Quality of life

Safest countries

Crime and personal safety, scored from resident surveys worldwide.

Numbeo Safety Index2026 mid-year

Usually the first question a family asks about a destination, and the one a recruitment brochure will never answer honestly.

1st place
Andorra
86.5
Safety index
2nd place
United Arab Emirates
86.4
Safety index
Highest-scoring country with a large Sri Lankan workforce
3rd place
Qatar
84.8
Safety index

The rest of the top 10

Ranked list, positions 4 to 10
Rank	Country	Safety index	Notes
4th place	Taiwan	82.9
5th place	Macao	81.8
6th place	Oman	81.7
7th place	Isle of Man	80.3
8th place	Hong Kong	78.2
9th place	Armenia	78.0
10th place	JapanLowest violent crime rate of any large economy	77.8	Lowest violent crime rate of any large economy

Source

Numbeo Safety Index

2026 mid-year

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Safest countries

Andorra

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

The rest of the top 10

Source

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