Safest countries to move to
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Ranked on safety and crime indices, political stability and expat safety ratings.
Safety rankings attract strong opinions, so this tab is explicit about its inputs. It combines the published safety index, an inverted crime index, political stability and an expat safety rating.
Countries with an active level 3 or level 4 travel advisory are removed entirely, regardless of their score. The result is a country-level view: a safe country can still have a high-crime city, and a country with a lower average can have very safe regions.
Read the advisory for the place you are actually considering, and check local reporting for the city. The numbers here describe reported perception and official advisory status, not a guarantee about any neighbourhood or any individual trip.
Countries at travel advisory level 4 are not ranked here.
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Liechtenstein
Safety index 94 · stability 1.6
Expat safety rating: very high.
- English widely spoken
Tuvalu
Safety index 82 · stability 1.5
Expat safety rating: very high.
- English widely spoken
- Low cost
Singapore
Safety index 78 · stability 1.2
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
- Large expat community
Palau
Safety index 80 · stability 1.2
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
Japan
Safety index 78 · stability 1.1
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Clean air
- Large expat community
Marshall Islands
Safety index 77 · stability 1.3
Expat safety rating: high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
Brunei
Safety index 78 · stability 1.2
Expat safety rating: very high.
- English widely spoken
Monaco
Safety index 75 · stability 1.2
Expat safety rating: very high.
- English widely spoken
Iceland
Safety index 75 · stability 1.2
Expat safety rating: very high.
- English widely spoken
- Clean air
Slovenia
Safety index 76 · stability 0.7
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
Czechia
Safety index 73 · stability 1
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
Estonia
Safety index 77 · stability 0.7
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
- Clean air
Finland
Safety index 74 · stability 0.8
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
- Clean air
Denmark
Safety index 73 · stability 0.8
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
- Clean air
Switzerland
Safety index 72 · stability 1
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
- Large expat community
Luxembourg
Safety index 66 · stability 1.1
Expat safety rating: very high.
- English widely spoken
- Large expat community
Norway
Safety index 66 · stability 0.9
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
South Korea
Safety index 70 · stability 0.6
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- Large expat community
Grenada
Safety index 77 · stability 1.2
Expat safety rating: high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
- Clean air
Austria
Safety index 71 · stability 0.5
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
Netherlands
Safety index 72 · stability 0.4
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
- Large expat community
Lithuania
Safety index 67 · stability 0.9
Expat safety rating: very high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
Croatia
Safety index 75 · stability 0.6
Expat safety rating: high.
- Path to residency
- English widely spoken
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