Singapore is the most peaceful country in Asia in 2025, maintaining its stature as one of the world’s safest countries, a study has found.
Besides Singapore, only Japan (12th) and Malaysia (13th) rank among the top Asian nations in the Global Peace Index 2025 compiled by The Institute for Economics and Peace.
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A man takes pictures of the skyline of buildings from Mont Faber hill in Singapore on October 25, 2023. Photo by AFP |
The city-state ranks 6th globally on the index, immediately followed by Portugal, Denmark, Slovenia and Finland.
The institute, based in Australia, highlights Singapore’s consistent performance in safety and security metrics.
When the ranking was first launched in 2008 Singapore occupied the 22nd spot.
But in 2019, it broke into the top 10, and has remained there since.
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The country scores highly in societal safety and security. It also reports low levels of ongoing domestic and international conflict.
But Singapore’s high militarization level, mostly to ensure the smooth passage of sea trade which is crucial to its economy, has held the country back from the highest tier of the ranking, the report said.
The safest country title was awarded to Iceland, having retained the top spot for 18 years in a row.
“With no standing army, navy or air force and the smallest population of any NATO member state, Iceland also enjoys record-low crime rates, to the extent that policemen generally do not carry firearms,” the report said.
It was followed by Ireland, New Zealand, Austria and Switzerland.
