Statement:
You will be safer in Sri Lanka than in The Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Safest countries rating Sri Lanka holds position #89 2022 out of 161 and The Democratic Republic of the Congo is #156 out of 161 2022.
Position of Sri Lanka is better than position of The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.
    The Democratic Republic of the Congo 'Score' value is 3.17
    Sri Lanka 'Score' value is 2.02