Statement:
You will be less safe in Colombia than in Sri Lanka

In the Safest countries rating Colombia holds position #141 2022 out of 161 and Sri Lanka is #89 out of 161 2022.
Position of Colombia is worse than position of Sri Lanka.
Colombia is an outsider of the "Safest countries" rating. It could be dangerous. So you need to take additional actions and not to be frivolous, compared to Sri Lanka

Referencies:

  1. Safest countries 2022 by GLOBAL PEACE INDEX
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.
    Colombia 'Score' value is 2.73
    Sri Lanka 'Score' value is 2.02