Statement:
You will be less safe in Ethiopia than in Costa Rica

In the Safest countries rating Ethiopia holds position #147 2022 out of 161 and Costa Rica is #38 out of 161 2022.
Position of Ethiopia is worse than position of Costa Rica.
Ethiopia 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 Costa Rica

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.
    Costa Rica 'Score' value is 1.73
    Ethiopia 'Score' value is 2.81