Countries by Safety at Night
Complete ranking of 38 countries • % feeling safe at night • Updated 2026
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About Safety at Night Rankings
Norway leads all 38 countries in Safety at Night with a value of 91.5% feeling safe at night, while Chile ranks last at 37.5% feeling safe at night. This represents a 2-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Safety at Night Measures
Share of people who feel safe walking alone at night, from OECD How's Life / Well-Being.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Safety at Night across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 37.5% feeling safe at night (Chile) to 91.5% feeling safe at night (Norway) — a 2-fold difference across 38 countries.
Regional Patterns
European countries dominate this ranking, holding 18 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 67% feeling safe at night to 82.5% feeling safe at night. The overall spread from 37.5% feeling safe at night to 91.5% feeling safe at night reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: Norway and Switzerland are separated by only 5%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Safety at Night
The 5 strongest Safety at Night reads.
Lowest Safety at Night
The 5 lowest Safety at Night reads.
Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from OECD How's Life / Well-Being, covering 38 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Country Ladder
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | 91.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 100% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | 87.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 97% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 87.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 95% |
| 4th | Iceland | 87.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 92% |
| 5th | Slovenia | 87.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 89% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 87% feeling safe at night | Europe | 87% |
| 7th | Finland | 86.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 84% |
| 8th | Estonia | 84% feeling safe at night | Europe | 82% |
| 9th | Austria | 83% feeling safe at night | Europe | 79% |
| 10th | Netherlands | 82.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 76% |
| 11th | Spain | 81.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 74% |
| 12th | Portugal | 80.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 71% |
| 13th | Sweden | 80% feeling safe at night | Europe | 68% |
| 14th | South Korea | 78% feeling safe at night | Asia | 66% |
| 15th | Japan | 77.5% feeling safe at night | Asia | 63% |
| 16th | Ireland | 77% feeling safe at night | Europe | 61% |
| 17th | Germany | 76% feeling safe at night | Europe | 58% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 76% feeling safe at night | Europe | 55% |
| 19th | Czechia | 75.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 53% |
| 20th | Latvia | 74.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 50% |
| 21st | Canada | 74% feeling safe at night | North America | 47% |
| 22nd | Hungary | 73.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 45% |
| 23rd | France | 73% feeling safe at night | Europe | 42% |
| 24th | Lithuania | 73% feeling safe at night | Europe | 39% |
| 25th | United States | 71.5% feeling safe at night | North America | 37% |
| 26th | Belgium | 71% feeling safe at night | Europe | 34% |
| 27th | Israel | 69.5% feeling safe at night | Asia | 32% |
| 28th | Slovakia | 67.5% feeling safe at night | Europe | 29% |
| 29th | Australia | 67% feeling safe at night | Oceania | 26% |
| 30th | Poland | 67% feeling safe at night | Europe | 24% |
| 31st | Greece | 64% feeling safe at night | Europe | 21% |
| 32nd | Italy | 62% feeling safe at night | Europe | 18% |
| 33rd | New Zealand | 61% feeling safe at night | Oceania | 16% |
| 34th | Turkey | 59% feeling safe at night | Europe | 13% |
| 35th | Costa Rica | 50.5% feeling safe at night | North America | 11% |
| 36th | Mexico | 48% feeling safe at night | North America | 8% |
| 37th | Colombia | 47% feeling safe at night | North America | 5% |
| 38th | Chile | 37.5% feeling safe at night | South America | 3% |