True safety goes beyond statistics—it’s felt in everyday life. With Gallup’s Global Safety Report 2024 as our guide, we’ve visualized the countries where law and order shape a genuine sense of security. The rankings were done after considering the feelings of people about their personal safety, how much assault or crimes they have experienced and how much confidence they have in the police in their respective countries. Even though the public safety levels have improved somewhat in the last decade, many people still do not feel secure in their country.
According to the Law and Order Index 2024, Kuwait is the safest country in the world. It has the index score of 98 out of 100. Followed by Kuwait are Singapore and Tajikistan. Singapore is ranked one of the safest countries in the world because it has low crime rates and law enforcement in the country is very strict. Norway is the fourth safest country in the world. Apart from the top three countries in the Law and Order Index 2024, the rest of the seven countries are all from Europe.
The reason why the majority of the European countries are ranked safest is because of trust in government institutions and low crime rate. Finland got the highest public trust in the police (87%). On the other hand, Liberia is the most unsafe country in 2024 because of poor economic conditions, high crime rates and poor law enforcement. Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world so it also experiences political corruption and other crimes too that are the reason why people feel unsafe in the country.
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| Country | Law and Order Index Score 2024 |
|---|---|
| Kuwait | 98 |
| Singapore | 95 |
| Tajikistan | 95 |
| Norway | 93 |
| Estonia | 91 |
| Finland | 91 |
| Iceland | 91 |
| Kosovo | 91 |
| Luxembourg | 91 |
| Switzerland | 91 |
| Denmark | 90 |
| UAE | 90 |
| Vietnam | 90 |
| Bahrain | 89 |
| El Salvador | 89 |
| Indonesia | 89 |
| Portugal | 89 |
| Saudi Arabia | 89 |
| Slovenia | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | 89 |
| China | 88 |
| Egypt | 88 |
| Montenegro | 88 |
| Netherlands | 88 |
| Sweden | 88 |
| Taiwan | 88 |
| Austria | 87 |
| Azerbaijan | 87 |
| Jordan | 87 |
| Malaysia | 87 |
| Spain | 87 |
| Georgia | 86 |
| Germany | 86 |
| Hong Kong, S.A.R. | 86 |
| Ireland | 86 |
| Japan | 86 |
| Lithuania | 86 |
| Armenia | 85 |
| Czech Republic | 85 |
| South Korea | 85 |
| Albania | 84 |
| France | 84 |
| Iraq | 84 |
| Israel | 84 |
| Malta | 84 |
| Philippines | 84 |
| Belgium | 83 |
| Canada | 83 |
| Hungary | 83 |
| India | 83 |
| Serbia | 83 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 82 |
| Latvia | 82 |
| Northern Cyprus | 82 |
| Slovakia | 82 |
| Somalia | 82 |
| Türkiye | 82 |
| United Kingdom | 82 |
| Australia | 81 |
| Bangladesh | 81 |
| Croatia | 81 |
| Iran | 81 |
| Italy | 81 |
| Poland | 81 |
| Russian Federation | 81 |
| United States | 81 |
| Cambodia | 80 |
| Kazakhstan | 80 |
| Mauritius | 80 |
| Moldova | 80 |
| North Macedonia | 79 |
| Tanzania | 79 |
| Thailand | 79 |
| Bulgaria | 78 |
| Burkina Faso | 78 |
| Morocco | 78 |
| Pakistan | 78 |
| Romania | 78 |
| Cyprus | 77 |
| Greece | 77 |
| Lao | 77 |
| Mali | 77 |
| Nepal | 77 |
| Panama | 77 |
| Sri Lanka | 77 |
| Libya | 76 |
| New Zealand | 76 |
| Tunisia | 76 |
| State of Palestine | 75 |
| Uruguay | 75 |
| Brazil | 74 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 74 |
| Guatemala | 74 |
| Costa Rica | 73 |
| Honduras | 73 |
| Lebanon | 73 |
| Ukraine | 73 |
| Benin | 72 |
| Paraguay | 72 |
| Senegal | 72 |
| Ghana | 71 |
| Mongolia | 71 |
| Mozambique | 71 |
| Togo | 71 |
| Yemen | 71 |
| Ethiopia | 70 |
| Comoros | 69 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 |
| Chile | 68 |
| Madagascar | 68 |
| Niger | 68 |
| Mexico | 66 |
| Venezuela | 66 |
| Argentina | 65 |
| Colombia | 65 |
| Mauritania | 65 |
| Nigeria | 65 |
| Zambia | 65 |
| Cameroon | 64 |
| Myanmar | 64 |
| Namibia | 64 |
| Guinea | 63 |
| Kenya | 63 |
| Malawi | 63 |
| Peru | 63 |
| Republic of the Congo | 63 |
| Bolivia | 62 |
| Eswatini | 62 |
| Gabon | 62 |
| Uganda | 62 |
| Botswana | 60 |
| Chad | 60 |
| The Gambia | 59 |
| DRC | 58 |
| South Africa | 58 |
| Sierra Leone | 57 |
| Ecuador | 55 |
| Liberia | 50 |
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