Safest Countries in Europe 2025

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Country
Global Peace Index (GPI) 2023 (1-5)
Iceland1.124
Denmark1.310
Ireland1.312
Austria1.316
Portugal1.333
Slovenia1.334
Switzerland1.339
Czech Republic1.379
Finland1.399
Croatia1.450
Germany1.456
Netherlands1.490
Hungary1.508
Belgium1.523
Norway1.550
Estonia1.563
Slovakia1.578
Latvia1.582
Sweden1.625
Poland1.634
Bulgaria1.643
Spain1.649
Romania1.649
Italy1.662
Lithuania1.671
United Kingdom1.693
North Macedonia1.713
Albania1.745
Montenegro1.772
Moldova1.873
Greece1.890
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.892
Cyprus1.904
Serbia1.921
France1.939
Belarus2.248
Ukraine3.043
Russia3.142
Total1.680
  • Lower peace index scores are preferable. Therefore, year-on-year changes that have a negative value are improvements, whereas year-on-year changes with a positive value indicate a decrease in peacefulness and safety.
  • A handful of lower-scoring countries, such the transcontinental Russia, could arguably be considered either Eastern Europe or Western Asia and are included here for the sake of comprehensiveness.