Safest countries to retire

Safety is a first-order retirement filter. This ranking emphasizes national homicide rates and uses the Global Peace Index as a secondary check, rather than repeating the safety metric table alone.

Iceland ranks first among countries we cover for retirement safety.

Iceland
Global Peace Index 96/100
Safety fit: 96/100
New Zealand
Global Peace Index 91/100
Safety fit: 91/100
Denmark
Global Peace Index 90/100
Safety fit: 90/100
Norway
Global Peace Index 89/100
Safety fit: 89/100
Austria
Global Peace Index 89/100
Safety fit: 89/100
Finland
Global Peace Index 88/100
Safety fit: 88/100
Slovenia
Global Peace Index 88/100
Safety fit: 88/100
Ireland
Global Peace Index 88/100
Safety fit: 88/100
Switzerland
Global Peace Index 87/100
Safety fit: 87/100
Japan
Global Peace Index 86/100
Safety fit: 86/100
Portugal
Global Peace Index 86/100
Safety fit: 86/100
Sweden
Global Peace Index 86/100
Safety fit: 86/100
Singapore
Global Peace Index 85/100
Safety fit: 85/100
Czechia
Global Peace Index 84/100
Safety fit: 84/100
The Netherlands
Global Peace Index 84/100
Safety fit: 84/100
Luxembourg
Global Peace Index 84/100
Safety fit: 84/100
Estonia
Global Peace Index 83/100
Safety fit: 83/100
Canada
Global Peace Index 82/100
Safety fit: 82/100
Germany
Global Peace Index 82/100
Safety fit: 82/100
Macao
Global Peace Index 82/100
Safety fit: 82/100
Australia
Global Peace Index 81/100
Safety fit: 81/100
Lithuania
Global Peace Index 81/100
Safety fit: 81/100
Belgium
Global Peace Index 80/100
Safety fit: 80/100
Latvia
Global Peace Index 80/100
Safety fit: 80/100
Malta
Global Peace Index 80/100
Safety fit: 80/100
Spain
Global Peace Index 79/100
Safety fit: 79/100
Croatia
Global Peace Index 79/100
Safety fit: 79/100
United Kingdom
Global Peace Index 78/100
Safety fit: 78/100
Slovakia
Global Peace Index 78/100
Safety fit: 78/100
Uruguay
Global Peace Index 78/100
Safety fit: 78/100
Hong Kong
Global Peace Index 78/100
Safety fit: 78/100
France
Global Peace Index 77/100
Safety fit: 77/100
Italy
Global Peace Index 76/100
Safety fit: 76/100
Hungary
Global Peace Index 76/100
Safety fit: 76/100
Taiwan
Global Peace Index 76/100
Safety fit: 76/100
Greece
Global Peace Index 75/100
Safety fit: 75/100
Poland
Global Peace Index 74/100
Safety fit: 74/100
Qatar
Global Peace Index 74/100
Safety fit: 74/100
Costa Rica
Global Peace Index 74/100
Safety fit: 74/100
South Korea
Global Peace Index 74/100
Safety fit: 74/100

Ranked by a retirement safety fit: homicide rate (lower is better) carries most of the weight, and the Global Peace Index peace score is secondary. The headline cannot exceed the homicide component, so a high peace score cannot outrank a much higher homicide rate. National statistics; not a neighborhood crime map. About our methodology. The Desk Port is not medical, visa, tax, or financial advice. Healthcare figures are country-level access indexes, not hospital quality or a treatment recommendation.

Ranked countries