—	High	—
149	🇧🇯Benin	35	2.147	4.218	High	—
150	🇨🇬Congo	35	2.293	—	High	—
151	🇱🇧Lebanon	34	2.721	3.428	High	—
152	🇮🇷Iran	34	2.817	5.091	High	—
153	🇭🇹Haiti	33	2.841	2.114	High	—
154	🇲🇷Mauritania	33	2.214	4.017	High	—
155	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33	2.147	—	High	—
156	🇵🇰Pakistan	32	2.894	8.361	High	—
157	🇮🇱Israel	32	2.968	6.347	High	—
158	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	32	2.174	—	High	—
159	🇬🇳Guinea	31	2.418	2.847	High	—
160	🇷🇺Russia	30	3.308	4.199	Very High	—
161	🇲🇿Mozambique	30	2.576	6.344	High	—
162	🇬🇹Guatemala	29	2.412	2.984	High	—
163	🇺🇦Ukraine	28	3.287	7.044	Very High	—
164	🇻🇪Venezuela	28	2.917	3.048	Very High	—
165	🇪🇷Eritrea	28	2.564	—	Very High	—
166	🇳🇬Nigeria	27	2.972	8.012	High	—
167	🇪🇹Ethiopia	26	2.740	7.021	Very High	—
168	🇲🇲Myanmar	24	2.913	6.914	Very High	—
169	🇧🇮Burundi	24	2.641	—	Very High	—
170	🇰🇵North Korea	24	2.941	—	Very High	—
171	🇱🇾Libya	23	2.980	5.834	Very High	—
172	🇮🇶Iraq	22	2.958	7.162	Very High	—
173	🇹🇩Chad	21	2.894	6.814	Very High	—
174	🇸🇩Sudan	20	3.041	6.528	Very High	—
175	🇲🇱Mali	19	2.987	8.127	Very High	—
176	🇨🇩DR Congo	18	3.079	6.271	Very High	—
177	🇳🇪Niger	18	2.812	7.934	Very High	—
178	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	17	2.847	8.491	Very High	—
179	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	16	2.985	5.914	Very High	—
180	🇸🇸South Sudan	15	3.175	7.318	Very High	—
181	🇵🇸Palestine	14	3.141	7.241	Very High	—
182	🇸🇴Somalia	12	3.256	8.649	Very High	—
183	🇸🇾Syria	10	3.645	7.921	Very High	—
184	🇾🇪Yemen	9	3.392	8.241	Very High	—
185	🇦🇫Afghanistan	8	3.448	9.109	Very High	—