Worry About Violent Crime
Share who are very or somewhat worried that violent crime could cause them serious harm. World Risk Poll 2023.
Source: World Risk Poll (Lloyd’s Register Foundation / Gallup) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source ↗
Period: World Risk Poll 2023 (Gallup). Method: Weighted by WGT; share giving the stated response, country level.
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Avg (2023)
66.5%
single period
Improving
0
of 142 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
142
±0.5pp band
Share worried violent crime could seriously harm them
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| # | Entity | Share worried violent crime could seriously harm them |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 93.3% |
| 2 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 91.4% |
| 3 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 90.5% |
| 4 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 89.5% |
| 5 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 88.6% |
| 6 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 87.7% |
| 7 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 87.7% |
| 8 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 86.4% |
| 9 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 86.2% |
| 10 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 85.9% |
| 11 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 85.6% |
| 12 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 85.1% |
| 13 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 85% |
| 14 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 84.7% |
| 15 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 83.8% |
| 16 | 🇨🇩 Congo Kinshasa | 83.7% |
| 17 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 83.6% |
| 18 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 83.5% |
| 19 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 83.4% |
| 20 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 83.3% |
| 21 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 83.1% |
| 22 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 83.1% |
| 23 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 83.1% |
| 24 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 83% |
| 25 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 82.5% |
| 26 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 82.5% |
| 27 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 82.1% |
| 28 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 81.9% |
| 29 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 81.2% |
| 30 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 81% |
| 31 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 80.8% |
| 32 | 🇨🇬 Congo Brazzaville | 79.3% |
| 33 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 79.2% |
| 34 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 79.1% |
| 35 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 78.7% |
| 36 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 77% |
| 37 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 76.9% |
| 38 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 76.8% |
| 39 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 76.7% |
| 40 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 75.7% |
| 41 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 75.4% |
| 42 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 75% |
| 43 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 75% |
| 44 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 74.8% |
| 45 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 74.4% |
| 46 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 74.1% |
| 47 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 73.9% |
| 48 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 73.7% |
| 49 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 73% |
| 50 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 73% |
| 51 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 72.9% |
| 52 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 72.7% |
| 53 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 72.7% |
| 54 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 72.7% |
| 55 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 72.6% |
| 56 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 72.5% |
| 57 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 72.4% |
| 58 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 71.8% |
| 59 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 71.7% |
| 60 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 71.7% |
| 61 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 71.4% |
| 62 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 70.6% |
| 63 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 70.4% |
| 64 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 70.3% |
| 65 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 70% |
| 66 | 🇫🇷 France | 69.9% |
| 67 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 69.5% |
| 68 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 69.3% |
| 69 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 69.3% |
| 70 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 69.2% |
| 71 | 🇺🇸 United States | 69% |
| 72 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 69% |
| 73 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 67.7% |
| 74 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 67.6% |
| 75 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 67.4% |
| 76 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 67.2% |
| 77 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 67.2% |
| 78 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 66.5% |
| 79 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 66.4% |
| 80 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia Herzegovina | 65.4% |
| 81 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 65.2% |
| 82 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 64.9% |
| 83 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 64.8% |
| 84 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 64.3% |
| 85 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 64.2% |
| 86 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 64.2% |
| 87 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 64.1% |
| 88 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 63.2% |
| 89 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 63.2% |
| 90 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 62.8% |
| 91 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 62.5% |
| 92 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 62.5% |
| 93 | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 62.3% |
| 94 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 61.9% |
| 95 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 61.7% |
| 96 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 61.4% |
| 97 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 61.3% |
| 98 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 60.7% |
| 99 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 60.5% |
| 100 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 60.4% |
| 101 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 60.1% |
| 102 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 60.1% |
| 103 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 60% |
| 104 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 59.2% |
| 105 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 59.1% |
| 106 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 59.1% |
| 107 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 58.6% |
| 108 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 58.1% |
| 109 | 🇮🇳 India | 57.8% |
| 110 | 🇨🇳 China | 57.7% |
| 111 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 56.6% |
| 112 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 55.2% |
| 113 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 54.5% |
| 114 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 53.6% |
| 115 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 53.5% |
| 116 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 53.4% |
| 117 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 51.7% |
| 118 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 51.2% |
| 119 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 49.7% |
| 120 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 48.9% |
| 121 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 48.6% |
| 122 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 48.2% |
| 123 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 47.8% |
| 124 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 47.7% |
| 125 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 47.4% |
| 126 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 46.9% |
| 127 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 44.4% |
| 128 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 44.3% |
| 129 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 43.8% |
| 130 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 43.6% |
| 131 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 43% |
| 132 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 42.6% |
| 133 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 40.3% |
| 134 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 39.6% |
| 135 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 39.3% |
| 136 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 38.3% |
| 137 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 34.8% |
| 138 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 33.7% |
| 139 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 33.5% |
| 140 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 33.3% |
| 141 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 28.7% |
| 142 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 28.4% |