Safest countries to live

#	Country	Safety score	Cities
1	Ireland	82	8
2	Denmark	82	8
3	Estonia	82	8
4	Sweden	81	12
5	Norway	81	9
6	Finland	81	10
7	United Kingdom	80	32
8	Slovakia	80	8
9	Netherlands	80	16
10	Belgium	80	10
11	Lithuania	80	8
12	Slovenia	80	8
13	Singapore	79	16
14	Switzerland	79	9
15	Austria	79	11
16	Hungary	79	16
17	Germany	79	30
18	Latvia	79	8
19	Poland	79	16
20	France	79	31
21	Czechia	78	8
22	Montenegro	78	10
23	Croatia	78	9
24	Canada	78	30
25	Cambodia	78	8
26	Romania	77	16
27	Spain	76	31
28	Mauritius	76	9
29	Australia	76	22
30	Portugal	76	15
31	Bulgaria	76	8
32	Malta	75	7
33	Oman	75	9
34	New Zealand	74	10
35	Georgia	74	8
36	Saudi Arabia	74	16
37	Malaysia	74	16
38	Bahrain	74	8
39	Paraguay	73	8
40	Cyprus	73	8
41	Italy	73	31
42	Qatar	73	8
43	Morocco	73	16
44	Argentina	71	17
45	Albania	70	9
46	United Arab Emirates	70	16
47	Greece	69	11
48	Thailand	69	35
49	Indonesia	69	31
50	Sri Lanka	69	12
51	Uruguay	68	9
52	India	67	17
53	United States	67	38
54	Vietnam	67	33
55	Turkey	67	33
56	Chile	64	17
57	Japan	63	30
58	Peru	62	16
59	Philippines	58	17
60	Dominican Republic	55	13
61	Panama	55	9
62	Brazil	54	30
63	Taiwan	53	16
64	Costa Rica	46	11
65	Colombia	40	30
66	Mexico	38	35
67	South Africa	33	16
68	Ecuador	28	17

FAQ

What is the safest country to live in by this measure?

Ireland, with the highest average safety score across its cities in our data.

How is this measured?

Average across each country's cities, from open data — USGS earthquakes, modelled flood/storm/wildfire/heat/drought/cold/tsunami, and World Bank homicide rates. It is not the Global Peace Index (which adds conflict and terrorism).