Andorra is No. 1 in the safest country in the world...What about Korea?
Mar 25, 2025
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The global national and urban comparison statistics site 'Numbeo' recently released the '2025 National Safety Index' for 147 countries.
The safety index takes into account survey responses on how safe residents and visitors feel to walk during the day and night, as well as content on murder, robbery, robbery, sexual and physical attacks, bullying, discrimination, and property crimes.
As a result, Europe's mini-state Andorra topped the list of `the safest country in the world.' I got 84.7 out of 100.
Located in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, the Principality has a total population of about 85,000. The land area is about 470㎢, which is about 80% of Seoul's area.
The tourism industry, such as skiing and duty-free shopping, is a major national source of income and has an extremely low crime rate and the second-highest life expectancy in the world.
The United Arab Emirates (84.5 points) ranked second, followed by Qatar (84.2 points), Taiwan (82.9 points), and Oman (81.7 points).
Middle Eastern countries ranked high due to strict laws and police forces, zero tolerance policies for crime and advanced surveillance technology, while Taiwan had only 2.3 homicides per 100,000 people in 2018, Numbeo explained.
Korea ranked 17th with 75.1 points, lower than Hong Kong (78.5 points), Singapore (77.4 points), Japan (77.1 points), and China (76.0 points).
North Korea ranked 105th with 45.9 points, the same score as the Maldives, Uganda and Costa Rica.
'Safe Country'127th place was Venezuela (19.3 points) in Latin America.
Venezuela is currently at the bottom of the list due to high levels of violent crime, economic and political instability, corruption, crime and the presence of terrorist groups.
Papua New Guinea (19.7 points), Haiti (21.1 points), Afghanistan (24.9 points), and South Africa (25.3 points) were also included in the lower rankings.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
