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

In the Safest countries rating Syria holds position #159 ²⁰²² out of 161 and Papua New Guinea is #93 out of 161 ²⁰²².
Position of Syria is worse than position of Papua New Guinea.
Syria 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 Papua New Guinea

Referencies:

1. Safest countries ²⁰²² by GLOBAL PEACE INDEX

   The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.

   Papua New Guinea	'Score' value is	2.05
   Syria	'Score' value is	3.36