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Gallup’s Law and Order Index uses four questions to gauge people’s sense of personal
security and their personal experiences with crime and law enforcement:
L AW A N D O R D E R I N D E X
•• In the city or area where you live, do you have confidence in the local police force?
•• Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where you live?
•• Within the last 12 months, have you had money or property stolen from you or another
household member?
•• Within the past 12 months, have you been assaulted or mugged?
Countries/Areas Countries/Areas
With Highest Law With Lowest Law
and Order Index Scores and Order Index Scores
L AW A N D L AW A N D
C O UNTRY OR D E R I N D E X C O U N T RY ORDER INDEX
Singapore 97 Botswana 60
Tajikistan 94 Mexico 60
Norway 93 Uganda 60
Turkmenistan 92 Chad 59
Uzbekistan 92 Liberia 53
Egypt 92 Gabon 53
Finland 91 Venezuela 49
China 91 Afghanistan 38
Denmark 90
Austria 90
B A S E D O N G A L L U P W O R L D P O L L , 2 018
East Asia 87 90 +3
Southeast Asia 86 85 -1
Western Europe 85 86 +1
Eastern Europe 81 81 0
South Asia 83 80 -3
Sub-Saharan Africa 68 67 -1
At the regional level, the 2018 scores on the El Salvador’s score continued to edge higher,
Law and Order Index were relatively within building on the 13-point increase between
the range of where they have been for the 2016 and 2017. The country’s Law and Order
past several years. However, the score in the Index increased six points from the previous
U.S. and Canada continued to drop and the year to 73, nudged higher by increasing
score in East Asia continued to climb. Scores percentages of Salvadorans who said they felt
for individual countries also changed little. safe walking alone at night (53%) and fewer
reporting that they had money or property
The two countries with the biggest changes
stolen (11%).
in 2017 continued to move farther in the
same directions they were headed that year.
Afghanistan’s score on the Law and Order
Index continued its freefall in 2018, confirming
that the dramatic 24-point drop between 2016
and 2017 was no fluke, and truly reflected the
worsening security situation in that country.
Countries/Areas Countries/Areas
Most Likely to Least Likely to
Feel Safe in 2018 Feel Safe in 2018
C O UNTRY % Y E S, F E E L SA FE C O U N T RY % Y E S, FE E L S A FE
Singapore 94 Liberia 40
Norway 93 Argentina 39
Slovenia 90 Gabon 35
Turkmenistan 90 Botswana 34
Switzerland 89 Brazil 34
Finland 88 Venezuela 26
Tajikistan 88 Afghanistan 13
68% of adults
worldwide have confidence
in their local police
Western Europe 82 84 +2
Southeast Asia 80 83 +3
South Asia 74 71 -3
East Asia 71 71 0
Eastern Europe 71 68 -3
Sub-Saharan Africa 60 59 -1
The relatively low average on this measure in Latin America and the Caribbean is
not surprising given the region’s poor performance on all of the Law and Order
Index component metrics in 2018 and in previous years. Five of the 10 countries
with the lowest scores on the police question were located in the region.
Aside from some signs of slipping confidence in South Asia, Eastern Europe
and the U.S. and Canada, and rising confidence in Southeast Asia, numbers
in most regions were largely consistent with those in previous years.
Czech Republic 86
Singapore 97
Kosovo 86
Tajikistan 94
Georgia 86
United Arab Emirates 93
France 85
Norway 93
Ireland 85
Switzerland 92
Japan 85
Turkmenistan 92
Sweden 85
Uzbekistan 92
Armenia 85
Egypt 92
Myanmar 85
China 91
Saudi Arabia 85
Finland 91
Rwanda 84
Austria 90
New Zealand 84
Denmark 90
Australia 84
Taiwan 89
Philippines 84
Azerbaijan 89
Croatia 83
Luxembourg 89
South Korea 83
Indonesia 89
Estonia 83
Slovenia 89
Poland 83
Netherlands 88
United States 83
Spain 88
Sri Lanka 83
Germany 88
Northern Cyprus 83
Portugal 87
Mauritius 82
Jordan 87
Lithuania 82
Malta 86
India 82
Canada 86
Hungary 82
United Kingdom 86
L AW A N D L AW A N D
C O UNTRY C O U N T RY
OR D E R I N D E X O R D E R I ND E X
Vietnam 82 Albania 79
Italy 81 Malaysia 79
Thailand 81 Lebanon 78
Serbia 81 Greece 78
Israel 81 Romania 78
Slovakia 81 Kazakhstan 77
Iraq 80 Pakistan 77
Laos 80 Tanzania 76
Iran 80 Ethiopia 76
Cyprus 80 Latvia 76
Bangladesh 80 Nepal 76
Algeria 80 Montenegro 76
L AW A N D L AW A N D
C O UNTRY C O U N T RY
OR D E R I N D E X O R D E R I ND E X
Burundi 76 Colombia 67
Kyrgyzstan 76 Uruguay 67
Turkey 76 Malawi 66
Bulgaria 75 Yemen 66
Morocco 74 Cameroon 65
Belarus 74 Nicaragua 65
Tunisia 73 Madagascar 64
El Salvador 73 Zambia 64
Ghana 73 Peru 64
Russia 72 Argentina 64
Honduras 71 Brazil 62
Paraguay 71 Nigeria 62
Chile 70 Bolivia 62
Niger 70 Guinea 61
Zimbabwe 69 Mauritania 61
Mozambique 69 Mexico 60
Ecuador 69 Uganda 60
Mali 69 Namibia 60
Eswatini 69 Chad 59
Libya 68 Liberia 53
Benin 68 Gabon 53
Ukraine 67 Venezuela 49
Togo 67 Afghanistan 38
Methodology
Results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with
approximately 1,000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted throughout
2018 in 142 countries and areas. For results based on the total sample of
national adults, the margin of sampling error ranged from ±2.1 percentage
points to ±5.6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. All reported
margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting.
For more complete methodology and specific survey dates, please review
Gallup’s Country Data Set details.
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