Statement:
You will be less safe in Uzbekistan than in South Korea

In the Safest countries rating Uzbekistan holds position #87 2022 out of 161 and South Korea is #43 out of 161 2022.
Position of Uzbekistan is worse than position of South Korea.
Both countries holds average positions in the "Safest countries" rating. So Score is an average for both Uzbekistan and South Korea, compared to most countries of the World.

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in ascending order.
    South Korea 'Score' value is 1.78
    Uzbekistan 'Score' value is 2.00