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Global Safety Index™

Safety, security and political stability.

Source UNODC + World Bank WGI + WHO + UCDP (CC-BY).Version 2026-08-27Coverage 203 countries

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Vietnam: rank #114 / 203 · score 66.6

203 countries
#CountryRegionScore 0–100
1 Iceland Europe 97.6
2 Singapore Asia 97.4
3 Switzerland Europe 96.9
4 Japan Asia 96.5
5 Norway Europe 96.3
6 Liechtenstein Europe 96.1
7 Luxembourg Europe 96.1
8 Monaco Europe 96.1
9 San Marino Europe 95.9
10 Micronesia Oceania 95.7
11 Aruba Americas 95.4
12 Finland Europe 94.9
13 Denmark Europe 94.7
14 Andorra Europe 94.2
15 Greenland Americas 94.1
16 Ireland Europe 93.9
17 New Zealand Oceania 93.9
18 Sweden Europe 93.5
19 Australia Oceania 93.0
20 Czechia Europe 92.4
21 Estonia Europe 92.1
22 Netherlands Europe 92.1
23 Macao Asia 92.0
24 Austria Europe 91.9
25 Cayman Islands Americas 91.3
26 Lithuania Europe 90.9
27 Canada Americas 90.6
28 Brunei Asia 90.4
29 Marshall Islands Oceania 90.2
30 Slovenia Europe 90.1
31 Malta Europe 89.8
32 Kiribati Oceania 89.7
33 Germany Europe 89.6
34 Guam Oceania 89.6
35 Hong Kong Asia 89.1
36 Qatar Asia 88.9
37 United Kingdom Europe 88.8
38 South Korea Asia 88.7
39 Portugal Europe 87.8
40 Palau Oceania 87.7
41 Bhutan Asia 87.3
42 Latvia Europe 87.3
43 Barbados Americas 86.7
44 Belgium Europe 86.7
45 Samoa Oceania 86.7
46 Bermuda Americas 86.6
47 Slovakia Europe 86.5
48 United Arab Emirates Asia 86.3
49 Cyprus Asia 85.8
50 Antigua and Barbuda Americas 85.4
51 Italy Europe 85.3
52 Spain Europe 85.2
53 Croatia Europe 84.7
54 Vanuatu Oceania 84.7
55 Mauritius Africa 84.5
56 Oman Asia 84.5
57 Poland Europe 84.4
58 France Europe 82.9
59 Hungary Europe 82.8
60 Tuvalu Oceania 82.8
61 Uruguay Americas 82.4
62 Montenegro Europe 82.1
63 Seychelles Africa 81.8
64 Fiji Oceania 81.8
65 Maldives Asia 81.5
66 Grenada Americas 81.2
67 Greece Europe 81.0
68 Romania Europe 80.4
69 Tonga Oceania 79.6
70 North Macedonia Europe 79.4
71 Bahrain Asia 79.2
72 Kuwait Asia 79.0
73 Bulgaria Europe 78.0
74 United States Americas 77.5
75 Malaysia Asia 76.7
76 Serbia Europe 76.4
77 Chile Americas 76.3
78 Albania Europe 76.2
79 Costa Rica Americas 75.7
80 American Samoa Oceania 75.4
81 Timor-Leste Asia 75.3
82 Cuba Americas 74.9
83 Moldova Europe 74.6
84 Puerto Rico Americas 74.0
85 Suriname Americas 73.9
86 Cape Verde Africa 73.7
87 Solomon Islands Oceania 73.2
88 Uzbekistan Asia 73.1
89 Jordan Asia 72.9
90 Georgia Asia 72.4
91 Botswana Africa 72.2
92 Indonesia Asia 72.2
93 Mongolia Asia 71.9
94 Kazakhstan Asia 71.5
95 Argentina Americas 71.0
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 70.8
97 China Asia 70.7
98 Dominica Americas 70.6
99 Turkmenistan Asia 70.6
100 Ghana Africa 70.5
101 Sao Tome and Principe Africa 69.8
102 Nepal Asia 69.7
103 Panama Americas 69.3
104 Senegal Africa 69.2
