Country Safety Composite Calculator
See a country's composite safety score and how it ranks globally.
Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators; UNODC intentional homicide rate (via World Bank WDI) · Per-country most recent published year · last verified 2026-09-12
How this is calculated
A weighted average of the country's homicide rate (inverted), rule of law percentile, political stability percentile, and corruption control score produces a 0-100 composite safety score, classified into five bands and ranked against every other covered country.
Combining crime and governance data this way captures more than a homicide rate alone would — a country can have relatively low violent crime but weak rule of law or high corruption, both of which affect how safe and predictable daily life actually is. Safety is scored here as a standalone composite rather than as one dimension of a broader relocation score.
Frequently asked questions
- How is the composite score weighted?
- 30% homicide rate (inverted, capped at 50/100k), 30% rule of law percentile, 25% political stability percentile, and 15% corruption control score.
- What do the classifications mean?
- Very Safe (85+), Safe (70-84), Moderate (50-69), Elevated (30-49), High Risk (below 30) — based on the composite 0-100 score.
- What does the composite safety score measure?
- It blends four separate dimensions of national safety — violent crime (homicide rate), rule of law, political stability, and corruption control — into a single 0–100 score, so you can compare overall safety without weighing four separate metrics yourself.
- What is the World Bank WGI?
- The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) is a World Bank research dataset that scores countries on six dimensions of governance quality, including rule of law, political stability, and control of corruption — three of which feed into this composite score.
- How does the homicide rate feed into the score?
- The national homicide rate (per 100,000 people) is inverted and capped at 50 per 100k, so lower homicide rates produce a higher contribution to the composite score — it carries the largest single weighting (30%) of the four inputs, reflecting how strongly violent crime rates typically drive public safety perceptions.
- Which regions tend to score highest?
- Nordic and Western European countries, along with a handful of high-income East Asian and Oceanian countries, consistently rank among the safest on composite measures like this one, reflecting low homicide rates and strong governance indicators across the board.