Statement:
You will be less safe in Papua New Guinea than in Sri Lanka

In the Safest countries rating Papua New Guinea holds position #93 2022 out of 161 and Sri Lanka is #89 out of 161 2022.
Position of Papua New Guinea is worse than position of Sri Lanka.
Both countries holds average positions in the "Safest countries" rating. So Score is an average for both Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka, compared to most countries of the World.

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.
    Papua New Guinea 'Score' value is 2.05
    Sri Lanka 'Score' value is 2.02