105 Morocco Africa 69.1
106 Belarus Europe 69.0
107 Cambodia Asia 68.2
108 India Asia 68.2
109 Sri Lanka Asia 68.1
110 Rwanda Africa 67.5
111 Saudi Arabia Asia 66.9
112 Zambia Africa 66.7
113 Bahamas Americas 66.6
114 Vietnam Asia 66.6
115 Turkey Asia 66.6
116 Egypt Africa 66.4
117 Philippines Asia 65.9
118 Kyrgyzstan Asia 65.8
119 Namibia Africa 65.4
120 Tajikistan Asia 65.4
121 Armenia Asia 65.2
122 Azerbaijan Asia 65.2
123 Paraguay Americas 65.0
124 El Salvador Americas 64.7
125 Algeria Africa 64.2
126 Benin Africa 64.0
127 Peru Americas 63.9
128 Laos Asia 63.9
129 Israel Asia 63.8
130 Papua New Guinea Oceania 63.6
131 Malawi Africa 63.4
132 Tunisia Africa 62.8
133 Mauritania Africa 62.3
134 Dominican Republic Americas 62.0
135 Palestine Asia 62.0
136 Tanzania Africa 61.1
137 Bolivia Americas 60.2
138 Guyana Americas 60.0
139 Thailand Asia 59.4
140 Bangladesh Asia 59.4
141 Sierra Leone Africa 59.3
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas 59.0
143 Nicaragua Americas 59.0
144 Angola Africa 58.4
145 Liberia Africa 58.0
146 Belize Americas 57.6
147 Guinea-Bissau Africa 57.1
148 Ukraine Europe 57.1
149 Brazil Americas 57.0
150 Kenya Africa 55.0
151 United States Virgin Islands Americas 54.2
152 Iran Asia 54.1
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis Americas 53.8
154 Saint Lucia Americas 53.5
155 Gambia Africa 53.3
156 Pakistan Asia 53.3
157 Uganda Africa 52.9
158 Trinidad and Tobago Americas 52.5
159 North Korea Asia 51.9
160 Guatemala Americas 50.8
161 Eswatini Africa 50.2
162 Mexico Americas 49.9
163 Lesotho Africa 49.4
164 Colombia Americas 49.0
165 Gabon Africa 48.8
166 Jamaica Americas 48.8
167 Russia Europe 48.8
168 Zimbabwe Africa 48.3
169 Mozambique Africa 47.9
170 Comoros Africa 47.8
171 Afghanistan Asia 47.8
172 Djibouti Africa 47.4
173 Lebanon Asia 46.9
174 Burundi Africa 46.8
175 Côte d’Ivoire Africa 46.3
176 Cameroon Africa 46.0
177 Madagascar Africa 45.5
178 Equatorial Guinea Africa 45.3
179 Congo Africa 45.0
180 Honduras Americas 45.0
181 Niger Africa 43.6
182 Nigeria Africa 42.8
183 Togo Africa 42.6
184 Eritrea Africa 41.4
185 Ethiopia Africa 41.4
186 Iraq Asia 41.3
187 South Africa Africa 39.9
188 Syria Asia 38.9
189 Myanmar Asia 38.7
190 Burkina Faso Africa 38.5
191 South Sudan Africa 37.7
192 Guinea Africa 37.7
193 Yemen Asia 36.9
194 Venezuela Americas 36.4
195 Ecuador Americas 33.8
196 Libya Africa 30.5
197 Haiti Americas 27.1
198 Chad Africa 25.4
199 Central African Republic Africa 23.9
200 Mali Africa 18.7
201 DR Congo Africa 16.9
202 Sudan Africa 8.1
203 Somalia Africa 6.5

What this index measures

Why it matters

The foundation for long-term settlement and asset-security decisions.

Method

Min–max normalised to a scale of 0–100 against the same country list (ISO 3166-1), source: UNODC + World Bank WGI + WHO + UCDP (CC-BY).. See Methodology.

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