SAFETY & POLITICS
Compare safety and politics rankings on world maps
Everyday safety, road risk, national military spending and women’s parliamentary representation describe very different public outcomes. This category places all four country comparisons together.
01 / HOW TO READ
Remember that a higher rank is not always better
Higher homicide, road-death and military-spending values are not positive outcomes. Reporting systems, population denominators and GDP shares matter, while women’s parliamentary representation captures only one dimension of political power.
02 / CHOOSE A RANKING
Safety & politics ranking maps
Open a theme to compare countries on a ten-level heat map and check the complete ranking, country values, reference years and sources.
Homicide rate
This is recorded intentional-homicide victims per 100,000 people; higher is not a positive rank.
View the homicide rate ranking mapRoad traffic death rate
This is road-traffic deaths per 100,000 people and reflects exposure, infrastructure, vehicles and reporting.
View the road traffic death rate ranking mapMilitary spending (% of GDP)
This is military expenditure as a share of GDP, not its absolute amount or a judgment of security.
View the military spending (% of gdp) ranking mapWomen in parliament
This is the share of parliamentary seats held by women and does not capture every dimension of political power.
View the women in parliament ranking map03 / KEEP EXPLORING