Netherlands

In brief

Homicides per 100,000 people: 0.7 (2023). World rank 21 of 149 (1 = best); in Europe, 7 of 43. Road deaths per 100,000 people: 4 (2019). World rank 19 of 186 (1 = best); in Europe, 12 of 41. Suicides per 100,000 people: 11.5 (2021). World rank 136 of 185 (1 = best); in Europe, 17 of 40. From 2015 to 2025: political stability and absence of violence 81.6 → 75 (score 0–⁠100). Better than all its neighbours (Belgium and Germany): political stability and absence of violence, homicides per 100,000 people, and suicides per 100,000 people.